People v. Yates

This lawyer discipline case comes to us on a stipulation, agreement and conditional admission of misconduct. See C.R.C.P. 241.18. The conditional admission recommended that the respondent be publicly censured for failing to obtain his law firm’s approval for a fee credit arrangement. An inquiry panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the conditional admission. We accept the conditional admission and publicly censure the respondent.

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The respondent was admitted to the Colorado bar in 1971. The conditional admission provides that the respondent joined the law firm of Patton…