Colo. Justices Say ABA Standards Don't Trump State's Rules

By Emily Sawicki ( March 24, 2025, 6:09 PM EDT) -- The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday affirmed disciplinary sanctions against a lawyer who unloaded expletives at school staff in the presence of his minor client, finding in an opinion that the American Bar Association's standards for lawyer sanctions are "an important guiding authority" but don't override Colorado's own rules....

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