Opinion ID: 2602333
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Claims I and II

Text: On January 12, 2000, Jovoni Mercado (Mercado) hired Powell to represent her in a dissolution of marriage action, and paid him a retainer of $300. Powell did not file the petition for dissolution of marriage on Mercado's behalf until March 26, 2000, and thereafter took no other action on her case. Consequently, Powell violated Colo. RPC 1.3(a lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client) by neglecting Mercado's legal matter. Powell also violated Colo. RPC 1.4(a)(a lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information) by failing to communicate with Mercado, by failing to keep Mercado reasonably informed about the status of her legal matter and failing to comply with Mercado's reasonable requests for information, despite Mercado's repeated attempts to communicate with Powell.