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Igbanugo’s Rule 8.4(c) violations involved false statements to clients, which “ ‘is misconduct of the highest order’ ” because “ ‘[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.’ ” See Igbanugo II, d at 329 ().

“Any breach of that trust is misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.”

20 (Minn. 2010) (imposing a 90-day suspension on an attorney who forged his client’s signature on a plea petition, submitted that plea petition to the court without the client’s knowledge or consent, and failed to cooperate with the OLPR’s disciplinary investigation), reinstatement granted, (order); –89, 391 (Minn. 1992) (imposing suspension of not less than 90 days on a lawyer who submitted a court-ordered financial disclosure form grossly underrepresenting and misrepresenting his assets to a j

Igbanugo’s misconduct also includes numerous false statements to clients, which “is misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.” (“Honesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.”).

We have stated that because “[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers,” an attorney’s “false statements about the judge weigh in favor of serious 6 Nickitas draws our attention to a recent court of appeals opinion arising from a Ramsey County case , suggesting that Nickitas’s conduct may not have been incompetent at all.

see also In re Ruffenach , (“ Honesty and integrity are 18 chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.

Because “[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers,” it is well established that dishonesty “warrants severe discipline,”

We ha ve long said that “[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the pub lic has a right to expect of lawyers” and that “breach of that trust is misconduct of the highest order.” d 387, 391 (Minn. 1992).

See In re Ruffenach , (“Honesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.

Any breach of that trust is miscond uct of the highest order a nd warrants severe discipline.”

We have stated that “[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the pub lic has a right to expect of lawyers” and that “[a] ny bre ach of that trust is misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.” see also In re Nwaneri , (noting that making false statements to a court is “signif ic ant misconduct”).

See, e.g. , In re Nwaneri , , 525 (Minn. 2017) (stating that an attorney making a false statement to a tribunal is significant misconduct); In re Ruffenach , , 391 (Minn. 1992) ("Honesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.

In re Ruffenach , , 391 (Minn. 1992).

(“Honesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.”).

Making false statements is “misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.” see also *673 (characterizing making false and misleading statements to the Director as “serious”).

(characterizing a false statement to a court as “prejudic[ial] to the administration of justice”).

Finally, Albrecht’s multiple lies, like all dishonesty by lawyers, violated the public’s right to trust in the integrity of the legal profession and therefore were “misconduct of the highest order,” which “warrants severe discipline.”

See, (“The failure to maintain *82 proper books and records warrants discipline as well.”); (stating that failure to cooperate “with the disciplinary process constitutes separate misconduct warranting discipline”); (making false statements is “misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline”).

Making false statements is “misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.”

Any breach of that trust is misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.”

Harm to the Public and the Legal Profession We have held that conduct involving dishonesty is “misconduct of the highest order” because “[h]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.”

Because “fh]onesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers,” where an attorney breaches trust by making false statements it is “misconduct of the- highest order and warrants severe discipline.” *69 (Minn.1997) (imposing a 1-year suspension where, among other things, the attorney attempted to conceal his misconduct by lying to a workers’ compensation judge, opposing counsel, and the investigator, creating “a false memo to the file in a deliberate

In re Nilva, 266 Minn. 576, 583

Any breach of trust is misconduct of the highest order and warrants severe discipline.”

“Honesty and integrity are chief among the virtues the public has a right to expect of lawyers.”