Case Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. MIA MIKESELL SHIFRAR

Citation: 

Docket Number: D-12-0005

State: wyoming

Court: Wyoming Supreme Court

Date: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. MIA MIKESELL SHIFRAR2012 WY 122286 P.3d 1027Case Number: D-12-0005Decided: 09/12/2012
April Term, A.D. 
2012 

 
BOARD OF 
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE 
BAR,Petitioner,v.MIA MIKESELL 
SHIFRAR,Respondent.
 
ORDER 
OF DISBARMENT 
 
[¶1]      
This matter 
came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Disbarment,” filed 
herein July 26, 2012, and an “Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment,” 
filed herein August 17, 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, the 
Amended Report and Recommendation, and the file, finds that the Amended Report 
and Recommendation for Disbarment should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by 
the Court.  It is, therefore,
 
[¶2]      
ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional 
Responsibility’s Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, a copy of 
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, effective this date, the 
Respondent, Mia Mikesell Shifrar, shall be, and hereby is, 
disbarred from the practice of law in this state; and it is further
 
[¶4]      
ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for 
the Wyoming State Bar, Mia Mikesell Shifrar, shall reimburse 
the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $2,612.28, representing the costs incurred 
in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of 
$500.00.  Mia Mikesell Shifrar shall 
pay the total amount of $3,112.28 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional 
Responsibility on or before November 30, 2012; and it is further
 
[¶5]      
ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code 
for the Wyoming State Bar, Mia Mikesell Shifrar shall 
make restitution of $37,067.63 to the Estate of Leona Dorothy Spratt and also 
make restitution of $1,000 to James Spratt.  Such payments 
shall be made in cash or certified funds; and it is further
 
[¶6]      
ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with Section 22 of the 
Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar.  That Section 
governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is 
further
 
[¶7]      
ORDERED 
that, pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming 
State Bar, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Amended Report 
and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Pacific Reporter; 
and it is further
 
[¶8]      
ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of 
Disbarment, along with the Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, as 
a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is 
further
 
[¶9]      
ORDERED 
that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order of Disbarment to be 
served upon the Respondent, Mia Mikesell Shifrar; and it is 
further
 
[¶10]   
ORDERED that 
the Clerk of this Court transmit a copy of this Order of Disbarment to members 
of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate 
courts of the State of Wyoming.
 
[¶11]   
DATED this 
12th day of September, 2012.
 
 
                                                                        
BY THE COURT:
                                                            
  
                                                                        
/s/
 
                                                                        
MARILYN S. KITE
                                                                        
Chief Justice