Legal Opinion
In re Disciplinary Action Against Hawkins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 31, 2013No. A11-1454PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
A Texas court disbarred respondent attorney Allan R. Hawkins, III. After the Director of the Office of Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility (“the Director”) learned of Hawkins’s disbarment, the Director petitioned this court to impose reciprocal discipline on Hawkins in Minnesota. Because we conclude that the disciplinary proceedings in Texas were fundamentally fair and that disbarment would not be unjust or substantially different from the discipline that would be imposed in Minnesota, we disbar Hawkins.
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At one time, Hawkins was admitted to practice law in at least four states:…
3Cases cited16 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against RuffenachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- In Re DalySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- In Re Disciplinary Action Against LyonsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
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4Cited by8 opinions
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