Legal Opinion
In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Olson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 7, 1984No. C0-84-251PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
The Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board petitioned this court for discipline of respondent for self-dealing and conversion of assets from his sister-in-law’s estate, failure to account for those assets, failure to comply with orders of the St. Louis County Probate Court and failure to cooperate with the Board’s investigation. After careful examination of the record, we conclude respondent should be disbarred.
The facts are undisputed. 1 On September 28, 1972, respondent drafted a will for his sister-in-law Mabel Charlotte Olson. In that will, respondent was named as executor,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of Disciplinary Action Against FrankeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. BehnkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- State v. HoranWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
- Gustafson v. KilgoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re the Application for the Discipline of BensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- In Re DevaneyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2005
- In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Paul Arthur MOE, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 264477Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2014
- In re Disciplinary Action against O'BrienSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017