On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado approved a stipulation to discipline attorney Dianne A. Pacheco-Van Voorhees, registration number 32753. As part of the ruling, Pacheco-Van Voorhees has been suspended from practicing law for six months. However, this suspension is stayed, contingent upon her successful completion of a two-year probation period with specific conditions. The probation officially commenced on the same day as the ruling.
The case is entitled “In the Matter of Dianne A. Pacheco-Van Voorhees,” with case number 25PDJ46.
The disciplinary action stems from serious violations in Pacheco-Van Voorhees’s management of client funds. An investigation revealed that she failed to perform mandatory quarterly reconciliations and did not maintain a comprehensive general trust account ledger that accurately reflected transactions involving her clients. Additionally, she did not reconcile client funds earned against the balances of individual retainer accounts or her monthly bank statements.
Between November 2023 and January 2024, Pacheco-Van Voorhees reportedly mishandled approximately $3,461.75 of her clients’ funds. This mismanagement occurred as she transferred funds based on estimates rather than actual billable time for her services. To cover discrepancies in her trust account, she used her personal funds.
In late November 2023, Pacheco-Van Voorhees was required to have a minimum balance of $3,671.00 in her trust account, which included $1,671.00 in unearned funds for one client and $2,000.00 for another client. However, the actual balance in her trust account was only $209.25. In late January 2024, she withdrew $2,000.00 from the account to refund the retainer of the first client. On the same day, she transferred $2,100.00 from her operating account to her trust account, but due to her failure to maintain proper records, she could not ascertain the reason for this deposit.
The situation escalated when, in February 2024, her bank informed disciplinary authorities after refusing to honor a check that exceeded the balance in her trust account.
Pacheco-Van Voorhees’s actions were found to violate several Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, including rules pertaining to the separation of client property from personal property, quarterly reconciliation of trust account records, and maintenance of trust account records.
According to Legaladvice.com, Ms. Pacheco-Van Voorhees was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 2001.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
