Practicing With Professionalism - South Carolina Bar Association

G. An attorney shall treat the rights ofthird persons with respect and shall
avoid conduct meant"...to embarrass, delay, or burden a third
person...." Colo. RPC 4.4:
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1. People v. Campbell, 932 P.2d 312 (Colo. 1997). (Attorney failed to
pay the fee of a doctor retained as an expert witness.) (public
censure); and
2. People v. Fitzgibbons, 909 P.2d 1098 (Colo. 1996) (Attorney
wrote 14 insufficient-funds checks as monthly house payments on a
promissory note, then asked the holder ofthe note to falsify a credit
report regarding his application to refinance the note. Attorney
threatened suit against the creditor, filed suit, appealed a dismissal,
and made some effort toward a petition for certiorari, when the
court of Appeals affinned the trial court and found the attorney's
pursuit of the appeal continued to be frivolous, groundless, and
vexatious.) (public censure).
H. An attorney may not participate in the unauthorized practice oflaw.
Colo. RPC 5.4(a), 5.5:
1. People v. Wright, Jr., 35 P.3d 153 (Colo. 1999). (Attorney
engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by participating in (
multiple matters while suspended,· in violation of C.RC.P. \.
241.21 (a) and (b), and Colo. RPC5.5(a).) (disbannent);
2. People v. Stewart, 892 P.2d 875 (Colo. 1995). (Attorney charged a
personal hotel bill to law finn; denied the charges when confronted
by the finn; and later, as a sole practitioner, hired a non-attorney
assistant who gave legal advice to clients.) (suspension, three
years);
3. People v. Cassidy, 884 P.2d 309 (Colo. 1994). (Attorney on
inactive status sold living trusts through an insurance agency and
counseled clients on the validity of the trusts.) (suspension, six
months);and
4. CBA Ethics Opinion 63, Attorney's Relationship with· a Traffic
Clinic.
1. Colo. RPC 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 govern an attorney's communications in
the nature ofadvertising and solicitation:'
1. People v. Zimmermann, 938 P.2d 131 (Colo. 1997). (Attorney ('.,'
advertised with a for-profit referral agency not approved by a bar
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