People v. Tricia Marie Laylock. 14PDJ014. February 20, 2014. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Tricia Marie Laylock (Attorney Registration Number 42273) for sixty days with the requirement of reinstatement pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.29(c)-(e), all stayed upon the completion of a three-year period of probation with conditions. The probation took effect February 20, 2014.
On August 25, 2012, Laylock was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and reckless endangerment. She later pled guilty to these charges. She was again arrested on December 7, 2012, for driving under the influence of drugs, failure to provide proof of insurance, careless driving, and failure to report an accident. Laylock soon after pled guilty to driving under the influence. She self-reported this conviction. On May 27, 2013, she was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs, child abuse, reckless endangerment, and careless driving. She pled guilty to driving under the influence and reckless endangerment. Laylock also self-reported this conviction. In June 2013, she voluntarily entered a ninety-day residential treatment facility. She successfully completed this program on September 1, 2013, and eight days later she entered an intensive outpatient program, which she also successfully completed. In October 2013, Laylock was sentenced to one year in jail, suspended contingent upon the completion of twenty-four months of probation and six months of in-home detention. She was also required to complete an aftercare treatment program and one hundred and twenty days of public service.
Through her misconduct, Laylock violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b), which prohibits a lawyer from committing a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.