Case Name: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Roy B. HENLINE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0142487.
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 2018-03-06
Citations: 908 N.W.2d 344
Docket Number: A17-0790
Parties: IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Roy B. HENLINE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0142487.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 908
Pages: 344–345

Head Matter:
IN RE Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Roy B. HENLINE, III, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0142487.
A17-0790
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Dated: March 6, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed an amended, restated and supplementary petition for disciplinary action (petition) alleging that respondent Roy B. Henline, III, committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline by misappropriating funds from a trust while acting as trustee of the trust, neglecting two client matters, failing to communicate with three clients, incompetently representing a client, failing to obey multiple court orders, failing to surrender property and unearned fees upon termination of representation, making false statements to the Director, and failing to cooperate with the Director. See Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.1, 1.2(a). 1.3, 1.4(a)(3)-(4), 1.4(b), 1.5(b)(3), 1.15(c)(4), 1.16(d), 3.4(c), 8.1(a)-(b), 8.4(c)-(d); Rule 25, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR).
The parties have entered into a stipulation for disbarment. In it, Henline waives his procedural rights under Rule 14, RLPR, withdraws his response and amended response to the petition, and understands that by withdrawing his responses, the allegations in the petition are therefore deemed admitted. See Rule 13(b), RLPR (stating that in the absence of an answer to the Director's petition, "the allegations shall be deemed admitted"). The parties jointly recommend that the appropriate discipline is disbarment.
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 Roy B. Henline, III, is disbarred, effective as of the date of this order.
2. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of disbarment to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals).
3. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs under Rule 24, RLPR.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ _
David L. Lillehaug
Associate Justice