BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY WYOMING STATE BAR v. JOHNSON WSB 2631 (2018)

Order of Disbarment

[¶ 1] This matter came before the Court upon the “Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” filed herein September 18, 2018. The Court notes Respondent Stuwert B. Johnson did not file any objection to the Report and Recommendation. See Rule 16, Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent Stuwert B. Johnson should be disbarred. It is, therefore,

[¶ 2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the “Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment,” which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is further

[¶ 3] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, Respondent Stuwert B. Johnson shall be, and hereby is, disbarred, effective November 1, 2018; and it is further

[¶ 4] ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further

[¶ 5] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Mr. Johnson shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $1,912.56, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $750.00. Mr. Johnson shall pay the total amount of $2,662.56 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before December 10, 2018; and it is further

[¶ 6] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further

[¶ 7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Order of Disbarment, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

[¶ 8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Disbarment to be served upon Respondent Stuwert B. Johnson.

[¶ 9] DATED this 24th day of October, 2018.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ MICHAEL K. DAVIS

Chief Justice

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