In re Disciplinary Action Against McDonagh

ORDER

The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition for disciplinary action seeking reciprocal discipline under Rule 12(d), Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), based on an opinion of the North Dakota Supreme Court disbarring respondent Alan Martin McDonagh. See In re McDonagh, 822 N.W.2d 468, 472 (N.D.2012). The North Dakota disbarment was based on respondent: (1) using clients’ funds to pay law firm expenses; (2) failing to place clients’ funds in trust; (3) forging another attorney’s signature; and (4) *715keeping funds that were owed to…