In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Hoedeman

OPINION

This disciplinary proceeding follows the failure of respondent Alfred L. Hoedeman to comply with the terms of his private probation and to cooperate with a disciplinary investigation by the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board (LPRB). In the absence of any factors justifying mitigation, we conclude that indefinite suspension from the practice of law is the appropriate sanction.

Since Hoedeman was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1959 he has been admonished twice for professional misconduct unrelated to the present proceedings-once in 1984 for failure to return all…