Court Opinion

ID: 9388291
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Date Created: 2023-04-20 15:12:43.651968+00
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IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

                                     2023 WY 34
                                                               April Term, A.D. 2023

                                                                    April 20, 2023

 BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL
 RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING
 STATE BAR,

 Petitioner,
                                                  D-23-0003
 v.

 COLLIN C. HOPKINS, WSB #6-4032,

 Respondent.

                             ORDER OF DISBARMENT
[¶1] This matter came before the Court upon the Board of Professional Responsibility’s
Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, filed herein March 15, 2023,
pursuant to Rule 16 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The Court notes
Respondent has not filed an objection to the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report
and Recommendation.          The Court, after a careful review of the Report and
Recommendation and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be
approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent Collin C. Hopkins
should be disbarred. It is, therefore,

[¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s
Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by
this Court; and it is further

[¶3] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the
Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, Respondent Collin C. Hopkins shall
be, and hereby is, disbarred, effective October 31, 2022, which is the effective date of
termination of Respondent’s membership in the Wyoming State Bar. Matter of Hopkins,
2022 WY 142, 519 P.3d 651 (Wyo. 2022); and it is further
[¶4] ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those
rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further

[¶5] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary
Procedure, Respondent shall pay the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $359.50, which
represents the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay administrative fees of
$1,500.00. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $1,859.50 to the Wyoming State Bar
on or before June 30, 2023. If Respondent fails to make payment in the time allotted,
execution may issue on the award; and it is further

[¶6] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment,
along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, as a
matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further

[¶7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary
Procedure, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and
Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter
and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

[¶8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Disbarment
to be served upon Respondent Collin C. Hopkins.

[¶9]   DATED this 20th day of April, 2023.

                                                 BY THE COURT:

                                                 /s/

                                                 KATE M. FOX
                                                 Chief Justice