PEOPLE v. CORNEJO

Case Number: 21PDJ085 (consolidated with 22PDJ026 and 22PDJ057).

535 P.3d 144 (2023)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Complainant v. Derrick Duane CORNEJO, #29438, Respondent.

Office of Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado.

June 13, 2023.


Following a disciplinary hearing, a hearing board disbarred Derrick Duane Cornejo (attorney registration number 29438), effective August 1, 2023.

Cornejo forged his client's name to endorse two checks, deposited the checks in his trust account without his client's permission, and knowingly converted over $5,000.00. He also disobeyed a court directive and failed to appear in court on five occasions in three different client...

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