People v. Bovo.

No. 24PDJ003. 5/7/2025. Opinion Imposing Sanctions.

August 21, 2025

On May 7, 2025, following a disciplinary hearing, a hearing board suspended Todd Frank Bovo (attorney registration number 38691) for six months. The suspension took effect on June 11, 2025.

Bovo violated a temporary protection order when he tried to send a letter to the protected party through her lawyer. The next day, he sent two text messages to the protected party, again violating the protection order. After Bovo was found in contempt, he repeatedly challenged the contempt order, which tied up the protected party in litigation for almost three years. Bovo violated a second order when, in a different matter, he filed a notice to depose the opposing party, his former spouse. Bovo did so for the purpose of harassing his former spouse and in contravention of the court’s order permitting only counsel to schedule depositions in the case. Finally, during the discovery phase of this disciplinary proceeding, Bovo did not provide requested discovery or attend his deposition until he was ordered to do so. Bovo’s failure to comply with court orders and his gamesmanship during litigation warrant his suspension from the practice of law for a period of six months.

Through this misconduct, Bovo violated Colo. RCP 3.4(c) (a lawyer must not knowingly disobey an obligation under the rules of a tribunal) and Colo. RPC 8.4(b) (it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects).