Idaho State Bar v. Eliasen

This is a lawyer discipline ease.

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THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Lyle D. Eliasen (the lawyer) is an Idaho lawyer who was hired by a dentist to collect unpaid dental fees from one of the dentist’s patients (the patient). The lawyer obtained a judgment (the judgment) in the dentist’s favor against the patient. The patient told the lawyer that he could not pay the judgment. The lawyer responded with a letter which told the patient that if he did not pay the judgment within sixty days, Idaho law required the court clerk to forward the judgment to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which…