Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. TIMOTHY J. JUDSON, Attorney No. 5-1367

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. TIMOTHY J. JUDSON, Attorney No. 5-13672007 WY 95160 P.3d 68Case Number: D-07-0002Decided: 06/11/2007 April Term, A.D. 2007 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR,Petitioner,v.TIMOTHY J. JUDSON, Attorney No. 5-1367,Respondent. This matter came before the Court upon a "Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline," filed herein May 16, 2007, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar and pursuant to Rule 20 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar. This Court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline; the Colorado Supreme Court's "Order Approving Conditional Admission of Misconduct and Imposing Sanctions Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.22;" the "Stipulation" entered into by Respondent and the Wyoming State Bar; the Affidavit of Costs and Expenses; the Motion for Reciprocal Discipline and to File a Report and Recommendation for Discipline; and the file. This Court finds that the Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court. The Court further finds that, as recommended by the Board of Professional Responsibility, the Respondent, Timothy J. Judson, should be disciplined in a manner consistent with the discipline imposed by the Colorado Supreme Court. It is, therefore, ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, which is attached hereto, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is further ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, consistent with the discipline imposed by the Colorado Supreme Court, Respondent Timothy J. Judson shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law in the State ofWyoming for a period of one year and one day, with six months already served. The remaining six months shall be, and hereby are, stayed upon the successful completion of the three-year period of probation referenced in the Colorado Supreme Court's "Order Approving Conditional Admission of Misconduct and Imposing Sanctions Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.22." This suspension will be served at the same time as the suspension imposed by the Colorado Supreme Court, meaning the suspension is and was effective August 11, 2006; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Timothy J. Judson shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $87.87, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00. Mr. Judson shall pay the total amount of $587.87 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility, on or before January 1, 2008; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter. The "Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline" and the Colorado Supreme Court's "Order Approving Conditional Admission of Misconduct and Imposing Sanctions Pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.22" shall also be published as attachments to this order; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law, along with the attachments noted in the preceding paragraph, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court transmit a copy of this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law to the members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State of Wyoming. DATED this ______ day of June, 2007. BY THE COURT:* BARTON R. VOIGT Chief Justice *Justice Hill and Justice Burke would have denied the recommendation.