mentor approved by bar counsel to monitor his practice of law to ensure
that active cases are handled in an appropriate manner and provide
quarterly reports to bar counsel; (4) refund $2,500 to the client identified
in count 3 of the complaint; (5) refund $1,500 to the client identified in
count 6 of the complaint; and (6) pay a $1,000 fine 2 Carrico also agreed to
pay the costs of the disciplinary proceedings excluding bar counsel and
staff salaries. If Carrico successfully completes probation, he will receive a
public reprimand.
Based on our review of the record and considering the
aggravating factor related to Carrico's prior disciplinary record, we
conclude that the guilty plea agreement should be approved. See SCR
113(1). We hereby impose a stayed six-month suspension. Carrico shall
be on probation for two years from the date of this order and shall comply
with all conditions of probation as set forth above. If he successfully
completes probation, the State Bar shall issue a public reprimand in
substantially the same form as the exhibit attached to the hearing panel's
findings, conclusions, and recommendation. Additionally, Carrico shall
2 The
fine does not appear in the plea agreement provided in the
record. However, the transcript of the formal hearing is clear that Carrico
agreed to the fine and the fine is included in the hearing panel's
recommendation.
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pay the costs of the disciplinary proceedings, excluding bar counsel and
staff salaries, within one year from the date of this order.
It is so ORDERED,
C.J.
Hardesty
ellagaram".
Parraguirre
Gibbons
Pickering
SAITTA, J., dissenting:
I would reject the conditional guilty plea agreement because
the agreed-upon discipline is not sufficient.
Saitta
cc: Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board
Michael J. Warhola, LLC
Stan Hunterton, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada
Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada
Perry Thompson, Admissions Office, United States Supreme Court
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