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People v. Stevens. 12PDJ056. February 27, 2013. Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved an amended conditional admission of misconduct submitted by the parties and suspended Lisa Welch Stevens (Attorney Registration Number 28936) for one year and one day, all stayed upon the successful completion of a two-year period of probation, with conditions, effective February 25, 2013. Stevens served discovery responses bearing electronic signatures of certain clients, even though those clients had not provided information to her in response to discovery requests, nor had they reviewed the responses she drafted. Later, Stevens filed with the court a response to a motion to compel and attached thereto the discovery responses, even though those responses contained false, non-contemporaneous electronic signatures of her clients. In so doing, Stevens made both a false statement of material fact and a misrepresentation to a court. Stevens also failed to abide by the duty of communication she owed to her clients. Her misconduct constitutes grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 1.4(a), 3.3(a)(1), and 8.4(c).

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