In Re Non-Member of State Bar, Van Dox

OPINION

BERCH, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 We granted review in this disciplinary case to clarify the standard the Disciplinary Commission must apply when reviewing a hearing officer’s findings of fact and the definition of “knowledge,” as that term is used in the American Bar Association Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions. Because the Commission failed to properly defer to the Hearing Officer’s factual findings and misinterpreted the term “knowledge” in determining the appropriate sanction, we decline to impose the Commission’s recommended sanction of censure and instead impose a sanction of…