Opinion ID: 2548391
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: knight matter

Text: Romero agreed to represent Deb Knight, who lived and worked on a South Dakota reservation at the time, in an Okanogan County family law matter. Romero appeared and filed a motion to continue the child support modification hearing. Romero failed to take further action, communicate with Knight regarding the status of the case, to respond to Knight's telephone calls or letters written on his behalf by attorneys in South Dakota, and to inform Knight and opposing counsel that he was administratively suspended for approximately a month during his representation of Knight. As a result of these failures, a default order was entered against Knight. Romero's failure to file documents requesting a child support modification violated RPC 1.2(a) [10] and 1.3 [11] for which the Board recommends a 90-day suspension. Romero's failure to keep Knight reasonably informed violated RPC 1.4 [12] for which another 90-day suspension is recommended by the Board.