Nevada Supreme Court, 2014

In Re: Reinstatement of Robert Weatherford

In Re: Reinstatement of Robert Weatherford
Nevada Supreme Court · Decided September 24, 2014

In Re: Reinstatement of Robert Weatherford

Opinion

written conditional guilty plea agreement in accordance with SCR 113.

Under its terms, Weatherford agreed to plead guilty to a violation of RPC 8.4(b) (providing that it is misconduct for an attorney to "[c]ommit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects"). The agreement provided for a two-year suspension, running from November 17, 2011, the effective date of Weatherford's SCR 111 temporary suspension.

With regard to Weatherford's reinstatement, the panel recommended that he be reinstated subject to a number of conditions.

First, the panel recommended that he be required to enroll in a mentoring program approved by the Office of Bar Counsel for two years and that his mentor submit quarterly reports to the State Bar regarding Weatherford's handling of cases and clients and whether he is maintaining his sobriety.

Second, the panel recommended that he be required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at least once a week and that he submit proof of his attendance on a quarterly basis to the office of bar counsel. Third, the panel recommended that he submit, at his expense, to four random urinalyses tests every year, preferably one test per quarter, to be coordinated by the Office of Bar Counsel Fourth, it was recommended that Weatherford be required to seek treatment from a licensed mental health professional, if requested to do so by the Office of Bar Counsel, and that the treating professional provide regular reports, as needed, to the Office of Bar Counsel. Fifth, the panel recommended that, if Weatherford obtains a vehicle during the first two years of his reinstatement, he be required to install a breath interlock device. Sixth, and finally, the panel recommended that Weatherford be required to pay the actual costs of the hearing, minus staff salaries, within 30 days of receiving a billing

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(0) 194Th e statement for these costs from the State Bar. Weatherford did not object to these conditions and had previously stated, at the hearing regarding his discipline and reinstatement, that he would not oppose any conditions that were put on his reinstatement.

Having reviewed the record before us, we conclude that the conditional guilty plea and stated form of discipline should be approved in its entirety. We also determine that Weatherford should be reinstated subject to the conditions recommended by the hearing panel, with these conditions to remain in effect for the first two years of his reinstatement.

Accordingly, Weatherford is suspended for two years, effective November 17, 2011, and ending November 17, 2013. He is further hereby reinstated to the practice of law under the conditions detailed above.

It is so ORDERED.

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