Discipline of Gilbert v. Utah Down Syndrome Foundation, Inc.

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This appeal requires us to decide whether Donald D. Gilbert, Jr. may file a third-party complaint to implead the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation (Foundation) into his attorney discipline proceeding.1

¶ 2 After the Utah State Bar’s Office of Professional Conduct (OPC) began an attorney discipline proceeding against him, Mr. Gilbert moved to implead the Foundation pursuant to rule 14(a) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. The district court granted the motion. The Foundation filed a motion for summary judgment challenging the propriety of…