Attorney Stacy Casper of Casper, WY; ethical dwarf

The state of Wyoming presented Stacy E. Casper with a law license in 2001 after she graduated from the University of Wyoming School of Law. 

The Lawyer Disciplinary Board found Stacy guilty of the following misconduct.

In one matter, Stacy represented a client in a divorce and child custody matter and received a $5,000 retainer for her services. Stacy represented the client through the first day of divorce court; however, two months later she quit, citing nonpayment of her legal fees. The client finished the trial without further representation.

One month after the trial concluded, Stacy filed a lien on property owned by the ex-husband with the Natrona County Clerk indicating her client still owed nearly $19,000 in fees and costs that accrued during the first nine months in which she served as the attorney.

The ex-husband’s attorney immediately questioned the lien’s propriety, which did not cause any corrective action by Stacy. Stacy’s inaction led to the ex-husband to file an ethics complaint against Stacy.

Stacy’s fee agreement with the client provided that the minimum time increment to be billed would be 15 minutes or $50 at Stacy’s $200 hourly out-of-court rate.

A review of Stacy’s billing statement established that there were instances wherein she billed twice for the same activity. In some instances she billed .25 hours to review a document and then another .25 hours to sign the same document.

As a consequence of his misconduct, the patron saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Wyoming Supreme Court punished Dick by gifting him with a complimentary 30-day suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. July 2014), Stacy practices with the Casper Law Office LLC at 123 West First Street in Casper, Wyoming.