Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Hampton M. Young, WSB 6-3672

2022 WY 20, 503 P.3d 80

• Court: Wyoming Supreme Court
• Decided: February 2, 2022
• Docket: D-21-0004
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

2022 WY 20

October Term, A.D. 2021

February 2, 2022

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR,

Petitioner, D-21-0004 v.

HAMPTON M. YOUNG, WSB #6-3672,

Respondent.

ORDER OF ONE-YEAR SUSPENSION

[¶ 1] This matter came before the Court upon the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension, filed herein January 24, 2022. The Report and Recommendation was filed pursuant to Rule 12 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, which governs stipulated discipline. Now, after a careful review of the Report and Recommendation and the file, the Court finds the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court, and that Hampton M. Young should be suspended from the practice of law for one year. It is, therefore,

[¶ 2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is further

[¶ 3] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension, Respondent Hampton M. Young shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for one year, with the period of suspension to begin February 4, 2022; and it is further [¶ 4] ORDERED that, during the period of suspension, Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further

[¶ 5] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Respondent shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, which represents the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $750.00. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before April 1, 2022. If Respondent fails to make payment in the time allotted, execution may issue on the award; and it is further

[¶ 6] ORDERED that the Wyoming State Bar may issue the agreed press release contained in the Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension; and it is further

[¶ 7] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of One-Year Suspension, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further

[¶ 8] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of One-Year Suspension, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for One-Year Suspension shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

[¶ 9] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of One-Year Suspension to be served upon Respondent Hampton M. Young.

[¶ 10] DATED this 2nd day of February, 2022.

BY THE COURT:

/s/

KATE M. FOX Chief Justice