People v. Cole

VOLLACK, Justice.

The respondent, Dennis Cole, has been a registered attorney in the state of Colorado since 1981 and is therefore subject to the jurisdiction of this Court and its Grievance Committee, In this disciplinary proceeding, we accept the stipulation to which the parties have agreed and order Dennis Cole suspended from the practice of law for a period of nine months. We also order that Cole pay the costs of these proceedings.

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The stipulation establishes the respondent-attorney’s conduct in the following sequence of events. Reverend Steven Moore served as pastor of a church in…