In Re Reinstatement of Trygstad

We accept the recommendation of the Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board to reinstate petitioner to the practice of law in this state.

David J. Trygstad, the petitioner, was disbarred by order of this court on August 9, 1983. The disbarment was based on a 1983 conviction in South Dakota on two felony counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. “While a court should be slow to disbar, it should be even more cautious in re-admitting an attorney to a position of trust.” In re Smith, 220 Minn. 197, 200, 19 N.W.2d 324, 326 (1945). The test for reinstatement is whether the lawyer “has…