In a recent development, a Wyoming attorney has been disbarred for breaching her fiduciary duty to elderly and vulnerable clients. The Supreme Court of Wyoming imposed this penalty following a disciplinary investigation into the attorney’s conduct relating to her lawyer trust account.
The attorney in question, Tonia R. Hanson, operated a private practice in Johnson County, Wyoming for almost eighteen years. However, she chose to change her status from ‘active’ to ‘inactive’ in December 2022. Law.com provides further details on this story.
The formal charges against Hanson resulted from two separate complaints that the bar counsel received. Both complaints pertained to how Hanson improperly handled financial transactions for two of her elderly clients. The link to the official disbarment order offers a detailed account of the investigation and its findings.