PEOPLE v. NAGRICH, 01PDJ030 (Colo.O.P.D.J. 3-30-2001)

People v. Nagrich.

No. 01PDJ030.Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado.
March 30, 2001.

[1] Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge accepted the parties’ Conditional Admission of Misconduct and issued a public censure against the Respondent, Nicholas Nagrich in this reciprocal discipline matter from the State of Alabama. Respondent represented the plaintiff in one matter, and despite having been provided with eight months notice by the court of the disclosure deadlines and pretrial conference date, Respondent failed to comply with pretrial disclosures and failed to attend the pretrial conference. In a second related matter, Respondent filed a separate complaint on behalf of the same client against the same defendant. Four days later, Respondent moved to Missouri less that four weeks prior to the pretrial conference in the second matter, and without requesting leave of court to withdraw in either case. Respondent failed file a motion to withdraw, he failed to adequately represent his client’s interests in either case until the court had allowed him to withdraw, and he failed to comply with court orders. Respondent’s conduct violated Colo. RPC 1.1, Colo. RPC 1.3 and Colo. RPC 1.4(a). Respondent was ordered to pay the costs of the proceeding.