Title: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Richard C. Bohling, WSB # 5-2625
Citation: 2016 WY 83
Docket Number: D-16-0004
State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: August 24, 2016

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING 2016 WY 83 April Term, A.D. 2016 August 24, 2016 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. RICHARD C. BOHLING, WSB # 5-2625, Respondent. D-16-0004 ORDER OF DISBARMENT [¶1] This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” filed herein August 15, 2016, 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 Richard C. Bohling should be disbarred. It is, therefore, [¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s “Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” 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 Order of Disbarment, Respondent Richard C. Bohling shall be, and hereby is, disbarred; and it is further [¶4] ORDERED that, for purposes of reinstatement, the disbarment is considered effective June 15, 2016, the day this Court entered its “Order of Immediate Suspension.” Also, if Respondent prevails in the pending appeal of his criminal convictions, he will be eligible to petition for reinstatement to the Bar, notwithstanding Rule 22(b)(1) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure; and it is further [¶5] ORDERED that the Wyoming State Bar may issue a press release consistent with the one set out in the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment; and it is further [¶6] ORDERED that 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, Mr. Bohling 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. Mr. Bohling shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before September 30, 2016; and it is further [¶8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further [¶9] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶10] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Disbarment to be served upon Respondent Richard C. Bohling. [¶11] DATED this 24th day of August, 2016. BY THE COURT: /s/ E. JAMES BURKE Chief Justice