In re Disciplinary Action Against Hardwick

AMENDED ORDER

The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action seeking reciprocal discipline under Rule 12(d), Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), based on an opinion of the North Dakota Supreme Court suspending respondent Brian T. Hardwick for 60 days, staying that suspension, and placing him on probation for 1 year. In re Hardwick, 841 N.W.2d 427, 429-30 (N.D.2013). The North Dakota suspension was based on respondent misappropriating $1,671 in law firm funds, practicing law while fee-suspended, collecting attorney…