Case Name: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Richard A. SAND, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 95540.
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 2012-03-21
Citations: 932 N.W.2d 791
Docket Number: A11-1694
Parties: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Richard A. SAND, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 95540.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 932
Pages: 791–791

Head Matter:
IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Richard A. SAND, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 95540.
A11-1694
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Signed March 21, 2012
FILED March 22, 2012
ORDER

Opinion:
Alan C. Page, Associate Justice
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that the convictions of respondent Richard A. Sand for aiding and abetting wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (2006), and engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (2006), constitute professional misconduct warranting public discipline, namely, violations of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(b) and (c). Respondent waives his procedural rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), withdraws his previously filed answer, and with the Director jointly recommends that the appropriate discipline is disbarment.
The court has independently reviewed the file and approves of the recommended disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that respondent Richard A. Sand be, and the same is, disbarred, effective as of the date of filing of this order. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of discipline to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals), and shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.