Discipline and Public Censure

Summary

The Special Tribunal approved the Amended Stipulation between former Chief Justice Nathan B. Coats and the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline. It determined that Coats violated Canon Rule 2.5(A) by failing to act competently and diligently in allowing the Judicial Department to enter a potentially multimillion-dollar contract with a former employee despite substantial unresolved misconduct concerns. The Tribunal therefore publicly censured Coats.