In re Disciplinary Action Against Heffernan

Following a hearing on a petition for disciplinary action the referee appointed by this court, the Honorable Clinton W. *14Wyant, recommended that attorney Donald J. Heffernan be publicly reprimanded, suspended from the practice of law for three months, and then placed on supervised probation for a minimum period of three years. We adopt the recommendation.

Respondent Donald J. Heffernan has been an attorney licensed to practice law in Minnesota since 1966. Throughout his legal career Heffernan has devoted substantial time to pro bono work in the areas of civil and women’s rights, mental health,…