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Andrade, d at 605; (“We view felony convictions as serious misconduct, and we have disbarred lawyers convicted of a felony absent significant mitigating factors.”); Lee, d at 284 (“In the absence of any mitigating factors, misappropriation of client funds warrants disbarment.”).

We, however, “do [] not allow a lawyer to resign with charges pending.”

d 562, 567 (Minn. 2004).

“We generally view felony convictions .as serious misconduct.” () (internal quotation marks omitted).

“We generally view ‘felony convictions as serious misconduct,’ ” (), and we have previously disbarred attorneys for “criminal conduct unrelated to the practice [of] law, including serious drug-related offenses, crimes of violence, and acts involving dishonesty.” -65 (Minn. 2009) (emphasis added); d

within the practice of law.” -69 (Minn. 2004); In re Ossanna, 288 Minn. 541

-89 (Minn.2006) (disbarring attorney convicted of mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and fraudulent concealment of material facts); 569 (Minn.2004) (disbarring attorney convicted of four counts of mail fraud); -60 (Minn.2004) (disbarring attorney convicted of money laundering).

Conduct 8.4(b) states that an attorney commits professional misconduct by committing “a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.” We generally view “felony convictions as serious misconduct,” and we are more likely to disbar “[w]hen a lawyer’s felony criminal misconduct occurs within the practice of law.” 569 (Minn.2004).

hether aggravating or mitigating factors were present where no transcript was ordered and the referee had concluded that no aggravating *66 or mitigating factors éxisted); Ryerson, d at 902 (declining to consider mitigating factors where no transcript had been ordered because the facts found by the referee did not support the conclusion that mitigating factors were present); -69 (Minn.2004) (reviewing the facts found by the referee to determine whether those facts supported a finding of multiple

Because Minnesota does not allow a lawyer to resign from the bar while disciplinary charges alleging serious misconduct are pending, respondent’s petition was denied.

See, 569 (Minn.2004) (disbarring attorney convicted of felony mail fraud related to his practice of law); Oberhauser, d at 154-55 (disbarring attorney based on conviction of money laundering); (disbarring attorney who committed felony mail fraud in representing a