Supreme Court of Colorado August 18, 2010, 09PDJ098 (People v. Edwards)

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DECISION AND ORDER IMPOSING SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO C.R.C.P. 251.19(c)

I. ISSUE AND SANCTION

Disbarment is typically appropriate when a lawyer knowingly converts or misappropriates client funds, in the absence of significant mitigating factors. Respondent knowingly failed to return an unearned retainer to a client for whom he had performed little or no work.