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CO moves to suspend lawyer CI

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The State of Colorado has moved to suspend Francis M. Pignatelli, previously discussed here on Jan. 26. Today's Office of Attorney Regulation press release: DENVER – The Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation today announced that it has filed a petition to immediately suspend Colorado lawyer Francis (Frank) M. Pignatelli from the practice of law. The petition is now pending before Supreme Court Presiding Disciplinary Judge William Lucero. The petition alleges that Mr. Pignatelli committed fraud when applying to the Colorado Bar in 2006. It is alleged that Mr. Pignatelli failed to disclose that he was subject of a federal criminal investigation in Ohio and that the federal authorities had informed him that they had sufficient information to charge him with federal crimes...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).