MATTER OF SCALLEN

No. 47366.

269 N.W.2d 834 (1978)

In the Matter of the Application for the Discipline of Thomas K. SCALLEN, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Walter Bachman, Jr., Administrative Director on Professional Conduct, Lawyers Professional Responsibility Bd., St. Paul, for appellant.

Henry E. Halladay and J. Marquis Eastwood, Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Thomas K. Scallen, a licensed Minnesota lawyer, was convicted in Canada of the crimes of theft and publishing and circulating a false prospectus. The Board of Professional Responsibility, after conducting a hearing, recommended to this court that Scallen be disbarred. We accept the recommendation for discipline but amend the penalty to provide that Scallen be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Minnesota, with right to reapply for admission...

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