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15 (stating that the failure to return unearned fees harms the legal profession because “misuse of funds ‘entrusted to an attorney as a fiduciary for his clients is a breach of trust that reflects poorly on the entire legal profession and erodes the public’s confidence in lawyers’ ” ()); (recognizing that attorneys who make false statements to courts harm the legal profession, as we place “great weight on the reputation of the legal community as honest and truthful”).

(holding that an attorney’s false statements to the court and others undermined public confidence in the judicial system).

See In re Sea , 37 (Minn. 2019) (lengthy experience ); Greenman, d at 378 (lack of remorse ); In re Tigue , (prior disciplinary history); (misrepresentations during disciplinary proceedings); In re Ulanowski , (Minn

10 We generally give “great weight” to the referee’s recommendation, and do so in deference to the referee’s determinations of credibility

19 d at 467 (disciplinary history); d 342, 350 (Minn. 2015) (probation); (lack of remorse); (experience).

see also Tayari-Garrett, d at 520 n.4 (“As a matter of fairness, we question whether the intentional nature of an attorney’s misconduct can be an aggravating factor when the rules of professional conduct at issue require proof of intent.”); n.9 (Minn. 201

(Thissen, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part).

–38 (Minn. 2019) (noting that when the rules of professional conduct at issue require proof of intent, it is “double count[ing]” to include intentionality as an aggravating factor).

“We take issues of attorney dishonesty seriously.”