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People v. Kleinsmith. 13PDJ015. January 31, 2013. Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a conditional admission of misconduct submitted by the parties and publicly censured Philip M. Kleinsmith (Attorney Registration Number 01063), effective January 31, 2013. On March 20, 2012, Kleinsmith was reprimanded by the State of Arizona for violating the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct. He was reprimanded for filing improper arbitration certificates in nine different court matters; failing to appear for two hearings in Wisconsin and billing his client for corrective motions to remedy his failures to appear; making errors in preparing a notice of sale in a Florida real estate matter; and failing to reasonably communicate with a client before filing a motion to withdraw from representation. On October 26, 2012, the State of Utah publicly reprimanded him for the same misconduct addressed in the Arizona matter. Kleinsmith’s misconduct constitutes grounds for the imposition of reciprocal discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and 251.21(a).

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