Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. RICHARD J. ALBANESE, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 5-1964
Citation: 145 P.3d 454, 2006 WY 139
Docket Number: D-06-06
State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: October 31, 2006

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. RICHARD J. ALBANESE, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 5-19642006 WY 139145 P.3d 454Case Number: D-06-06Decided: 10/31/2006 October Term, A.D. 2006 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. RICHARD J. ALBANESE, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 5-1964 Respondent. This matter came before the Court upon a "Report and Recommendation for Disbarment " filed herein October 17, 2006, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar. The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation, Respondent's "Section 15 [sic--16] Affidavit," and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court. It is, therefore, ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, a copy of 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, effective this date, the Respondent, Richard J. Albanese, shall be, and hereby is, disbarred from the practice of law in this state; and it is further ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility is hereby authorized to issue a press release consistent with the proposed press release contained in the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Richard J. Albanese shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $100.00, representing some of the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00. Mr. Albanese shall pay the total amount of $600.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before December 15, 2006; and it is further ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, particularly the requirements found in Section 22 of the Disciplinary Code; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Pacific Reporter; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall cause a copy of the Order of Disbarment to be served upon the Respondent, Richard J. Albanese; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall transmit a copy of this Order of Disbarment to members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State ofWyoming. DATED this ______ day of October, 2006. BY THE COURT:* WILLIAM U. HILL Justice *Chief Justice Voigt took no part in the consideration of this matter.