State ex rel. Counsel for Discipline of the Neb. Supreme Court v. Waldron
Decision Date | 25 September 2020 |
Docket Number | No. S-20-556.,S-20-556. |
Citation | 307 Neb. 343,948 N.W.2d 795 |
Parties | STATE of Nebraska EX REL. COUNSEL FOR DISCIPLINE OF the NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT, relator, v. Nancy G. WALDRON, respondent. |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
This case is before the court on the voluntary surrender of license filed by the respondent, Nancy G. Waldron, on August 10, 2020. The court accepts the respondent's voluntary surrender of her license and enters a judgment of disbarment.
The respondent was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska on September 12, 1984. On August 10, 2020, the respondent filed a voluntary surrender of her license to practice law, in which she stated that on July 31, 2018, she was charged in the county court for Fillmore County, Nebraska, with a Class IIA felony count of theft by unlawful taking in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-511 (Reissue 2016). See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-518(1) (Reissue 2016). The respondent ultimately was convicted and sentenced by the district court to a 5-year term of probation and ordered to pay restitution of $56,913. The respondent stated that she freely and voluntarily surrenders her privilege to practice law in the State of Nebraska; waives her right to notice, appearance, or hearing prior to the entry of an order of disbarment; and consents to the entry of an immediate order of disbarment.
Neb. Ct. R. § 3-315 of the disciplinary rules provides in pertinent part:
Pursuant to § 3-315 of the disciplinary rules, we find that the respondent has voluntarily surrendered her license to practice law and, for purposes of her license to practice law, knowingly does not challenge or contest the fact of her conviction referenced above. Further, the respondent has waived all proceedings against her in connection with the disciplinary proceeding. We further find that the respondent has consented to the entry of an order of disbarment.
Upon due consideration, the court accepts the respondent's voluntary surrender of her license to practice...
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