IN RE: DISCIPLINE OF ADAM LAWSON WOODRUM (2025)

ORDER IMPOSING TEMPORARY SUSPENSION AND REFERRING ATTORNEY TO DISCIPLINARY BOARD

Bar counsel has filed a petition under SCR 111(4) informing this court that attorney Adam Lawson Woodrum has been convicted, pursuant to a no contest plea, of two counts of lewdness with a child under 16 years old, a felony under NRS 201.230(1)(a) and (3). Woodrum self-reported the conviction as required by SCR 111(2).

When a petition filed under SCR 111(4) establishes that an attorney has been convicted of a “serious crime,” this court is required to suspend the attorney pending a disciplinary proceeding and refer the attorney to the appropriate disciplinary board.¹ SCR 111(7) (“Upon the filing with the supreme court of a petition with a certified copy of proof of the conviction, demonstrating that an attorney has been convicted of a serious crime, the court shall enter an order suspending the attorney ․ pending final disposition of a disciplinary proceeding ․”); SCR 111(8) (“Upon receipt of a petition filed under subsection 4 of this rule, demonstrating that an attorney has been convicted of a serious crime, the supreme court shall, in addition to suspending the attorney in accordance with the provisions of subsection 7 of this rule, refer the matter to the appropriate disciplinary board ․”). Under SCR 111(6), a felony is a “serious crime.” Woodrum's conviction on the felony crime of lewdness with a child under 16 years of age thus mandates a suspension and referral. SCR 111(7), (8).

Accordingly, we suspend Woodrum from the practice of law in Nevada pending a disciplinary proceeding, SCR 111(7), and refer Woodrum to the Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board for a hearing to determine “the extent of the discipline to be imposed.” SCR 111(8).

It is so ORDERED.²

Herndon, C.J.

Bell, J.

Stiglich, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   For purposes of SCR 111(1), a “conviction” includes a nolo contendere plea “regardless of ․ whether a final judgment of conviction has been entered.”

2.   This order constitutes our final disposition of this matter. Any further disciplinary matter involving Woodrum shall be docketed as a new matter.