Title: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. GUY PATRICK CLEVELAND
Citation: 150 P.3d 184, 2007 WY 7
Docket Number: D-06-9
State: Wyoming
Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court
Date: January 17, 2007

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. GUY PATRICK CLEVELAND2007 WY 7150 P.3d 184Case Number: D-06-9Decided: 01/17/2007 October Term, A.D. 2006 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner, v. GUY PATRICK CLEVELAND, Attorney No. 6-3407, Respondent. This matter came before the Court upon a "Report and Recommendation for Public Censure," filed herein December 26, 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, the Respondent's "Section 16 Affidavit and Stipulation to Discipline," Bar Counsel's "Motion for Public Censure and to File a Report and Recommendation for Discipline," and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that Respondent Guy Patrick Cleveland should be publicly censured in the manner set forth in the Report and Recommendation. It is, therefore, 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 ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that Guy Patrick Cleveland shall receive a public censure for his conduct, and he shall be publicly censured in a manner consistent with the recommended censure contained in the Report and Recommendation for Public Censure; and it is further ORDERED that, on or before August 1, 2007, Guy Patrick Cleveland shall complete five additional hours of ethics CLE. Such CLE must be pre-approved by Bar Counsel. This CLE requirement is in addition to the mandatory CLE requirements; and it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Guy Patrick Cleveland shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $200.00, representing some of the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $500.00. Mr. Cleveland shall pay the total amount of $700.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before March 1, 2007; and it is further 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 ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, 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 ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order of Public Censure to be served upon Respondent Guy Patrick Cleveland; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court transmit a copy of this Order of Public Censure to members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State of Wyoming. DATED this ______ day of January, 2007. BY THE COURT: BARTON R. VOIGT Chief Justice