Case Information
*1 IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING
2024 WY 89 April Term, A.D. 2024 August 21, 2024 BOARD OF BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR, Petitioner,
D-24-0003 v. SAMUEL W. CANTRELL, WSB #6-3754, Respondent.
O RDER OF D ISBARMENT
[¶ 1] This matter came before the Court upon the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, filed herein August 7, 2024, pursuant to Rules 9, 12 (Stipulated Discipline), and 16 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. After a careful review of the Report and Recommendation and the file, the Court finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent Samuel W. Cantrell should be disbarred. It is, therefore, [¶ 2] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is further [¶ 3] ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, Respondent Samuel W. Cantrell shall be, and hereby is, disbarred, effective immediately; and it is further *2 [¶ 4] ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with the requirements of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, particularly the requirements found in Rule 21 of those rules. That rule governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further [¶ 5] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 25 of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, Respondent shall pay the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, which represents some of the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay administrative fees of $750.00. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $800.00 to the Wyoming State Bar on or before September 3, 2024. If Respondent fails to make payment in the time allotted, execution may issue on the award; and it is further [¶ 6] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further [¶ 7] ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 9(b) of the Wyoming Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further [¶ 8] ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of this Order of Disbarment to be served upon Respondent Samuel W. Cantrell. [¶ 9] DATED this 21 st day of August, 2024.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
KATE M. FOX
Chief Justice