PEOPLE v. COUSINS, 01PDJ007 (Colo.O.P.D.J. 9-18-2001)

People v. Cousins.

No. 01PDJ007.Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado.
September 18, 2001.

[1] Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended the respondent, Kevin M. Cousins from the practice of law for a period of six months. In one matter, Cousins neglected the client’s legal matter by failing to attend a conference with an expert witness and failing to appear at a motions hearing on behalf of the client in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3, and Cousins failed to promptly provide the file to the client upon termination in violation of Colo. RPC 1.16(d) and failed to provide the client with an accounting upon request in violation of Colo. RPC 1.15(b). Cousins was ordered to pay the costs of the proceeding.