Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court v. Mertz

[¶ 1] Disciplinary Counsel and Monty G. Mertz object to a report by the hearing panel of the Disciplinary Board which found Mertz violated N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 3.4(a) and 4.4 and recommended Mertz be suspended from the practice of law for one month and pay $2,966.96 in costs and expenses for the disciplinary proceeding. We conclude there is clear and convincing evidence that Mertz violated N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 4.4, and order that Mertz be publicly reprimanded and pay the costs and expenses of the disciplinary proceeding.

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[¶ 2] On the night of November 2, 2004, Meagan Mertz, the daughter of…