BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. DION J. CUSTIS, WSB #6-2674

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. DION J. CUSTIS, WSB #6-2674
2012 WY 142
Case Number: D-12-0008
Decided: 11/07/2012

October Term, A.D. 2012

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL

RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING

STATE BAR,

Petitioner,

v.

DION J. CUSTIS, WSB #6-2674,

Respondent.

ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE

This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Public Censure,” filed herein August 29, 2012, 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, the “Respondent’s Brief,” and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent Dion J. Custis should be publicly censured for his conduct, which is described in the attached Report and Recommendation for Public Censure. It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s

Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, 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 Dion J. Custis is hereby publicly censured for his conduct; and it is further

ORDERED that, on or before December 31, 2012, Mr. Custis shall complete four (4) hours of continuing legal education on the subject of ethics; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Mr. Custis shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $11,897.60, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $500.00. Mr. Custis shall pay the total amount of $12,397.60 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before December 31, 2012; and it is further

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

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) of the Disciplinary Code for the

Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Public Censure to be served upon Respondent Dion J. Custis.

DATED this 7th day of November, 2012.

BY THE COURT:*

/s/

MARILYN S. KITE

Chief Justice

*Justice Davis took no part in the consideration of this matter. Retired Justice Michael Golden participated by assignment.