No. 03PDJ112 and 04PDJ082.Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado.
September 27, 2004.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent Douglas C. Thorburn, attorney registration number 07340, from the practice of law in the State of Colorado, effective October 27, 2004, for a period of one year and one day. Respondent violated RPC 1.5 (a) on several occasions by commingled client funds with his personal funds in his operating account. By commingled these funds, he technically converted and misappropriated client money in violation of RPC 8.4 (c). Respondent commingled personal and client or third party funds in his trust account and then transferred funds belonging to third parties from his trust account into his operating account, in violation of Colo. RPC 1.15 (a). He also failed to respond to reasonable requests from a client for information, which violated Colo. RPC 1.4 (a). Respondent was ordered to pay costs.