In Re ADMONITION ISSUED IN PANEL FILE NO. 99-42

OPINION

This appeal arises because appellant challenges a private admonition issued by the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. The Director ad monished appellant for violating Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 5.3(c) and Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board (“Board”) Opinion 13 by allowing a nonlawyer in his firm to withhold a deposition transcript from a client until the client reimbursed the firm for the transcript’s expense. A Board Panel affirmed the admonition, and appellant appealed to this court.

After reviewing the parties’ briefs, this court noted that Rule 5.3(c)…