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IN RE CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Nos. C6-02-139, C3-02-227.

653 N.W.2d 452 (2002)

In re CHARGES OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CONTAINED IN PANEL CASE NO. 15976.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hoover, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Patrick R. Burns, Senior Assistant Director Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, St. Paul, for Respondent.

Kristyn Aceto Garofalo, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, for Petitioner.

Daniel Stuart Goldberg, Hedin & Goldberg, P.A., Jeanette A. Frederickson, Frederickson & Associates, Minneapolis, for Amicus Curiae Pacer Center, Inc.

Luther A. Granquist, Minneapolis, for Amicus Curiae Minnesota Disability Law Center.

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

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Respondent represented a disabled plaintiff in a personal-injury action. During the jury trial, respondent moved for a mistrial advocating on behalf of his client that the presence of the court's severely disabled law clerk diminished his client's ability to receive a fair trial. At the conclusion of trial, respondent moved for a new trial, once again objecting to the presence of the law clerk in the courtroom. Judge Franklin J. Knoll...

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