Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse, WSB #5-1580

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2022 WY 85 April Term, A.D. 2022 June 29, 2022 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. GAY VANDERPOEL WOODHOUSE, WSB #5-1580, Respondent. D-21-0005 ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE [¶1] This matter came before the Court upon a Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, filed herein May 23, 2022, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar, pursuant to Rule 15 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. 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 Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse should be publicly censured for her conduct. It is, therefore, [¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, 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 Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse is hereby publicly censured for her conduct, which is described in the Report and Recommendation for Public Censure; and it is further [¶4] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Ms. Woodhouse shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, representing some of the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $750.00. This Court finds that, given the circumstances, Ms. Woodhouse should not be liable for any other costs. See Rule 25(e). Ms. Woodhouse shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before September 1, 2022. If Ms. Woodhouse fails to make payment in the time allotted, execution may issue on the award; and it is further [¶5] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further [¶6] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶7] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Public Censure to be served upon Respondent Gay Vanderpoel Woodhouse. [¶8] DATED this 29th day of June, 2022. BY THE COURT: /s/ KATE M. FOX Chief Justice