year period, Flangas shall not engage in any activity that results in public
discipline, including a Letter of Reprimand; Flangas shall pay the actual
costs of the disciplinary proceeding, excluding staff salaries, within 30
days of receipt of the bill of costs; Flangas shall pay restitution in the
amount of $50,586.52 within two years of July 1, 2014, and shall open a
bank account and begin making monthly payments in the amount of
$2,107.77 per month towards this restitution and submit quarterly
statements to the State Bar demonstrating compliance:' Flangas shall
take an additional ten hours of continuing legal education, including five
hours relating to law office management and five hours relating to
attorney ethics.
In approving the conditional guilty plea agreement, the
hearing panel considered aggravating and mitigating factors as agreed to
within the plea agreement. The aggravating factors are: a pattern of
misconduct, multiple offenses, vulnerability of the victim, and substantial
experience in the practice of law. The mitigating factors are: absence of a
prior disciplinary record, absence of a dishonest or selfish motive,
substantial efforts provided on behalf of clients, timely good faith effort to
make restitution or to rectify consequences of misconduct, and full and
'The restitution shall be paid as follows: Leonard and Doris Morris
($500), Sheraz Raja ($3,000), Charles Platt ($5,026.52), Cindy Silvagni
($1,500), Michael Fuller ($4,000), Elizabeth and Generoso Rodriguez
($3,560), Luke and Sherry Krebs ($1,500), Susan Mitchell ($4,000), Ronald
and Margarite Stevens ($5,000), Mike Bluett ($1,000), Richard Altman
($4,500), Connie Conwell ($4,500), Fred Lewis ($500), Diane Moon
($2,000), Sandra Baise ($1,500), Emiliano and Martha Renteria ($1,500),
Nicole Dawson ($1,500), William and Kathie Smith ($1,500), James and
Dianna Newell ($2,500), and Barbara Durah ($1,500).
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free disclosure to disciplinary authority or cooperative attitude toward
proceeding. See SCR 102.5.
Based on our review of the record, we conclude that the guilty
plea agreement should be approved with the clarification that the time
periods for the suspension and all conditions commence on the date that
this order is filed. See SCR 113(1). We hereby impose a two-year stayed
suspension, with an actual immediate suspension of six months,
commencing on the date this order is filed. Additionally, Flangas must
comply with all of the conditions in the plea agreement, as outlined above,
except that the time period for the requirements begin on the date this
order is filed, rather than the stipulated date of July 1, 2014. The parties
shall comply with the applicable provisions of SCR 115 and SCR 121.1.
It is so ORDERED.
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Flangas Dalacas Law Group, Inc.
Jeffrey R. Albregts, Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Panel
Kimberly Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada
Perry Thompson, Admissions Office, U.S. Supreme Court
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