Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of State v. Lamont

[¶ 1] This is a disciplinary action against attorney Robert J. Lamont. We suspend Lamont’s license to practice law in this state for 60 days.

[¶ 2] Lamont is an attorney in private practice in Minot. He also served as general counsel for Trinity Medical Center (Trinity). In 1994, an acquaintance of Lamont’s named Gardell Giffey received treatment at Trinity. Two doctors from Medical Arts Clinic, a competing medical facility in Minot, reviewed copies of Giffey’s medical records, contacted Giffey, and advised him that he had received inappropriate treatment at Trinity. Giffey, upset that these…