In the Disciplinary Matter Involving Stepovich

OPINION

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A few months after reinstatement to the Alaska Bar from a two-year suspension, an attorney violated Alaska Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(c) by drafting a friend’s will that named • him as the contingent beneficiary. The friend died leaving a considerable estate, but the attorney inherited nothing.

The Bar brought a disciplinary action against the attorney and stipulated that his violation of Rule 1.8(c) was negligent, punishable by public censure. The Bar’s Disciplinary Board, however, found that sanction too lenient in light of the attorney’s prior…