People v. Phillip Gregory Noland. 19PDJ011. February 22, 2019. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ stipulation to reciprocal discipline and publicly censured Phillip Gregory Noland (attorney registration number 16662), effective February 22, 2019.
This reciprocal discipline case arose out of discipline imposed in Arizona. On November 16, 2018, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge for the Supreme Court of Arizona reprimanded Noland and imposed a one-year period of probation with conditions, which Noland has completed. Noland was disciplined for writing a check in reliance on funds that he neglected to deposit, causing the check to be returned. Noland failed to safeguard client funds and to keep mandatory trust account records. Because Noland is a criminal defense lawyer and only charges a flat earned-on-receipt fee, however, he does not need a trust account.
Noland’s misconduct constitutes grounds for reciprocal discipline under C.R.C.P. 251.5 and 251.21. The case file is public per C.R.C.P. 251.31.