In Re the Disciplinary Matter Involving Simpson

OPINION

Before BURKE, C. J., and RABINOW-ITZ, CONNOR, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ. COMPTON, Justice.

At issue in this ease is whether the Disciplinary Board of the Alaska Bar Association properly concluded that Helen L. Simpson, an attorney in Alaska, violated two disciplinary rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility. We also assess the propriety of the Board’s recommendation that in addition to other sanctions Simpson receive public censure.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the fall of 1980, the Area II Disciplinary Hearing Committee of the Alaska Bar Association held a hearing to…