Legal Opinion

Matter of Disciplinary Action Against Franke

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 17, 1984No. C6-82-315PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Per curiam

This petition for disciplinary action, filed at the direction of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board (LPRB) on March 15, 1982, raises serious and distressing charges. Respondent, admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1958, undertook directly and through Estate Management Corporation (EMC), the corporate fiduciary which he owned and directed, to act as guardian and attorney for numerous elderly persons and their modest estates. EMC handled over 300 small estates, most of them in Hennepin County.

The petition contains 16 counts of violations of disciplinary rules which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In Re DalySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
  2. In Re the Reinstatement of PETERSONSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. In Re the Discipline of ScallenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  4. Matter of Discipline of AgnewSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
  5. In Re the Discipline of ShawSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. In Re Disciplinary Action Against AlbrechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  2. In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action Against RooneySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  3. Matter of Discipline of SchmidtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
  4. In re Disciplinary Action Against FairbairnSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  5. In Re Complaint Concerning MieraSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988

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