Case Title: In Re Disciplinary Action Against Harp

Citation: 522 N.W.2d 924

Docket Number: 

State: minnesota

Court: Minnesota Supreme Court

Date: 1994-10-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
522 N.W.2d 924 (1994) In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Reynaud L. HARP, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota. No. C4-93-2415. Supreme Court of Minnesota. October 14, 1994. WHEREAS, the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging with specificity that respondent Reynaud L. Harp violated the provisions of an earlier private probation by failing to file federal and state individual income tax returns and by failing to cooperate with his probation supervisor and with the Director; 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 through which they jointly recommend a public reprimand, imposition of 4 years' supervised probation with conditions, and the payment of $750 in costs and disbursements; and WHEREAS, this court has independently reviewed the record and agrees that the conduct admitted to by respondent warrants, with a modification of not adopting paragraph 7(l), the stipulated to disposition, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that respondent Reynaud L. Harp is publically reprimanded and is placed on supervised probation for a period of 4 years subject to the following conditions: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, as agreed to by respondent and the Director, that if the Director concludes, after giving respondent an opportunity for hearing, that respondent has violated the conditions of this probation, the Director may file an affidavit of noncompliance by respondent and request the court to immediately suspend respondent for an indefinite period, or upon a conclusion by the Director that respondent has violated this probation or has further violated the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Director may file a petition for further discipline without submitting the matter to a panel or panel chair; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent shall not be reinstated until there is compliance with Rule 18(a), (b), (c) and (e), Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility. The Director is awarded costs and disbursements in the amount of $750.