People v. Phillips. 06PDJ005. June 14, 2006. Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and disbarred Respondent John D. Phillips (Attorney Registration No. 09486) from the practice of law, effective July 15, 2006. Respondent represented a client in a dissolution of marriage action without a written fee agreement. The same client paid Respondent an advance retainer of $5,000.00. Later, he knowingly failed to deposit it into a trust account and instead used the funds for his own purposes. This knowing conversion of client funds constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 8.4(c). The PDJ dismissed the remaining charges against Respondent at the request of the parties.