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MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF BERNSTEIN

No. C1-86-716

404 N.W.2d 804 (1987)

In the Matter of the Application for the DISCIPLINE OF Lewis S. BERNSTEIN, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Wernz, Director of the Office of Prof. Respc., St. Paul, for appellant.

Theodore Collins, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

PER CURIAM.

This matter comes to us for discipline based on a referee's findings of misappropriation, attempted fraud, unauthorized endorsement of a check, misrepresentation to a client's insurer, perjury, fabrication of documentary evidence, trust account improprieties, and false certification to this court. The referee found no mitigating circumstances, one aggravating circumstance, and recommended 18 months' suspension. We adopt the referee's findings but in light...

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