evidence of conviction of a criminal act or, in the absence of a conviction, evidentiary proof sufficient to find by clear and convincing evidence each element of the allege 1999)(attorney's failure to promptly pay third-party vendors' bills constituted a violation of Colo, RPC 1.15(b)); People v. Egbune, No. GC98A13 (Colo. PDJ 1999) ed for knowing misappropriation of bar association funds). Colo. RPC 8.4(c) applies equally to transactions outside the practice of law where, as in the present case, an attorney accepts funds from third parties for a stated purpose, knowingly fails to use the funds for that purpose, withholds the funds after their authorization is withdrawn, and ultimately fails to refund the amount to the parties. See People v. Wiedman 36 P.Bd 785, 788 (Colo. OPDJ 1999)(<HOLDING>). See also Finesilver, supra, Attorney
holding that permanent disbarment was appropriate for failure to remit 2000 in settlement funds to client and failing to answer the charges holding that a defendant has no constitutional right to challenge the search or seizure of property belonging to a third party even if the search was without probable cause holding that an attorney should not be disbarred for misappropriation of client funds where there were no aggravating factors the attorneys clients did not suffer actual harm and the attorney established several mitigating factors recognizing that a lawyer hired by a third person to represent a client should exercise judgment on behalf of the client independent from the interests of the third person holding that a lawyers knowing misappropriation of funds whether belonging to a client or a third party warrants disbarment except in the presence of extraordinary factors in mitigation