DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST PETERSON

Civ. No. 880295.

446 N.W.2d 254 (1989)

In the Matter of the Application for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Edward M. PETERSON, Sr., a Member of the Bar of the State of North Dakota. DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF the SUPREME COURT OF the STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Petitioner, v. Edward M. PETERSON, Sr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vivian Elaine Berg (argued), Disciplinary Counsel, Bismarck, for petitioner.

Larivee & Johnson, Grand Forks, for respondent; argued by Alan J. Larivee.


LEVINE, Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding brought against Edward M. Peterson, Sr. Following formal proceedings initiated in 1986, a hearing panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court recommended that Peterson be publicly reprimanded, suspended from the practice of law for one year, and required to successfully complete the ethics portion of the bar examination before reinstatement.

Peterson contends that he was denied due process and the...

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