| Rules of Professional Conduct Standing Committee |
The Committee on the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct is a Standing Committee established by the Colorado Supreme Court in 2003. The Committee is charged with periodically reviewing, correcting, updating, and improving the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct.
Before the Committee was formed, a number of different Court-appointed and bar association committees and task forces, as well as other groups and individuals, made requests and recommendations directly to the Court concerning possible rule changes. The Court continues to welcome suggested changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct by any entity or person; however, the Court expects the Standing Committee to consider those recommendations in the first instance.
The Supreme Court Liaisons to the Committee are Justice Monica Márquez and Justice Maria E. Berkenkotter. The Committee Chair is Judge Lino S. Lipinsky de Orlov of the Colorado Court of Appeals. The Committee is comprised of members of varying backgrounds, including trial-level judges, appellate judges, law school professors, disciplinary prosecutors, and attorneys in private practice in a broad range of practice areas.
The Committee as a whole will meet approximately four times per year . A variety of subcommittees will meet at other times to discuss changes to particular rules or to deliberate on specific topics.
The Supreme Court has repealed and reenacted the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, effective January 1, 2008. The reenacted rules differ in many respects from the previous rules, and also differ in some respects from the proposal made by the Standing Committee on December 27, 2005, which is available among the links below. The current Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are available from LexisNexis. Click the plus sign before “Colorado Rules of Procedure” and then the plus sign before “Appendix to Chapters 18 to 20” to access them. Additional proposed and adopted changes to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are available on the Supreme Court's website.
The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct can be found here.
|
Meeting Information |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Upcomiing Meeting Schedule: October 27, 2023; January 26, 2024; April 26, 2024; July 26, 2024; September 27, 2024; and January 24, 2025. Unless otherwise noted, meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. and are concluded by noon. Meetings are held in the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, 2 East 14th Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Standing Committee meetings are open to the public. However, for security reasons, all guests must notify the Chair in advance.
|
|
2013 Recommended Changes to Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct The committee's 2013 recommendations concerning amendments to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are accessible below. Summary of and Proposed Amendments to CRPC 1.15 Summary of and Proposed New CRPC 8.4, Comment [2A], and New CRPC 8.6 |
|
|
2006 Recommended Changes to Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct |
|
| The committee's 2006 recommendations concerning amendments to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct are listed below. The Court heard comments from interested parties on June 15, 2006 @ 1:30 pm in the Supreme Court courtroom.
Summary of the proposed changes to Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct Clean version of proposed changes Comparison with the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Appendix to Supplemental Report (posted 9/20/06) Comments submitted:
|
|
|
Members of the Committee |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name of Committee Member Date of End of Term | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Historic Committee Documents