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Lindsay Arroyo, a New York-licensed lawyer practicing in Colorado federal courts, abandoned three vulnerable immigration clients, according to a disciplinary opinion. A court document states that she ignored their communications and conferred no benefit on them, even while she converted their funds for her own personal use.
According to the opinion, for almost four years, she commingled personal and client funds in her trust account. When disciplinary authorities investigated, she falsified bank records to conceal her misuse of her trust account.
Colorado’s presiding disciplinary judge determined that Arroyo’s abandonment of her clients, coupled with her knowing conversion of their funds and her dishonesty when dealing with regulatory authorities, demonstrate that she is unregulatable and poses a significant danger to Colorado citizens.
Arroyo was disbarred from the practice of law in Colorado, effective upon issuance of an “Order and Notice of Disbarment.” Arroyo was also ordered by the court to pay restitution to her clients totaling $8,120 no later than April 8, care of Jody McGuirk at the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, consistent with a concurrently issued restitution order.