PRICE

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In the Matter of: PATRICIA ANN 

LEHTINEN,

Debtor, No. 05-17421

JIM G. PRICE

Appellant,  BAP No. NC-04-01534-BMaS v.

OPINION

PATRICIA ANN LEHTINEN; MARTHA

BRONITSKY, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee; UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Appellees.  Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Brandt, Marlar, and Smith, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Submitted February 12, 2009* San Francisco, California

Filed April 28, 2009

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, William A. Fletcher and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge D.W. Nelson

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

4975 4978 IN THE MATTER OF LEHTINEN

COUNSEL

Jim Price, Brentwood, California, for the appellant.

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Jim Price appeals the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s order suspending him. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October or November 2003, debtor Patricia Lehtinen (“debtor”) retained Jim Price to represent her in a chapter…