Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Cody M. Jerabek, WSB #7-5758

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2022 WY 134A October Term, A.D. 2022 October 27, 2022 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. CODY M. JERABEK, WSB #7-5758, Respondent. D-22-0003, D-22-0004 ORDER OF THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION NUNC PRO TUNC [¶1] This matter came before the Court upon the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Three-Year Suspension (in D-22-0003) and a Report and Recommendation for 18-Month Suspension (in D-22-0004), both filed herein October 11, 2022. The Reports and Recommendations were filed pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, which governs stipulated discipline. Now, after a careful review of the Reports and Recommendations and the files, the Court finds the Reports and Recommendations should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court, and that Cody M. Jerabek should be suspended from the practice of law for three years. This order is being amended to change the effective date of the suspension to December 15, 2022, as requested in a Stipulated Motion to Defer Suspension Date. The order published October 26, 2022, in Board of Professional Responsibility v. Jerabek, 2022 WY 134 (Wyo. 2022) shall have no further force or effect. It is, therefore, [¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Three-Year 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 Three-Year Suspension, Respondent Cody M. Jerabek shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for three years, with the period of suspension to begin December 15, 2022; and it is further [¶4] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for 18-Month 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 [¶5] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for 18-Month Suspension, Respondent Cody M. Jerabek shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months, with the period of suspension to begin December 15, 2022, and be served concurrently with the three-year suspension imposed above; and it is further [¶6] ORDERED that, during the periods of suspension, Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further [¶7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Respondent shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $100.00, which represents the costs incurred in handling these matters, as well as pay an administrative fee of $750.00 in each case. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $1,600.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before December 30, 2022. If Respondent fails to make payment in the time allotted, execution may issue on the award; and it is further [¶8] ORDERED that the Wyoming State Bar may issue the agreed press releases contained in the Report and Recommendation for Three-Year Suspension and the Report and Recommendation for 18-Month Suspension; and it is further [¶9] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Three-Year Suspension Nunc Pro Tunc, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Three-Year Suspension and the Report and Recommendation for 18-Month Suspension as matters coming regularly before this Court as public record; and it is further [¶10] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Three-Year Suspension Nunc Pro Tunc, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Three-Year Suspension and the Report and Recommendation for 18-Month Suspension shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶11] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Three-Year Suspension Nunc Pro Tunc to be served upon Respondent Cody M. Jerabek. [¶12] DATED this 27th day of October, 2022. BY THE COURT: /s/ KATE M. FOX Chief Justice