Case Title: In Re Disciplinary Action Against Haberman

Citation: 531 N.W.2d 840

Docket Number: C3-94-2092

State: minnesota

Court: Minnesota Supreme Court

Date: 1995-05-18T00:00:00Z

Document:
531 N.W.2d 840 (1995) In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST David J. HABERMAN, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota. No. C3-94-2092. Supreme Court of Minnesota. May 18, 1995. WHEREAS, the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent David J. Haberman neglected an adoption matter in which he was retained, failed to respond to his clients' inquiries regarding the matter, and, after moving to another city and advising the clients to obtain a different attorney to pursue the matter, failed to transfer the file to the new attorney, and further, that respondent failed to respond to and cooperate with the Director's office in investigating the matter, and WHEREAS, the respondent has unconditionally admitted the allegations of the petition, has waived any rights he has pursuant to Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility, and has entered into a stipulation with the Director in which they jointly recommend that the appropriate discipline is a public reprimand and imposition of a 2-year supervised probation period with conditions; and WHEREAS, this court has independently reviewed the record and agrees that the conduct admitted to by respondent warrants the agreed to disposition, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that respondent David J. Haberman is publicly reprimanded and is placed on a 2-year supervised probation period subject to the following stipulated to conditions: