In Re the Discipline of Bunker

This matter is before the court upon the petition of the Administrative Director on Professional Conduct for the discipline of respondent, James E. Bunker. Our decision in In re Discipline of Bunker, 294 Minn. 47, 199 N.W.2d 628 (1972), placed respondent on probation for 3 years or until he paid the delinquent Federal and state tax obligations which gave rise to that disciplinary proceeding. 1 We commented in that decision that—

“ * * * the legal profession is one which is peculiarly charged with the administration of our laws and therefore it is incumbent upon lawyers to set an example for…