People v. Harro.
No. 24PDJ091. 10/13/2025. Opinion Imposing Sanctions.
December 12, 2025
On October 13, 2025, a hearing board suspended Jolein Harro (attorney registration number 17182) for 18 months. The suspension, which was effective on November 17, 2025, carries the requirement that Harro formally petition to reinstate to the practice of law under CRCP 242.39(b) and demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that she is rehabilitated from her misconduct, that she has followed disciplinary orders and rules, and that she is fit to practice law in Colorado.
In 2022, Harro misrepresented to the trial court in her client’s case that her client had hired an expert to conduct an evaluation of the opposing party’s business, even though Harro knew at the time that her client had not hired the evaluator. Further, Harro did not implement adequate measures to track her clients’ funds, including by complying with rules that govern trust account practices and recordkeeping. In summer 2023, Harro withdrew and consumed unearned client funds from her law firm’s trust account, overdrawing the account and causing the account’s balance on multiple dates to fall below the sum she should have been safeguarding for her clients. In March 2024, Harro was suspended for six months, three months of which she was required to serve. In one matter, Harro did not notify the opposing counsel that she was suspended and needed to withdraw from the case, violating her disciplinary order and disciplinary rules. Finally, in spring 2024, Harro replenished client funds that were missing from her trust account by depositing personal funds into her law firm’s trust account, commingling those funds with client funds.
Harro thereby violated Colo. RPC 1.15A(a) (a lawyer must hold client property separate from the lawyer’s own property); Colo. RPC 1.15C(c) (a lawyer must reconcile trust account records quarterly); Colo. RPC 1.15D (a lawyer must maintain trust account records); Colo. RPC 3.3(a)(1) (a lawyer must not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal); and Colo. RPC 3.4(c) (a lawyer must not knowingly disobey an obligation under the rules of a tribunal).