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Opinions in Minnesota that cite In Re Disciplinary Action Against Nelson, 733 N.W.2d 458.
- In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Wesley R. Martins, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0068214. ... Minn. 2025
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Wesley R. Martins, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0068214. ...
Minn. 2025
hat discipline we would impose if we were presented with the facts of Martins’s case in the first instance: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” 10 (Minn. 2011) ().
- In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ana L. Pena, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0386459 Minn. 2025
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ana L. Pena, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0386459
Minn. 2025
In assessing the appropriate sanction in an attorney discipline matter, “we consider four factors: (1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.”
- In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Stephen J. Baird, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0398840. ... Minn. 2025
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Stephen J. Baird, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0398840. ...
Minn. 2025
There are four factors that guide us in what discipline to impose: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” ().
- In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Joseph Kaminsky, a Minnesota Attorney, A21-1649, Supreme Court, January ... Minn. 2024
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Joseph Kaminsky, a Minnesota Attorney, A21-1649, Supreme Court, January ...
Minn. 2024
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- In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against David L. Ludescher, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 194347. ... Minn. 2023
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against David L. Ludescher, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 194347. ...
Minn. 2023
Ludescher committed misconduct towards Nelson by telling the county attorney and sheriff that she committed a crime, and we have held that “[i]mproperly threatening criminal prosecution and harassing opposing counsel may also subject an attorney to discipline.” Ulanowski I, d at 800-01 (citing to Nelson, 32 (Minn. 2007) (noting an attorney had been admonished for improperly threatening “criminal prosecution to coerce payment in a civil matter”)).
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam Concurring, Thissen, J. In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani, a …
Minn. 2023
In determining the appropriate discipline for an atto rney, we consider four factors: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative we ight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession .” In re Nelson , d 458, 463 (Minn. 2007).
- Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam Minn. 2023
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2022
We consider four factors when imposing discipline: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public ; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” In re Nelson
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2022
In determining the appropriate discipline, we consider “ ‘(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.’ ” ().
- Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam Minn. 2021
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2021
“[N]oncooperation with the disc iplinary process, by itself, may warrant indefinite suspension and, when it exis ts in connection with other misconduct, noncooperation increases the severity of the disciplinary sanction.” I n r e N e l s o n
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Barry L. Blomquist, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 12090X
Minn. 2021
We alone are the ultimate arbiter of the appropriate discipline for any attorney, but we give the referee’s recommendation “great weight.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani,
Minn. 2020
We consider the following when determining the appropriate discipline for an attorney: “(1) the natu re of the misconduct; (2) th e cumulative weight of the 12 disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” In re Nelson , (M inn.
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Origina l Jurisd ict io n Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
In determining an appropriate disciplinary sanction, we consider “(1) the nature o f the miscond uct; (2) the cumulative we ight of the discipli na r y violat io ns ; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.”
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
We consider four factors in determining the appropriate disciplinary sanction: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.”
- In re Trombley 916 N.W.2d 362 Minn. 2018
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In re Trombley
916 N.W.2d 362
Minn. 2018
In re Nelson , , 463 (Minn. 2007).
- In re Eichhorn-Hicks 916 N.W.2d 32 Minn. 2018
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In re Eichhorn-Hicks
916 N.W.2d 32
Minn. 2018
In re Nelson , , 463 (Minn. 2007).
- In re Amoun Vang Sayaovong 909 N.W.2d 575 Minn. 2018
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In re Amoun Vang Sayaovong
909 N.W.2d 575
Minn. 2018
In re Nelson , , 465 (Minn. 2007).
- In re Klotz 909 N.W.2d 327 Minn. 2018
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In re Klotz
909 N.W.2d 327
Minn. 2018
" In re Hansen , , 59 (Minn. 2015) (quoting In re Nelson , , 463 (Minn. 2007) ).
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2018
“The purpose of attorney discipline is not to punish the attorney but rather to protect the courts, the public, and the legal profession.”
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Siders 903 N.W.2d 218 Minn. 2017
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Siders
903 N.W.2d 218
Minn. 2017
Noncooperation, by itself, is serious misconduct, and “we typically increase the severity of the disciplinary sanction where noncooperation exists.” () (internal quotation marks omitted) (alteration omitted).
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Tigue 900 N.W.2d 424 Minn. 2017
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Tigue
900 N.W.2d 424
Minn. 2017
In determining the appropriate sanction in an attorney discipline matter, wé “consider four factors: (1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.”
- In re Charges of Unprofessional Conduct in Panel File No. 41310 899 N.W.2d 821 Minn. 2017
- In re Charges of Unprofessional Conduct in Panel File No. 41310 899 N.W.2d 821 Minn. 2017
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Saltzstein 896 N.W.2d 864 Minn. 2017
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Saltzstein 896 N.W.2d 864 Minn. 2017
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Fahrenholtz 896 N.W.2d 845 Minn. 2017
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Fahrenholtz
896 N.W.2d 845
Minn. 2017
(“[Njoncooperation with the disciplinary process, by itself, may warrant indefinite suspension and, when it exists in connection with other misconduct, noncooperation increases the severity of the disciplinary sanction.”).
- In re Disciplinary Action against O'Brien 894 N.W.2d 162 Minn. 2017
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In re Disciplinary Action against O'Brien
894 N.W.2d 162
Minn. 2017
We consider four factors in determining the appropriate disciplinary sanction: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” ().- We also consider aggravating and mitigating circumstances.
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Eskola 891 N.W.2d 294 Minn. 2017
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Eskola
891 N.W.2d 294
Minn. 2017
In determining the appropriate sanction in an attorney discipline matter, we “consider four factors: (1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.”
- In RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Jesse David MATSON, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0389131 889 N.W.2d 17 Minn. 2017
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In RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Jesse David MATSON, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0389131
889 N.W.2d 17
Minn. 2017
We consider four factors in determining the appropriate disciplinary sanction: “(1) the nature of the misconduct; (2) the cumulative weight of the disciplinary violations; (3) the harm to the public; and (4) the harm to the legal profession.” 2 In addition, we consider aggravating and mitigating circumstances.
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Pearson 888 N.W.2d 319 Minn. 2016
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Pearson 888 N.W.2d 319 Minn. 2016
- In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Michael John RIEHM, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0296570 883 N.W.2d 223 Minn. 2016
- In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Michael John RIEHM, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0296570 883 N.W.2d 223 Minn. 2016
- In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Paul Roland RAMBOW, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0169389 874 N.W.2d 773 Minn. 2016