Gender Slur Violated Anti-Bias Rule

A one year suspension with all but four months stayed has been ordered by the Colorado Presiding Disciplinary Judge

In one client matter, Frazier failed to appear in person at a hearing and did not communicate with his client that her case had therefore been dismissed. In a second client matter, Frazier was compensated for his services by the mother and step-father of his client without obtaining informed consent from his client. Frazier also disclosed confidential information to his client’s parents. Further, Frazier called his client’s mother a “c**t” in a text message. Finally, Frazier did not maintain a business or operating account until May 2019, took cash withdrawals out of his trust account, and deposited into his trust account monetary gifts from his father.

The c-word violated

Colo. RPC 8.4(g) (in representing a client, a lawyer shall not engage in conduct that exhibits or is intended to appeal to or engender bias against a person based on the person’s race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status, when such conduct is directed to anyone involved in the legal process)

The sanction was based on a conditional admission of misconduct and includes a two-year probation. (MIke Frisch)