In Re Disciplinary Action Against Mathias

A petition for disciplinary action was filed against respondent Robert E. Mathias by the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility charging him with violations of Rules 8.4(b) and (d), Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct, for failure to file timely returns due after September 1, 1985 and with violations of Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(5) and (6) for late tax filings prior to that date, reaching back as far as 1973. The referee appointed by this court conducted a full hearing and recommended that respondent be publicly reprimanded and placed on probation until April 16,…