IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA 

IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF 

THOMAS S. SHADDIX, BAR NO. 7905 

No. 84263 

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ORDER OF SUSPENSION 

This is an automatic review of a Southern Nevada Disciplinary 

Board hearing panel's recommendation that this court revoke attorney 

Thomas S. Shaddix's disciplinary probation and impose the stayed sixmonth-and-one-day suspension based on his failure to comply with 

probation conditions. Shaddix has filed a brief challenging the panel's 

recommendation, the State Bar has filed a response, and Shaddix has filed 

a reply. 

On May 14, 2021, this court approved Shaddix's conditional 

guilty plea and imposed a stayed six-month-and-one-day suspension subject 

to an 18-month probationary period for violating RPC 1.3 (diligence), RPC 

1.4 (communication), RPC 1.15 (safekeeping property), RPC 5.3 

(responsibilities regarding non-lawyer assistants), and RPC 8.1 

(disciplinary matters). The stayed suspension was conditioned on Shaddix's 

compliance with probation terms, which included conditions that he obtain 

a mentor and provide quarterly reports and engage in binding fee dispute 

resolution with a specified client within 90 days of the May 14 disciplinary 

order. 

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In the proceedings below, Shaddix admitted that he did not 

obtain a mentor and did not participate in binding fee dispute arbitration. 

Despite this, Shaddix argues that we should not impose the stayed 

suspension for two reasons. First, he argues that the panel chair made a 

statement before any evidence was presented showing that he already made 

up his mind regarding the proceeding and which "poison[ed] the well" of the 

other panel members. But the panel chair made this statement in response 

to Shaddix's oral request for a continuance of the disciplinary proceedings. 

As such, we disagree with Shaddix that this statement prejudiced Shaddix 

or potentially impacted the hearing panel's ultimate recommendation. 

Second, Shaddix argues that the panel's recommendation is too 

harsh under the totality of circumstances. In this, he asserts that he could 

not find a mentor and insinuates that he did not need one because he was 

not practicing law and that the fee dispute did not meet the minimum 

jurisdictional requirements for that program. But Shaddix testified that he 

still had one active case and that he contacted only three attorneys to act as 

his mentor. Moreover, he did not even attempt to engage in fee dispute 

resolution. Under these facts, and considering that Shaddix agreed to the 

discipline and probation conditions in his conditional guilty plea agreement, 

we conclude that the stayed suspension should be imposed.1

Accordingly, we revoke Shaddix's probation and suspend him 

for six months and one day commencing from the date of this order. Shaddix 

shall pay the actual costs of the disciplinary proceedings within 30 days 

1Based on this, we need not address Shaddix's failure to fully pay the 

costs of the 2021 disciplinary proceeding. 

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J. 

Stiglich 

J. 

Herndon 

cc: Law Office of Thomas S. Shaddix 

Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board 

Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada 

Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada 

Admissions Office, U.S. Supreme Court 

from the date of this order. SCR 120. The parties shall comply with SCR 

115 and SCR 121.1. 

It is so ORDERED. 

J. 

Silver 

Pickering 

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Parraguirre 

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J. 

Hardesty 

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