People v. Strautman.

No. 25PDJ60. 9/24/2025. Reciprocal Discipline.

November 12, 2025

The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ stipulation and imposed reciprocal discipline, suspending Chelsea Renee Strautman, a/k/a Chel Rowan (attorney registration number 44844) from the practice of law in Colorado for three years. Strautman’s suspension took effect on September 24, 2025. Before petitioning for reinstatement to practice law in Colorado, Strautman must pay all costs and restitution ordered in Oregon and must be reinstated in Oregon, unless she shows good cause otherwise.

This reciprocal discipline case arose out of discipline imposed upon Strautman in Oregon. That discipline was premised on Strautman’s 2023 guilty plea to the offense of burglary in the second degree, a class C felony, and a lesser-included offense of criminal mischief in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor. Strautman was sentenced to a five-year probationary period and ordered to pay $283,000 in restitution.

At the time Strautman was suspended in Oregon, she was on inactive status in Colorado and did not have any Colorado clients. She is currently under administrative suspension in Colorado for failure to file a registration statement and pay the inactive fee.

Through this conduct, Strautman engaged in conduct constituting grounds for reciprocal discipline under CRCP 242.21, which calls for imposition of the same discipline as that imposed in Oregon.