BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. BRET B. STRAND, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 6-2853

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR V. BRET B. STRAND, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 6-2853
2006 WY 118
143 P.3d 351
Case Number: D-06-04
Decided: 09/25/2006

April Term, A.D. 2006

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR,

Petitioner,

v.

BRET B. STRAND, Wyoming State Bar Attorney No. 6-2853,

Respondent.

This matter came before the Court upon a "Report and Recommendation for Disbarment" filed herein September 11, 2006, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar.  The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation, Respondent's "Section 16 Affidavit," and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court.  It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility's Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, a copy of 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

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, effective this date, the Respondent, Bret B. Strand, shall be, and hereby is, disbarred from the practice of law in this state; and it is further

ORDERED that Board of Professional Responsibility is hereby authorized to issue a press release consistent with the proposed press release contained in the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Bret B. Strand shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $43.71, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00.  Mr. Strand shall pay the total amount of $543.71 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before November 10, 2006; and it is further

ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, particularly the requirements found in Section 22 of the Disciplinary Code; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

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

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order of Disbarment to be served upon the Respondent, Bret B. Strand; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court transmit a copy of this Order of Disbarment to members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State of Wyoming.

DATED this ______ day of September, 2006.

                                                                        BY THE COURT:

                                                                        BARTON R. VOIGT

                                                                        Chief Justice