Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Nick Edward Beduhn, WSB # 6-3763
Citation: 2017 WY 139
Docket Number: D-17-0007
State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: November 22, 2017

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2017 WY 139 October Term, A.D. 2017 November 22, 2017 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. NICK EDWARD BEDUHN, WSB # 6-3763, Respondent. D-17-0007 ORDER OF SIX MONTH SUSPENSION FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW [¶1] This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Six Month Order of Suspension,” filed herein November 7, 2017, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar. This Court has carefully reviewed the Report and Recommendation, the attached “Affidavit of Costs and Expenses,” and the file. This Court finds the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent, Nick Edward Beduhn, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, with that suspension to run consecutively to the two-year suspension he is currently serving. See Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Beduhn, 2017 WY 97, 402 P.3d 950 (Wyo. 2017). It is, therefore, [¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Six Month Order of 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 Six Month Order of Suspension, Respondent, Nick Edward Beduhn, shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months, with the period of suspension to begin on May 10, 2019; and it is further [¶4] ORDERED that, during the period of suspension, Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21; and it is further [¶5] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Respondent shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $605.15, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $750.00. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $1,355.15 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before January 2, 2018; and it is further [¶6] ORDERED that Nick Edward Beduhn shall, on or before January 2, 2018, reimburse the complainant the amount of $1,000.00; and it is further [¶7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Six Month Suspension from the Practice of Law, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Six Month Order of Suspension, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Six Month Suspension from the Practice of Law to be served upon Respondent, Nick Edward Beduhn. [¶9] DATED this 22nd day of November, 2017. BY THE COURT: /s/ E. JAMES BURKE Chief Justice