11/28/2006
New Mexico Supreme Court Disciplines Subordinate Attorney for Over-Reliance on Directions From Out-of-State Counsel and Client
In the Matter of Michele Estrada, Esq., ___P3d___, 2006 WL 2873755 (N.M. 2006)
Brief Summary
Michele Estrada was suspended for one year from practice, which was converted to supervised probation, for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct notwithstanding her defense that she was, among other things, acting at the direction of out-of-state national counsel for her client.
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