Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota v. Britton

This is the fourth disciplinary proceeding in five years against James Britton, a North Dakota attorney since 1965 and currently under suspension. The Disciplinary Board has recommended that Mr. Britton’s current suspension be continued for one year from September 1, 1991. Instead, we suspend Mr. Britton for two more years beginning June 1, 1992 for his repeated neglectful conduct.

The impetus for this disciplinary proceeding was Mr. Britton’s representation of Wayne-Juntunen Fertilizer Company and Robert Wayne in a lawsuit they initiated against a bank. Britton failed to respond to the bank’s…