In re the Disciplinary Matter Involving Brown

Order

Bar Counsel for the Alaska Bar Association and attorney Gayle Brown entered into a stipulation for discipline by consent that would result in a public censure. The Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board approved the stipulation and now recommends that we do so, as well, and so censure Brown. The facts of Brown’s misconduct are set forth in the stipulation, which is attached as an appendix.1 We take these facts as true,2 and we apply our independent judgment to the sanction’s appropriateness.3

Based on the stipulated facts we agree with the legal analysis—set out in the stipulation—that a…