Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Wendy S. Owens, WSB #5-2816
Citation: 2022 WY 70
Docket Number: D-22-0002
State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: June 8, 2022

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2022 WY 70 April Term, A.D. 2022 June 8, 2022 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. WENDY S. OWENS, WSB #5-2816, Respondent. D-22-0002 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 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure (Stipulated Discipline). 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 Wendy S. Owens 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 Wendy S. Owens is hereby publicly censured for her conduct, which is described in the Report and Recommendation for Public Censure. The Wyoming State Bar may issue a press release consistent with the one set out 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. Owens shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $750.00. Ms. Owens shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before August 1, 2022. If Ms. Owens 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 Wendy S. Owens. [¶ 8] DATED this 8th day of June, 2022. BY THE COURT: /s/ KATE M. FOX Chief Justice