Case Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Samuel P. Krone, WSB # 6-3534

Citation: 2018 WY 55

Docket Number: 

State: wyoming

Court: Wyoming Supreme Court

Date: 2018-05-31T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2018 WY 55 April Term, A.D. 2018 May 31, 2018 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. SAMUEL P. KRONE, WSB # 6-3534, Respondent. D-16-0005 ORDER OF DISBARMENT [¶1] This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” filed herein May 18, 2018, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure (stipulated discipline). 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, Samuel P. Krone, should be disbarred. It is, therefore, [¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s “Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” 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, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, Respondent, Samuel P. Krone, shall be, and hereby is, disbarred; and it is further [¶4] ORDERED that, for purposes of reinstatement, the disbarment is considered effective August 24, 2016, the day this Court entered its “Order of Immediate Suspension” concerning Respondent; and it is further [¶5] ORDERED that the Wyoming State Bar may issue a press release consistent with the one set out in the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment; and it is further [¶6] ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further [¶7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Mr. Krone shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $750.00. Mr. Krone shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before July 31, 2018; and it is further [¶8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further [¶9] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶10] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Disbarment to be served upon Respondent, Samuel P. Krone. [¶11] DATED this 31st day of May, 2018. BY THE COURT: /s/ E. JAMES BURKE Chief Justice