Opinion ID: 2611420
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Corporate Records

Text: In the mid-1980s, Gregory N. Yattaw hired the respondent to incorporate his business, Gregory N. Yattaw and Associates, Inc. The respondent thereafter performed various legal services related to the corporation. Around the time of the respondent's 1996 suspension, Yattaw tried to contact him without success. When Yattaw's new lawyer requested the return of the corporate records in the respondent's custody and control, the respondent did not even respond. Because the corporate documents have not yet been returned, Yattaw has experienced difficulties in the continued operation of the firm's business and in complying with statutory and regulatory requirements. The respondent's inaction and failure to return the corporate records violated Colo. RPC 1.3 (neglect); Colo. RPC 1.4(a) (failing to communicate); Colo. RPC 1.15(b) (failing to return client property); and Colo. RPC 1.16(d) (failing to protect a client's interests and to return client property following termination of employment).