On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado approved an amended stipulation to discipline attorney Gary D. Fielder, who has been suspended for eighteen months. However, this suspension is stayed contingent upon Fielder completing a two-year probation period with specified conditions.
The case is entitled “In the Matter of People v. Gary D. Fielder,” with case no. 24PDJ082.
Fielder faced disciplinary action following serious allegations regarding his professional conduct. In December 2020, he filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado alongside a co-counsel who was not licensed to practice law in the state. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of eight registered voters from the 2020 presidential election and named several defendants, including prominent corporations and individuals such as Dominion Voting Systems, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and various state officials from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The complaint accused the defendants of conspiring to interfere with the 2020 election. However, Fielder did not conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations, relying instead on information from news articles, prior lawsuits, social media, and a purported forensic analysis of voting equipment.
In April 2021, the district court dismissed the case due to a lack of standing. Subsequently, the defendants sought sanctions against Fielder under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and related statutes. Following a sanctions hearing, the court found Fielder and his co-counsel liable for attorney’s fees due to a significant lack of investigation and for making what the court deemed frivolous legal claims.
Fielder appealed both the dismissal and the sanctions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which upheld the district court’s decisions. The appellate court concluded that there was no credible basis for asserting personal jurisdiction over the Michigan and Pennsylvania defendants in Colorado. In December 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court denied his co-counsel’s petition for a writ of certiorari.
Through these actions, Fielder was found to have violated Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically regarding the assertion of frivolous claims and engaging in conduct detrimental to the justice system.
According to Avvo.com, Mr. Fielder is a criminal defense attorney in Arvada, Colorado. He attended the University of San Diego School of Law, graduating in 1990. He acquired his law license in Colorado in the same year.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
