In re Patrick H. Cordero Jr.

On January 30, 2012, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed a final judgment suspending Midland attorney Patrick H. Cordero Jr., 43, State Bar of Texas Card No. 00787286 from the practice of law for the term of his criminal probation. On or about July 15, 2011, Cordero was placed on probation for five years, including home confinement with electronic monitoring for one year, ordered to complete 300 hours of community service and ordered to pay an assessment of $100.00, a fine of $10,000.00, and restitution of $170,101.80, and ordered to forfeit to the United States a money judgment in the amount of $245,718.75 in cause number 7:11-CR-060-02 RAJ styled, United States of America v. Patrick Cordero, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Midland Division, after Cordero pled guilty to aiding and abetting wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1343 and 18 U.S.C. §2, an Intentional Crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The criminal judgment is final. BODA cause number 49554.