Opinion ID: 2591097
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: The Wayne Arden Matter

Text: Wayne Arden retained Respondent in 2001 to file and maintain patents and trademarks protecting Mr. Arden's medical devices. Respondent entered his appearance on Mr. Arden's behalf with USPTO and foreign patent offices and thus, Respondent's name and office address is the only contact information the USPTO had in relation to these devices. Accordingly, all correspondence, application renewals, fee requests, etc., were sent directly to Respondent on Mr. Arden's behalf. Beginning in February 2008, Mr. Arden has been trying to contact Respondent, with no success, to check on the status of his legal matters and retrieve his client file. Respondent's telephone has now been disconnected and his office locked with the appearance of being abandoned. Respondent still has not withdrawn as attorney of record for Mr. Arden with the USPTO. As a result of this conduct, Respondent violated Colo. RPC 1.3, 1.4(a) and 1.4(b).