Legal Opinion · Concurrence

In Re the Discipline of Tornow

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 7, 2013No. 26430Published

1ConcurrenceZinter, Justice

[¶ 79.] I join the opinion of the Court. I also agree with Justice Konenkamp’s observation that the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions provide a helpful, discretionary framework for analysis in this and other discipline cases. Although we have not adopted those standards, we have referred to them for guidance in numerous decisions of this Court. See In re Discipline of Russell, 2011 S.D. 17, ¶ 49, 797 N.W.2d 77, 90; In re Discipline of Janklow, 2006 S.D. 3, ¶ 18, 709 N.W.2d 28, 34-35; In re Discipline of Ortner, 2005 S.D. 83, ¶ 49 n. 6, 699 N.W.2d 865, 880 n. 6; In re Discipline of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Petition of PierSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
  2. In Re Discipline of LaprathSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2003
  3. In Re the Discipline of ClaggettSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  4. In Re the Discipline of LightSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  5. In Re the Discipline of MattsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002

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