The PRT recommended that the Respondent be suspended from the practice of law for six months. State ex rel. We find the PRT's recommendation too harsh and find that a three-month suspension satisfies the purpose of discipline. The Respondent fails to give any legal authority for his position but attacks the difference in the mileage rates for subpoenaed witnesses and members of the PRT as irrational. The law allows parties not similarly situated to be treated differently.
Subpoenaed witnesses are present because they are ordered to appear.
In addition to the mileage allowance, they are paid a witness fee. Members of the PRT are voluntarily present, serve without compensation, do not receive a fee for their services, only receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses, and serve a different role from that of subpoenaed witnesses. Based on the different status of a subpoenaed witness and a member of the PRT, the differences in mileage for the two is justified. I would impose a public reprimand. See State ex rel.