IN RE: DISCIPLINE OF SUSANNE J. MAYEUX (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 Susanne J. Mayeux has been convicted in Wyoming for (1) aggravated assault and battery, a felony; and (2) interference with a peace officer, a misdemeanor. Mayeux self-reported as required by SCR 111(2).

When an SCR 111(4) petition establishes that an attorney has been convicted of a ‘‘serious crime,” this court must suspend the attorney pending a disciplinary proceeding and refer the attorney to the appropriate disciplinary board. 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.” Mayeux's conviction for aggravated assault and battery—a felony under Wyoming law—thus requires a suspension and referral. SCR 111(7), (8).

Accordingly, we suspend attorney Susanne J. Mayeux from the practice of law in Nevada pending a disciplinary proceeding and refer her to the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board for a hearing to determine “the extent of the discipline to be imposed.” SCR 111(8).

It is so ORDERED.¹

Herndon, J.

Bell, J.

Stiglich, J.

FOOTNOTES

1.   This order constitutes our final disposition of this matter.