Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota v. Larson

This is a disciplinary proceeding against Lorene Whitesides Larson, an attorney licensed to practice in North Dakota. For misappropriating client funds and for practicing law while suspended, the Disciplinary Board recommends two seven-month suspensions to run concurrently. We suspend Larson for two years for misappropriating client funds, with a concurrent seven-month suspension for practicing law while suspended.

We explained our standards of review for attorney discipline in a prior discipline of Larson:

We review disciplinary proceedings against attorneys de novo on the record with the…