Matter of Eliasen

913 P.2d 1163 (1996)

128 Idaho 393

In the Matter of Lyle D. ELIASEN, Attorney at Law,

IDAHO STATE BAR, Plaintiff-Petitioner,

v.

Lyle D. ELIASEN, Defendant-Respondent.

No. 21828.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, January 1996 Term.

March 25, 1996.

Michael J. Oths, Boise, for petitioner.

Lyle D. Eliasen, American Falls, pro se for respondent.

JOHNSON, Justice

This is a lawyer discipline case.

I

THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Lyle D. Eliasen (the lawyer) is an Idaho lawyer who was hired by a dentist to collect unpaid dental fees from one of the dentist's patients (the patient). The lawyer obtained a…