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
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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