Jason Legg, a nonprofit attorney with a reputation for successfully suing landlords, resulting in a $13 million jury verdict this past spring, has been suspended from practicing law.

Legg, 40, was sidelined for 60 days beginning Oct. 8 after admitting that he lied to a client for years about a lawsuit that he said he would file against a mobile home park but didn’t. Legg must also attend a one-day ethics school and remain on probation for two years.

“(Legg) was dishonest when he deceived the client into believing a case had been filed,” according to a settlement between the lawyer and the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation that was made public last week. “His misconduct continued for a period of over two years.”

Legg cofounded the Justice for the People Legal Center in Glendale and

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