MATTER OF AUSTIN

No. C1-82-948.

333 N.W.2d 633 (1983)

In the Matter of the Petition for Disciplinary Action Against Curtis E. AUSTIN.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hoover, Director, and William J. Wernz, Atty., Lawyers Professional Responsibility Bd., St. Paul, for petitioner.

Rapoport, Wylde & Nordby and Jack S. Nordby, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


PER CURIAM.

Pursuant to a hearing on a petition for disciplinary action, the referee appointed by this court, Judge Elmer J. Tomfohr, recommended disbarment of the respondent attorney. We adopt the recommendation.

Respondent Curtis E. Austin, age 57, has been a duly licensed attorney in this state since 1960. Since about 1976 he has been a sole practitioner with offices in Bloomington. In May 1982, the beneficiary of an estate that Austin was probating complained...

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