Rule 251.14.Complaint -- Contents, 
 Service 
 (a)Contents of Complaint.  Complaints seeking to establish grounds for 
 discipline of an attorney shall be filed as provided by these Rules with the 
 Presiding Disciplinary Judge.  An original and three copies of the complaint 
 shall be filed. 
  
 The complaint shall set forth clearly and with particularity the grounds for 
 discipline with which the respondent is charged and the conduct of the 
 respondent which gave rise to those charges. 
 All disciplinary and disability proceedings filed as herein provided shall 
 be conducted in the name of the People of the State of Colorado and shall be 
 prosecuted by the Regulation Counsel. 
  
 (b)Service of Complaint.  The Regulation Counsel shall promptly serve 
 upon the respondent, as provided in C.R.C.P. 251.32(b), a citation 
 and a copy of the complaint 
 filed against the respondent.  The citation shall require the respondent within 
 twenty 
 days after service thereof to file an original and three copies of a written 
 answer to the 
 complaint, in compliance with C.R.C.P. 251.15. 
  
 

                                                                
ANNOTATIONSSource: 
 Amended and adopted June 25, 1998, effective January 1, 1999. 
  
  
  
 Editor's note: 
 This rule was previously numbered as 
 241.12. 
  
  
  
 Am. Jur.2d.  See 7 Am. Jur.2d, Attorneys at Law, 
 SectionSection134, 135. 
  
 Law reviews. 
 For article, "Statutes and Cases Concerning 
 Unauthorized Practice of Law in Colorado", see 24 Dicta 257 (1947). 
 For note, "Standards of Discipline for Attorneys 
 in Colorado and the Significance of the Code of Professional 
 Responsibility", see 50 Den. L.J. 207 (1973). 
  
 Consideration of charges not made in formal complaint against an 
 attorney constitutes a violation of the respondent's rights to procedural 
 due process of law.  People v. Emeson, 638 P.2d 293 (Colo. 1981) (decided 
 under former C.R.C.P. 247). 
  
 Board's findings that attorney engaged in dishonest conduct in collection matter 
 contravened requirement that the grounds for discipline be set forth "clearly and with 
 particularity."  The complaint and the issues identified for hearing did not adequately 
 place the attorney on notice that he had violated the disciplinary rules prohibiting dishonest 
 conduct.   A proper charge of dishonesty would have identified conduct constituting violation 
 of C.R.P.C. 4.1(a) (making a false statement of material fact or law to a third person) or 
 8.4(c) (engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or misrepresentation); not 
 8.4(g) (engaging in conduct violating accepted standards of legal ethics).  In re Quiat, 979 
 P.2d 1029 (Colo. 1999) (decided under rule in effect prior to the 1999 repeal and 
 reenactment).