Denver Attorney Suspended for Misleading Client in Mobile Home Park Dispute
GOLDEN, CO – Denver attorney Jason Legg has been suspended for 60 days after admitting to misleading a client about the progress of a lawsuit against Pleasant View Mobile home Park, according to a settlement with the Office of Attorney Regulation.
Legg initially told client Michael Crawford in late 2021, “Suing them is underway. We’re going after them!” Though,the lawsuit wasn’t filed until November 2024. Throughout the intervening years, Legg repeatedly assured Crawford the case was moving forward, texting in November 2022, “Lawsuit is filed,” and in April 2023, “We’re on track for a resolution through the legal process this year…I’m optimistic discovery will be substantially completed over the summer and think we’re going to have a mediation … in may.”
Crawford filed a complaint with the Office of Attorney Regulation in October 2023. He pressed Legg for a definitive answer in November 2023, texting, “I need to know are you going to finish the job you started for me or do I need to find somebody else I need to know Jason please yes or no.”
Legg frist demanded payment from Pleasant View Mobile Home Park in April 2024. When the park refused, he filed suit in November 2024, but later withdrew as Crawford’s counsel in March 2025, leading a Golden judge to dismiss the case.
To rectify the harm caused, Legg paid Crawford $79,500 in 11 payments between December 2024 and April 2025 – more than half of Legg’s annual income, according to the settlement.
disciplinary Judge Bryon Large imposed the 60-day suspension, effective immediately, citing Legg’s lack of prior discipline, cooperation, remorse, and established reputation. The settlement notes Legg “has a well-established reputation for integrity and public service,” and focuses his practice on assisting underrepresented individuals with housing issues, frequently enough pro bono.
Legg’s attorney, Chris Montville of Haddon, morgan and Foreman, declined to comment.
The suspension comes despite Legg’s recent high-profile win in March, where a Denver jury awarded an estimated $13 million to over 2,000 current and former residents of the Mint Urban Infinity apartment complex due to uninhabitable living conditions.
