PEOPLE v. PETERSON, 99PDJ104 (Colo.O.P.D.J. 5-2-2001)

Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge accepted the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended James I. Peterson from the practice of law for a period of eighteen months. Respondent violated Colo. RPC 8.4(h) constituting grounds for discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5(b). Respondent entered a guilty plea to felony menacing with a deadly weapon. He subsequently violated a restraining order against him, constituting a violation of Colo. RPC 3.4(c). The respondent was ordered to pay the costs of the proceeding.