Disciplinary Action Against Nassif

The Disciplinary Board recommends a public reprimand of DeLayne G. Nassif for lack of competence and diligence in representing a client. We order that Nassif be publicly reprimanded, that he pass the Mul-tistate Professional Responsibility Examination, and that he pay the costs of this process.

Nassif became a member of the North Dakota Bar in 1964. Philomene E. Johnson was injured in February 1983 when she slipped, fell and injured her ankle on a sidewalk outside a Fargo bakery. In 1984, Johnson, then of Fargo, North Dakota, and later of Spokane, Washington, retained Nassif to represent her…