Case Name: In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST John Canfield LILLIE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 286850
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 2005-12-29
Citations: 707 N.W.2d 367
Docket Number: No. A05-2436
Parties: In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST John Canfield LILLIE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 286850.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 707
Pages: 367–368

Head Matter:
In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST John Canfield LILLIE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 286850.
No. A05-2436.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Dec. 29, 2005.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent John Canfield Lillie, III, committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline, namely, misuse of legal correspondence in order to evade Department of Corrections rules, in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(c) and (d).
Respondent admits his conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct, waives his rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), and has entered into a stipulation with the Director in which they jointly recommend that the appropriate discipline is public reprimand and payment of $900 in costs and disbursements pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.
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 respondent John Canfield Lillie, III,' is publicly reprimanded and that he shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.
BY THE COURT:
/s/Russell A. Anderson Associate Justice