Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. TIMOTHY JOHN BLATT

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. TIMOTHY JOHN BLATT2006 WY 53133 P.3d 965Case Number: D-06-1Decided: 05/03/2006 April Term, A.D. 2006 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. TIMOTHY JOHN BLATT, Respondent. Order Suspending Attorney From the Practice of Law This matter came before the Court upon a "Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline ," filed herein February 3, 2006, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar. After a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, the materials attached thereto, the Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, the Affidavit of Costs and Expenses, Respondent's Response to Affidavit of Costs and Expenses, and the file, this Court finds that the Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent, Timothy John Blatt, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty (30) days. It is, therefore, ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, 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 ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, Respondent Timothy John Blatt shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty (30) days beginning May 8, 2006; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Timothy John Blatt shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $2,314.05, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00, by paying the amount of $2,814.05 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility, on or before June 30, 2006; 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, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; 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 Report and Recommendation for Reciprocal Discipline, 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 ofWyoming. DATED this 2nd day of May, 2006. BY THE COURT: /s/ William U. Hill WILLIAM U. HILL Chief Justice