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The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish, but to “guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” ().

limited to the issue of appropriate discipline; and WHEREAS, this court has independently reviewed the file, and based on the facts as found by the referee and stipulated by the parties and mindful that the purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but rather “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public,” (citation omitted), approves the jointly recommended disposition with the modification that respondent be suspended

The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but rather “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” , *354 561 (Minn.1982) (citation omitted).

The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” (citation omitted).

The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but rather “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” (citation omitted).

The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but rather “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” (quoting In re Hanson, 258 Minn. 231, 233 , ).

In making this determination, we note that the purpose of attorney discipline is not punishment, but rather “to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public.” (quoting In re Hanson, 258 Minn. 231 , ).

To this extent, prior disciplinary ease law is helpful only through analogy, and the facts of each individual case must be carefully examined.

See, -62 (Minn.1982) (in addition to tax violations lawyer guilty of continued neglect of client affairs, commingling of personal and client funds in trust account, failure to maintain proper financial records, and failure to cooperate with Lawyers Board investigation); (la

Lastly, the purpose of attorney discipline is “not primarily punitive but 'to guard the administration of justice and to protect the courts, the legal profession and the public’.” (quoting In re Hanson, 258 Minn. 231, 233 , ).

To this extent, prior disciplinary case law is helpful only through analogy, and the facts of each individual case must be carefully examined.

In re Hanson, 258 Minn. 231, 233

the Rules, of Professional Responsibility is convincingly demonstrated by such cases as

See, -72 (Minn.1985); , 659 (Minn.1982); -61 (Minn.1982).