No. 01PDJ073.Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado.
August 14, 2001.
[1] Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended John Carl Koelsch from the practice of law for a period of one year and day. Koelsch violated Colo. RPC 1.1 while representing a client in a bankruptcy matter. In another matter, Koelsch failed to prepare a Qualified Domestic Relations Order which he was required to do pursuant to a stipulation in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3. In a third matter, Koelsch violated Colo. RPC 1.15(a) by negligently failing to keep his clients’ funds in a trust account. Koelsch was ordered to pay the costs of the proceeding.