Case Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, V. JEFFERY C. METLER

Citation: 

Docket Number: D-12-0003

State: wyoming

Court: Wyoming Supreme Court

Date: 2012-02-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, V. JEFFERY C. METLER2012 WY 26Case Number: D-12-0003Decided: 02/23/2012
OCTOBER 
TERM, A.D. 2011
 
BOARD 
OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, 
Petitioner
 
v.
 
JEFFERY 
C. METLER, Respondent
 
ORDER 
OF PUBLIC CENSURE
 
[¶1]      This 
matter came before 
the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Public Censure,” filed herein 
January 30, 2012 by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming 
State Bar.  The Court, after a 
careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and 
Recommendation and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be 
approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent Jeffery C. 
Metler should be publicly censured for his conduct, which is described in the 
attached Report and Recommendation.  
It is, therefore,
 
[¶2]      ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of 
Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, 
which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby 
is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is 
further
 
[¶3]      ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that Jeffery C. 
Metler shall receive a public censure for his conduct, and he shall be publicly 
censured in a manner consistent with the recommended censure contained in the 
Report and Recommendation for Public; and it is further 
 
[¶4]      ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of 
the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Mr. Metler shall reimburse the 
Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, representing the administrative costs 
incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of 
$500.00.  Mr. Metler shall pay the 
total amount of $550.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility 
on or before March 23, 2012; and it is further
 
[¶5]      ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court 
shall docket this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report 
and Recommendation for Public Censure, as a matter coming regularly before this 
Court as a public record; and it is further
 
[¶6]      ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) 
of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Public 
Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public 
Censure, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; 
and it is further
 
[¶7]      
ORDERED 
that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order of Public Censure to be 
served upon Respondent Jeffery C. Metler.
 
[¶8]      
DATED this 
23 day of February, 2012.
 
 
                                                                        
BY THE COURT:
                                                            
 
                                                                        
/s/
 
                                                                        
MARILYN S. KITE
                                                                        
Chief Justice