Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Nick Edward Beduhn, WSB 6-3763

2017 WY 53, 393 P.3d 903, 2017 WL 1929984, 2017 Wyo. LEXIS 50

• Court: Wyoming Supreme Court
• Decided: May 10, 2017
• Docket: D-16-0007
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order of Immediate Suspension

E. JAMES BURKE, Chief Justice

[¶1] Pursuant to Rule 17 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar filed, on April 20, 2017, a “Petition for Immediate Suspension of Attorney.” After a careful review of the petition, the “Affidavit of Bar Counsel in Support of Petition for Immediate Suspension of Attorney,” the materials attached thereto, and the file, this Court finds and concludes that the petition for immediate suspension should be granted and that Respondent should be suspended from the practice of law pending resolution of the formal charges that have been, or will be, filed against him. It is, therefore,

[¶2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, effective immediately, Respondent Nick Edward Beduhn, shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law, pending final resolution of the formal charges that have been, or will be, filed against him; and it is further

[¶3] 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; and it is further

[¶4] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Immediate Suspension shall be published in the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

[¶5] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall transmit a copy of this Order of Immediate Suspension to the Respondent, Bar Counsel, members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State of Wyoming.

BY THE COURT:

/s/E. JAMES BURKE Chief Justice