Title: Petition for disciplinary action against Amanda Lyn Koble, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 386825.

State: minnesota

Issuer: Minnesota Supreme Court

Document:

oo FFICE OF
STATE OF MINNESOTA ‘APPELLATE COURTS
MAR 13-2013

FILED

IN SUPREME COURT

13-0184

In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Amanda Lyn Koble, a Minnesota Attomey,
Registration No. 386825.

ORDER

‘The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a
petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Amanda Lyn Koble committed
professional misconduct, namely, improperly attempting to withdraw from representation
of a client and misappropriating fees belonging to her law firm, in violation of Minn, R.
Prof. Conduct 1.16(d) and 8.4(a), (©), and (@),

Respondent waives her procedural rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers
Professional Responsibility (RLPR), and unconditionally admits the allegations of the
petition for disciplinary action, ‘The parties jointly recommend that the appropriate

disci

 

30-day suspension.
‘The court has independently reviewed the file and approves the recommended

disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings therein,
TPIS HEREBY ORDERED that
1. Respondent Amanda Lyn Koble is suspended from the practice of law,
cffective 14 days after the date of the filing of this order, for a minimum of 30 days;

2. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of

 

suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals);

3. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR;

4. Respondent shall pay $1,300 in restitution to her former law firm;

5. Within one year of the date of fiting ofthis order, respondent shall file with
the Clerk of Appellate Courts and serve upon the Director proof of successful completion
of the professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination. Failure to timely
file the required documentation shall result in automatic re-suspension, as provided in
Rale 18(6)(3), REPR; and

6, Respondent shall be eligible for reinstatement to the practice of law
following the expiration of the suspension period provided that, not less than 15 days
before the end of the suspension period, respondent files with the Clerk of Appellate
Courts and serves upon the Director an affidavit establishing that she is current in
continuing legal education requirements, has complied with Rules 24 and 26, RLPR, has
paid restitution to her former law firm, and has complied with any other conditions for

reinstatement imposed by the court.
Dated: March 13, 2013

BY THE COURT:

Alan C. Page
Associate Justice