Case Name: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Joshua Reace WILLIAMS, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0389118.
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 2018-08-28
Citations: 917 N.W.2d 423
Docket Number: A18-1133
Parties: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Joshua Reace WILLIAMS, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0389118.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 917
Pages: 423–423

Head Matter:
IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Joshua Reace WILLIAMS, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0389118.
A18-1133
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
FILED August 28, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Joshua Reace Williams has committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline-namely, intentionally making physical contact with opposing counsel during a deposition which ended the deposition and delayed the litigation. See Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 4.4(a), 8.4(d).
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 Joshua Reace Williams is publicly reprimanded.
2. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24(a), RLPR.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ David L. Lillehaug
David L. Lillehaug
Associate Justice