Attorney Richard Daily of Arvada, CO; repeat offender

The state of Colorado provided Richard Wescott Daily with a law license in 1971 after he graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law.

The Colorado State Bar found Dick guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Dick’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to keep a client reasonably informed about a matter
• Failed to promptly comply with reasonable requests for information 
• Failed to refund advance fees upon termination of representation
• Misrepresented [lied] to his clients that he was safeguarding the $10,000.00 fee in the settlement fund trust account pending completion of the audit
• Engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation

As a direct consequence of her misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Colorado Supreme Court punished Dick by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license. 

Dick’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to inform his client about his receipt of interim estate distributions
• Failed to comply with his client’s request for an accounting of estate distributions
• Never provided written disclosure of the basis for his fees
• Dick used the funds, in which both he and his client claimed an interest, without providing an accounting or waiting for a severance of their interests
• Neglected to inform his client about a trial date
• Failed to appear at a pre-trial conference, causing default judgment to be entered against his client Failed to move to set aside the default or reimburse his client for wages garnished as a result of the default
• Refused to respond to his client’s numerous communication attempts

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

As we speak (ca. June 2022), Dick practices his so-called brand of law at 5580 Brentwood Street in Arvada, Colorado.