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Opinions in Minnesota that cite State v. LaFontaine, 679 N.W.2d 153.
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Samuel A. McCloud, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0069693. ...
Minn. 2025
In deciding what discipline to impose, we have held that the purposes of disciplinary sanctions are not to punish the attorney but “to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Wesley R. Martins, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0068214. ...
Minn. 2025
In making the determination regarding reciprocal discipline, we are guided by the principle that the purpose of attorney discipline is “to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ana L. Pena, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0386459
Minn. 2025
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Stephen J. Baird, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0398840. ...
Minn. 2025
In deciding what discipline to impose, we have held that the purposes of disciplinary sanctions are “to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Anders L. Odegaard, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0399628. ...
Minn. 2025
The purposes of disciplinary sanctions are “to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Michael B. Padden, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0177519. ...
Minn. 2024
Thus, “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Richard S. Langree, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0234229. ...
9 N.W.3d 159
Minn. 2024
Accordingly, the “cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.” d 153, 160 (Minn. 2004).
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Samuel A. McCloud, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0069693. ...
Minn. 2023
Accordingly, “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam Concurring, Thissen, J. In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani, a …
Minn. 2023
Even if “a single act standi ng alone would not have warra nted such discipline,” we recognize that “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline.” In re Oberhauser
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2022
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.” .
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2021
( “Rule 19(a)’s presumption lends itself to the additional presumption that, as here, when the criminal conduct includes a specific state of mind, the conviction is conclusive evidence that the lawyer acted with that state of mind.”).
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Barry L. Blomquist, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 12090X
Minn. 2021
Id.; (“[T]he cumulative weight and 16 severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”).
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ignatius Chukwuemeka Udeani,
Minn. 2020
14 alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
The purpos es of attorney disc ipline “are to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
And “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warrant ed such discipline.”
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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Karlowba R. Adams Powell, a Minnesota
Minn. 2020
“The cumulative weight and severity of mult ip le discip li na r y rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a sing le act standing alone would not have warranted such di scipline.” In re Oberhauser
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Origina l Jurisd ict io n Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
” (Minn. 3 It does not change our analysis that the referee ordered a transcript to assist in the preparation of his report.
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2020
Our precedent recognizes “that the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.” In re Oberhauser
- In re Disciplinary Action Against Sea 932 N.W.2d 28 Minn. 2019
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In re Disciplinary Action against Sklar
929 N.W.2d 384
Minn. 2019
In re Oberhauser , , 159 (Minn. 2004).
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In re Klotz
909 N.W.2d 327
Minn. 2018
" Montez , d at 69 (quoting In re Oberhauser , , 160 (Minn. 2004) ).
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Original Jurisdiction Per Curiam
Minn. 2018
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.” (citation omitted).
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Saltzstein
896 N.W.2d 864
Minn. 2017
We next consider “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations,” which “may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Bonner
896 N.W.2d 98
Minn. 2017
(“Rule 19(a)’s presumption lends itself to the additional presumption that, as here, when the criminal conduct includes a specific state of mind, the conviction is conclusive evidence that the lawyer acted with that state of mind”).
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Eskola
891 N.W.2d 294
Minn. 2017
In examining this factor, “[w]e look at the *300 conduct giving rise to discipline as a whole, and have recognized that ‘the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.’ ” Montez, d at 69 ().
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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
The “cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Pearson
888 N.W.2d 319
Minn. 2016
Next we consider “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations,” which “may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Michael John RIEHM, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0296570
883 N.W.2d 223
Minn. 2016
Rather, we account for “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Paul Roland RAMBOW, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0169389
874 N.W.2d 773
Minn. 2016
(“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”).
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Lynne A. TORGERSON, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 208322
870 N.W.2d 602
Minn. 2015
(alteration omitted) ().
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In Re PETITION FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Frank Arend SCHULTE, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 244934
869 N.W.2d 674
Minn. 2015
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST William Bernard BUTLER, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 227912
868 N.W.2d 243
Minn. 2015
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST David A. OVERBOE, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 83318
867 N.W.2d 482
Minn. 2015
d 153, 160 (Minn. 2004) (“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”).
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Scott SELMER, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 156024
866 N.W.2d 893
Minn. 2015
In considering the cumulative weight of the violations, we have stated that the weight and severity of multiple rule violations over time “may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
- In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Mpatanishi Syanaloli TAYARI-GARRETT, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 342075 866 N.W.2d 513 Minn. 2015
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST William L. FRENCH, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 131945
864 N.W.2d 183
Minn. 2015
We have said “that the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Mark Alan GREENMAN, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 228990
860 N.W.2d 368
Minn. 2015
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Larry S. SEVERSON, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 99363
860 N.W.2d 658
Minn. 2015
B. “[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Paul Arthur MOE, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 264477
851 N.W.2d 868
Minn. 2014
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Linda A. BROST, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 182692
850 N.W.2d 699
Minn. 2014
The severity and cumulative weight of multiple disciplinary rule violations “may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Harrigan
841 N.W.2d 624
Minn. 2014
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Taplin
837 N.W.2d 306
Minn. 2013
B. We have held that “the cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.” d at 464 .
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Ulanowski
834 N.W.2d 697
Minn. 2013
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Jaeger
834 N.W.2d 705
Minn. 2013
“[TJhe cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Glasser
831 N.W.2d 644
Minn. 2013
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.’ ” ().
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Voss
830 N.W.2d 867
Minn. 2013
“[T]he cumulative weight and severity of multiple disciplinary rule violations may compel severe discipline even when a single act standing alone would not have warranted such discipline.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Fru
829 N.W.2d 379
Minn. 2013
Disciplinary sanctions for professional misconduct are meant “to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Morris
827 N.W.2d 427
Minn. 2013
-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).
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In re Disciplinary Action Against Murrin
821 N.W.2d 195
Minn. 2012
We have said that “the purposes of disciplinary sanctions for professional misconduct are to protect the public, to protect the judicial system, and to deter future misconduct by the disciplined attorney as well as by other attorneys.”