People v. Arroyo.

No. 24PDJ075. 3/4/2025. Opinion Imposing Sanctions Under CRCP 242.31(b).

April 30, 2025

Lindsay Arroyo, who is licensed in New York under the name Janet Lindsay Richardson-Vargas (NY attorney registration number 4744975), abandoned three vulnerable immigration clients while practicing in Colorado federal courts. She ignored their communications and conferred no benefit on them, even while she converted their funds for her own personal use. For almost four years, she comingled personal and client funds in her trust account. When disciplinary authorities investigated, she falsified bank records to conceal her misuse of her trust account. Arroyo’s abandonment of her clients, coupled with her knowing conversion of their funds and her dishonesty when dealing with regulatory authorities, demonstrates that she is unregulatable and poses a significant danger to Colorado citizens. Arroyo was therefore disbarred.