People v. Gregory Lee Watkins. 19PDJ008. May 23, 2019. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Gregory Lee Watkins (attorney registration number 25800) from the practice of law for six months, effective June 27, 2019. Watkins must show as part of any reinstatement application or affidavit that he is in compliance with all applicable child support and maintenance orders. If he comes into compliance with all such orders, he may seek reinstatement under C.R.C.P. 251.29(b) before the six-month period of suspension expires.
Watkins was divorced in March 2016. The court ordered him to make ninety-four monthly maintenance payments of $2,855.00 to his ex-wife and to make monthly child support payments in the amount of $770.00. Watkins began having difficulty making the payments in late 2017. As of early May 2018, he was in arrears in the amount of $1,540.00 in child support and about $8,655.00 in maintenance. He came into compliance as to child support by mid-May 2018, yet he fell further behind on maintenance. As of May 2019, Watkins was current on child support but had a maintenance arrearage of $25,695.00. He has not filed a motion to modify his child support or maintenance obligations. Through his conduct, Watkins violated Colo. RPC 3.4(c) (a lawyer shall not knowingly disobey an obligation under the rules of a tribunal).
The case file is public per C.R.C.P. 251.31.