Matter of Discipline of Gubbins

This case comes to us for the imposition of discipline based on a referee’s findings of misappropriation, trust account and office account improprieties, and false certifications to this court. We adopt, essentially, the referee’s recommendation for discipline.

Respondent George C. Gubbins, Jr., was admitted to practice in this state in 1955. Since 1960 he has been a sole practitioner, and since 1980 has practiced law in Medina, Minnesota, in Wright County. In the spring of 1984, the Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility received a complaint that a party who had painted respondent’s…