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Wyoming Supreme Court suspends Casper attorney Donald Tolin By Brendan LaChance on January 13, 2021
(File photo, Trevor T. Trujillo; Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Supreme Court issued an order on Wednesday, Jan. 13 suspending Casper attorney Donald Tolin from practicing law.
“The Court’s order was issued pursuant to a court rule that provides for immediate suspension of attorneys who fail to cooperate with an investigation conducted by the Wyoming State Bar Office of Bar Counsel,” the Wyoming State Bar said in a press release.”
The order also “directs the Bar Counsel to proceed with a formal disciplinary charge against Tolin.”
Almost a decade after Annie Dookhan and the state drug lab scandal, the fallout is growing
Wronged defendants to receive millions while former prosecutors face discipline
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated January 1, 2021, 4:41 p.m.
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Annie Dookhan, a former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute, listened to the judge during her arraignment at Brockton Superior Court in Brockton on Jan. 30, 2013.Reuters
Three former state prosecutors are facing possible disbarment. Thousands of men and women convicted of drug crimes continue to see their convictions overturned. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the hook for an estimated $10 million to wrongfully convicted defendants.