Legal Opinion
Grievance Commission v. Walton
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1977No. Civ. 9216PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Justice.
This is a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney.
Respondent was admitted to practice in this State in 1954, and practiced in Williston as an individual practitioner or in a partnership or as State’s Attorney of Williams County until his appointment as Commerce Counsel of the North Dakota Public Service Commission on June 1,1972. He has been a competent attorney and had a good record until he defalcated money from the estate of Birger Krogen.
While acting as both executor and attorney (a dual capacity fraught with temptation), he took from estate funds in separate bank…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grievance Commission v. ChristiansonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
- Grievance Commission v. PohlmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
- In Re the Application for Disciplinary Action Against BoschNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- In Re PetersonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- The Florida Bar v. BlalockSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Matter of AddamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Matter of CieminskiNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Judicial Qualifications Commission v. SchiradoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota v. KaiserNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
- Disciplinary Board v. GrayNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
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