Matter of Discipline of Simpson

(specially concurring).

Although I agree with the ultimate discipline in this case, I enter a written concurrence, inter alia, for the reason that there are no South Dakota citations by way of Supreme Court decisions set forth herein. Therefore, a reliance upon settled authority in this Court is open for question. In my opinion, this should not be.

The purpose of disciplinary proceedings is not to punish but to remove from the profession those attorneys whose misconduct has proven them unfit to be entrusted with the duties and responsibilities belonging to the office of an attorney so that the…