Case Name: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Albert Isiaka USUMANU, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 025180X
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 2017-10-25
Citations: 903 N.W.2d 218
Docket Number: A17-1495
Parties: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Albert Isiaka USUMANU, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 025180X.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 903
Pages: 218–218

Head Matter:
IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Albert Isiaka USUMANU, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 025180X.
A17-1495
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Dated: October 25, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
The Director of the Office of Lawyers' Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Albert Isiaka Usumanu has committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline by failing to (1) diligently represent a client; (2) communicate with a client; (3) deposit advance fees into trust, and (4) provide an accounting. See Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.3, 1.4(a)(3)-(4); 1.15(a), (c)(3), and (c)(5).
Respondent and the Director have entered into a stipulation for discipline. In it, respondent waives his procedural rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), and unconditionally admits the allegations of the petition. The parties jointly recommend that the appropriate discipline is a public reprimand.
This court has independently reviewed the file and approves the jointly recommended disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Respondent Albert Isiaka Usumanu is publicly reprimanded; and
2. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR,
BY THE COURT:
/s/David R. Stras Associate Justice