New Mexico Supreme Court

In re Montclare

June 16, 20162016 NMSC 23

Summary

The New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed the disciplinary panel’s findings that attorney Jason S. Montclare violated multiple Rules of Professional Conduct by accepting an unreasonable non‑monetary flat fee, improperly sharing fees with a nonlawyer, and failing to safeguard client property, and imposed a public censure and a six‑month suspension deferred on condition of clearing title, while declining to hold him in contempt.