Opinion ID: 2600234
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 19

Heading: claim viii

Text: [A Lawyer Shall Keep A Client Reasonably Informed About the Status of a Matter, Promptly Comply With Reasonable Requests for Information, and Explain a Matter to the Extent Reasonably Necessary to Permit the Client to Make Informed Decisions Regarding the RepresentationColo. RPC 1.4(a)] Paragraphs 72 through 95 are incorporated herein as if fully set forth. Colo. RPC 1.4(a) provides that a lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information. This respondent failed to keep Mr. Mason reasonably informed about the status of both of the legal matters and failed to comply promptly with reasonable requests for information in the following respects: a. by failing to respond timely and adequately to calls made by Mr. Mason and/or Ms. Nunez in the criminal case; b. by failing to respond timely and adequately to calls made by Mr. Mason and/or Ms. Nunez in the paternity action after respondent's last communication with Mr. Mason in about August of 2002; c. and by failing to maintain minimum communications with the client throughout the course of the representation in both matters. Each of these failures to communicate adequately with the client constitutes a separate violation of Colo. RPC 1.4(a) as do all of them together. The respondent knew or should have known that he had failed to communicate adequately with his client over an extended period of months. The respondent's pattern and practice of failing to communicate with the client caused injury or potential injury to the client. By such conduct, the respondent violated Colo. RPC 1.4(a). WHEREFORE, the complaint prays at the conclusion hereof.