In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Jeremy Thomas KRAMER, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0282480
Also decided on this docket: Minn., September 16, 2015 869 N.W.2d 680
In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Jeremy Thomas KRAMER, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0282480, 870 N.W.2d 90 (Minn. 2015).
Opinion text
STATE OF MINNESOTA
flOctober 2, 2015
IN SUPREME COURT Omc:EOF
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In rePetition for Disciplinary Action against
Jeremy Thomas Kramer, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 0282480.
ORDER
On August 24, 2015, the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional
Responsibility filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Jeremy
Thomas Kramer committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline,
namely, misappropriation of client funds, noncooperation and engaging in a pattern of
neglecting client matters, failing to communicate with clients, failing to deposit client
funds in trust, misappropriating filing fee advances, and failing to timely return client
property, in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.3, 1.4(a)(3), 1.4(a)(4), 1.4(b),
1.5(b)(3), 1.15(a), 1.15(c)(4), 1.16(d), 8.1(b), and 8.4(c), and Rule 25, Rules on Lawyers
Professional Responsibility (RLPR). Respondent waives his procedural rights under
Rule 14, RLPR, and admits the allegations of the petition. The parties jointly recommend
that the appropriate discipline is disbarment.
The court has independently reviewed the file and approves the recommended
disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Respondent Jeremy Thomas Kramer is disbarred;
2. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of
disbarment to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals); and
3. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.
Dated: October 2, 2015 BYT E COURT:
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David R. Stras
Associate Justice
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