People v. Tametha D’Lyn Barker. 21PDJ005. May 12, 2021. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge entered default and imposed reciprocal discipline, suspending Tametha D’Lyn Barker (attorney registration number 36797) from the practice of law in Colorado for three years, to run consecutive to the discipline imposed in case number 20PDJ006. Barker’s suspension thus takes effect May 6, 2023.
This reciprocal discipline case arose out of discipline imposed upon Barker in Texas. On November 19, 2020, the State Bar of Texas entered an order suspending Respondent for five years after she neglected a client matter; failed to keep her client reasonably informed about the status of the case; failed to promptly comply with her client’s reasonable requests for information; failed to give her client paper and property to which the client was entitled when the representation ended; failed to refund unearned fees when the representation ended; and failed to cooperate in disciplinary proceedings. The State Bar of Texas ordered that the suspension take effect after Barker’s current three-year suspension expires.
Barker’s misconduct constitutes grounds for reciprocal discipline under C.R.C.P. 251.21. Because a five-year period of suspension is not a disciplinary sanction authorized in Colorado, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge imposed the most closely analogous sanction of a three-year period of suspension.
The case file is public per C.R.C.P. 251.31.