People v. Kallman S. Elinoff. 16PDJ014. February 19, 2016. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Kallman S. Elinoff (Attorney Registration Number 18677) for thirty days. Elinoff’s suspension took effect on February 20, 2016.
In 2015, Elinoff represented a client in a criminal matter in Jefferson County District Court. Nine days before his client’s trial, Elinoff filed a motion to continue in which he indicated that he was undergoing a medical procedure that week. Two days before the trial, Elinoff appeared at a hearing when he asked to approach the bench. There, Elinoff exaggerated the nature of his medical procedure in an effort to persuade the court to grant a continuance. That same afternoon Elinoff brought medical documentation to the court, admitted his misrepresentation, and took responsibility for his actions.
Elinoff’s conduct violated Colo. RPC 3.3(a) (a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal) and Colo. RPC 8.4(c) (a lawyer shall not engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation).