Comments about ‘Lawyer gets probation for double dipping’

What makes a person think they won't get caught? Everyone ends up being caught at some point. And the price you and your family pay is FAR greater than the worth you thought there was in lying in the first place. Another person learned the hard way.

wow that's actually ironic that an attorney who practices law actually has legal representation to defend him in court. i guess it all depends on which type of client you actually represent rather than just figuring that attorneys would know every law out there. sorry but to read that an attorney is being represented by another attorney is just ironic.

How a man claim to be honorable and lie every day for years? Church service? is honesty part of church service? Is the man going to be allowed to practice law?
It seems the only remorse shown was after he was caught then he lied again to investigators.
I think would a member of the justice system would be held to a reasonable standard.

Judge Waddoups professes to be puzzled about Wyss' motivation. Well, duh. How about the money?

Also, jw318: There's an old saying: "An attorney who represents himself in court has a fool for a client." An attorney needs to be able to assess a case objectively, and it's almost impossible to be objective about your own case.

If both employers were pleased with the quality and quantity of his work, why would he have to pay restitution? I can see him getting fired by one or both employers for "lying" but what law was broken? Instead of moonlighting, he was sunlighting. Just wondering...

Well, perhaps the man in question spent years thinking he was above the system and more deserving than the rest of us. Not sure either of the local papers reported all the info for a reader to get a good understanding on what all took place. It appears the paper reported what happened at the sentencing and not all of why there was a court case to begin with. And learn the hard way? Some times that's the only way one does learn but the important thing is they indeed learn. Here's to being human like the rest of us and waiting your turn in line without cutting in front of us. Just think what happened goes back to very basic fundamentals. One of his employers, a personal friend is also on leave of his job too, so maybe the tax payers of Utah were really getting their money's worth on both of them.

The reason he recieved good reviews was that his friend was doing the reviews. He has since been fired as well.