Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Thor Templin

¶ 35.

I join the per curiam. I write separately to discuss three issues.

¶ 36. The first issue relates to restitution. Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, in her dissent, would order Attorney Templin to pay as restitution to RD.R the amount of any fees he received in connection with his representation of P.D.P. The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) did not ask for restitution in its complaint. Restitution is a form of discipline, see SCR 2l.l6(lm)(em),1 and we have often said that this court *633is free to impose whatever discipline it deems appropriate. See, e.g., In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against…