Matter of Discipline of Martin

HENDERSON, Justice (on reassignment).

This is a disciplinary proceeding against Thomas Francis Martin, a member of the State Bar of South Dakota since 1965. By formal accusation, the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of South Dakota charged Martin with misconduct and drafting various documents and instruments in violation of the Canons of Ethics and the Disciplinary Rules. Martin admitted to preparing the writings, but denied his actions violated professional responsibility.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY/FACTS

During the late 1960s, Herman Meyer had been actively selling the farmland which he had…