MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF TANNER

No. 960541.

960 P.2d 399 (1998)

In the Matter of the DISCIPLINE OF Mark H. TANNER, Bar No. 05015.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Cochell, Kate A. Toomey, Salt Lake City, for Utah State Bar.

Brent D. Ward, Bret F. Randall, Salt Lake City, for Mark H. Tanner.


DURHAM, Associate Chief Justice:

The Utah State Bar (the Bar) appeals from a district court order suspending attorney Mark H. Tanner from the practice of law. We hold that Tanner's conduct requires disbarment, not merely suspension.

I. Facts

In 1989, Hurdley Evans hired Tanner to represent him in his attempt to recover $100,089 that Emery County authorities had seized from him. After various legal twists and turns, in May 1992, the United States...

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