People v. Morrow II.

No. 25PDJ37. 5/20/2026. Opinion Imposing Sanctions.

August 18, 2026

On May 20, 2026, a hearing board suspended Hubert T. Morrow II (attorney registration number 04513) for six months. The suspension includes the requirement of reinstatement under CRCP 242.39, but the sanction is entirely stayed upon Morrow’s successful completion of a two-year period of probation, with conditions.

In August 2022, Morrow discovered that his bookkeeper and office manager of more than a decade had made dozens of unauthorized transfers from his trust account and stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from him and a client. This fraud went undetected for several years due in part to Morrow’s failure to reconcile his fiduciary accounts quarterly. Morrow thereby violated Colo. RPC 1.15A(a) (a lawyer must safeguard and hold client property separate from the lawyer’s own property) and Colo. RPC 1.15C(c) (a lawyer must reconcile trust account records quarterly).

In a client matter, Morrow was appointed as personal representative for a deceased’s estate. A friend of the deceased petitioned the probate court for Morrow ’s removal. Pending a ruling on the petition, the probate court forbade Morrow from taking action as personal representative. Despite this court order, Morrow issued two checks from the estate’s account, including at least one to pay his own fees. The deceased’s friend also filed a disciplinary grievance against Morrow, who inadvertently charged the estate for his time responding to that grievance. In this probate matter, Morrow violated Colo. RPC 1.5(a) (a lawyer must not charge unreasonable fees) and Colo. RPC 3.4(c) (a lawyer must not knowingly disobey an obligation under the rules of a tribunal).