MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF BENSON

No. C5-87-1989.

431 N.W.2d 120 (1988)

In the Matter of the Application for the DISCIPLINE OF John T. BENSON, an Attorney at Law of the State of Minnesota.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Candice M. Hojan, Office of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility, St. Paul, for appellant.

Jack S. Nordby, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This petition for the discipline of respondent John T. Benson raises serious charges of misappropriation of an elderly client's funds through the use of invalid documents and subsequent conspiracy with a second attorney to alter the documents and present perjured testimony to make the documents appear valid. We have already dealt with aspects of the case in the disciplinary proceeding...

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