Matter of Disciplinary Act. Against Weyhrich

The Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board filed with this court a petition alleging that the respondent Walter D. Weyh-rich had been guilty of professional misconduct beginning in 1977 and continuing through October 1981. We assigned the petition to a referee for hearing pursuant to Minnesota Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility. Subsequently, the referee submitted his findings to this court. Because the record shows a continuing pattern of gross neglect in the handling of client matters, we disbar the respondent.

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law in 1972 and since…