Opinion ID: 2591097
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 15

Heading: The David Gunn Matter

Text: David Gunn retained Respondent in the summer of 2007 to represent his company in a number of patent/trademark issues. He provided Respondent with two retainer checks, one for $2,000.00 and one for $2,500.00 in July and August 2007. Both checks were deposited into Respondent's COLTAF account. Mr. Gunn last spoke to Respondent in approximately December 2007. Since that date, Mr. Gunn has discovered that Respondent failed to complete the patent/trademark work he was retained and paid to complete. As a result, Mr. Gunn has lost his patent identified as U.S. Patent Application SN11/026,571. Mr. Gunn has made numerous requests to recover his client file from Respondent so he can determine what action should be taken on his patents/trademark issues, but Respondent has failed to respond; Respondent has also refused to turn over Mr. Gunn's client file, or Mr. Gunn's Petriglass showcase, and drywall texture prototype hopper, nozzles and tube gun prototypes. Mr. Gunn is currently being sued in California over this lost patent and his inability to secure his file from Respondent has prejudiced his defense and caused him to be unable to fully respond to discovery as ordered by the court. As a result of this conduct, Respondent violated Colo. RPC 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a), 1.4(b) and 8.4(c).