Whipple sanctioned by state supreme court, failed to protect client funds

The Nevada Supreme Court placed high-profile Las Vegas lawyer Bret Whipple connected 18 months of probation and directed him to repay immoderate clients that mislaid wealth wrong 30 days, according to an sentiment filed Friday.

Whipple’s troubles, archetypal reported by the Review-Journal in December 2020, showed helium was accused of failing to safeguard lawsuit funds from a erstwhile worker who stole arsenic overmuch arsenic $110,000, records show.

Whipple had vowed to combat the allegations but took a plea deal with the State Bar of Nevada disciplinary committee successful April, agreeing to prosecute idiosyncratic to show his signifier and wage backmost clients.

If helium does not successfully implicit the probation, his licence could beryllium suspended for a year. Whipple gained a nationalist estimation aft successfully defending Cliven Bundy and served for 1 word arsenic a Nevada System of Higher Education regent.

This is Whipple’s 3rd subject by the barroom since 2016.

Whipple’s problems started aft helium uncovered much than $110,000 missing from lawsuit accounts, the August ailment alleged. An worker transferred the wealth to the operating relationship and past wrote to checks to himself worthy astir $80,000. The remainder was spent by Whipple, who told the Review-Journal helium didn’t cognize the worker transferred the money.

Whipple has been a large subordinate successful Nevada’s governmental and ineligible country for much than 2 decades.

Contact Arthur Kane astatine akane@reviewjournal.com. Follow @ArthurMKane connected Twitter.