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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jan. 31, 2025

Colorado disbarment should serve as a warning to California lawyers

Yujin Choi, a former Denver DA attorney, was disbarred for fabricating text messages, altering phone records, and destroying evidence, setting a precedent that could influence stricter California disciplinary actions under RPC 8.4(c).

Abigail W. Henderson

Associate, Long & Levit, LLP

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The Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, the office appointed by the Colorado Supreme Court to preside over lawyer discipline, disbarred an attorney, formerly of the Denver District Attorney's Office, for violations of Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct 8.4(c) and 8.4(h)--sections prohibiting dishonest conduct and conduct harming others that adversely reflects on an attorneys' fitness to practice law.

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