Case Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. GIBSON SEAN BENHAM, WSB #6-3120

Citation: 

Docket Number: D-12-0006

State: wyoming

Court: Wyoming Supreme Court

Date: 2012-08-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. GIBSON SEAN BENHAM, WSB #6-31202012 WY 114283 P.3d 1150Case Number: D-12-0006Decided: 08/30/2012
April Term, A.D. 2012 

 
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL 
RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR
 
Petitioner,
 
v.
 
GIBSON SEAN 
BENHAM, WSB #6-3120,
 
Respondent.
 
ORDER SUSPENDING 
ATTORNEY FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW
 
[¶1] This matter 
came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Suspension,” filed 
herein August 16, 2012, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State 
Bar, pursuant to Section 16 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar 
(stipulated discipline). After a careful review of the Board of Professional 
Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Suspension and the file, 
this 
Court finds that the Report and Recommendation for Suspension should be 
approved, confirmed and adopted 
by the Court; and that the Respondent, Gibson Sean Benham,
should be suspended 
from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years. It is,
therefore,
 
[¶2] ADJUDGED AND 
ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and 
Recommendation for Suspension, 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 Suspension, Respondent Gibson Sean Benham shall 
be, and 
hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years, 
beginning September 1, 2012; 
and it is further
 
[¶4] 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
 
[¶5] ORDERED 
that Gibson Sean Benham shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar 
the amount of $50.00, 
representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay 
an 
administrative fee of $500.00, by paying the total amount of $550.00 to the 
Clerk of the Board of 
Professional Responsibility on or before October 15, 2012; and it is 
further
 
[¶6] ORDERED 
that, pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) of the Disciplinary Code for 
the
Wyoming State Bar, 
this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law, along with the incorporated 
Report and Recommendation for Suspension, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter 
and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further
 
[¶7] ORDERED 
that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order Suspending
Attorney from the 
Practice of Law, along with the Report and Recommendation for Suspension, as a 
matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is 
Further
 
[¶8] ORDERED 
that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order Suspending 
Attorney 
from the Practice of Law to be served upon Respondent Gibson Sean 
Benham.
 
[¶9] DATED 
this 30th day of August, 2012.
 
BY THE 
COURT:
/s/
MARILYN S. 
KITE
Chief 
Justice