In Re Discipline of Welker

WILKINS, Associate Chief Justice:

¶ 1 The Utah State Bar Office of Professional Conduct (“OPC”) appeals the district court’s decision that, under Rule 22(d) of the Utah Rules of Lawyer Discipline and Disability (“RLDD”), an attorney may receive only equivalent or lesser sanctions in reciprocal discipline proceedings. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 H. Delbert Welker is an attorney and presently still a member of the state bars of Utah and California. On September 4, 2001, the State Bar of California disciplined Welker for attorney misconduct based on a set of stipulated facts in…