Legal Opinion
In re Sather
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 22, 2000No. 99SA72PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bender
I. INTRODUCTION
In this attorney regulation proceeding, we address the conduct of the attorney-respondent, Larry D. Sather, who spent and failed to place into a trust account $20,000 he received as a "non-refundable" advance fee for a civil case. Because Sather treated these funds as his own property before earning the fee, Sather's conduct violated Colo. RPC 1.15(a). Sather labeled the $20,000 fee "nonrefundable" even though he knew that the fee was subject to refund under certain circumstances, thereby violating Colo. RPC 8. A(c). After being discharged by his client, Sather failed to return…
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