People v. Steven Louis Morgan. 20PDJ020. April 17, 2020. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Steven Louis Morgan (attorney registration number 38542) for six months, 45 days served and 135 days stayed upon the successful completion of a one-year period of probation. Morgan’s suspension is effective April 24, 2020.
During a disciplinary investigation into Morgan’s representation of a client, Morgan submitted to the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel an altered copy of a fee agreement and a falsified letter concerning the representation.
Through this conduct, Morgan violated Colo. RPC 8.1(a) (a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact in connection with a disciplinary matter) and Colo. RPC 8.4(c) (providing that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation).
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