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–80 (Minn. 2015) (suspending a lawyer for a minimum of four months for using trust account funds to pay for operating expenses but doing so without intent to deceive his clients).

“We have long recognized that it is incumbent upon an attorney to cooperate with disciplinary authorities in their investigation and resolution of complaints against [them].” (alteration added) () (internal quotation marks omitted).

(describing different suspension orders we imposed for noncooperation in disciplinary matters).

–78 (Minn. 2015) (“We have suspended attorneys for trust account violations even when there was no evidence they intended to deceive their clients or that their trust account violations harmed any clients.”).

See In re Schulte , (holding that more than 20 years of experience constitute s an aggravating factor).

In the past, “[w]e have suspended attorneys for trust account violations even when there wa s no evidence they intended to deceive their clients or that their trust account violations harmed any clients .” –78 (Minn. 2015) .

r, citing Ulanowski ); In re Harrigan , , 630 (Minn. 2014) (stating that "we have previously held that substantial experience as a lawyer may constitute an aggravating factor," citing Rebeau ); In re Kennedy , , 350 (Minn. 2015) (accepting without analysis a referee's conclusion that "substantial experience" was an aggravating factor, citing Rebeau ); In re Schulte , , 679 (Minn. 2015) (accepting without analysis that "substantial experience" may be, and actually was, an aggravating factor, citi

See In re Schulte , , 677 (Minn. 2015).

See In re Schulte , , 678 (Minn. 2015).

“The purpose of disciplinary sanctions is ‘not to punish the attorney but rather-to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.’” (quoting Rebeau, d at 173 ).

The primary purpose of attorney discipline is “ ‘not to punish the attorney but rather to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.’” ().

See Matson, d at 25 (declining to consider mitigating factors an attorney attempted to raise for the first time in a brief to this court because he did not include them in his answer to the petition for disciplinary action, and stating that “[t]he time for raising defenses under the rules is in the answer”); see also In re *873 Schulte

“The purpose of disciplinary sanctions is ‘not to punish the attorney but rather to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future mis *299 conduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.’ ” (quoting Rebeau, d at 178 ).

Matson’s 10 failure to cooperate during the disciplinary investigation also constitutes “repeated misconduct over the course of many months.”

As we have stated, the “maintenance of proper trust account records is vital to the practice of the legal profession,” because “it serves to protect the client and avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety.” () (internal quotation marks omitted); (“We take trust account violations serious *322 ly.” ()).