STATE EX REL. COUNSEL FOR DIS. v. PETERSEN

No. S-04-1173.

710 N.W.2d 646 (2006)

271 Neb. 262

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. COUNSEL FOR DISCIPLINE OF the NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT, relator v. Thomas M. PETERSEN, respondent.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Steele, Assistant Counsel for Discipline, for relator.

Jeffrey A. Silver, Omaha, for respondent.

HENDRY, C.J., CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The issue presented in this attorney disciplinary proceeding is what sanction should be imposed on the respondent, Thomas M. Petersen, for his serial neglect of client matters. For the reasons that follow, we impose an indefinite suspension from the practice of law with no possibility of reinstatement prior to February 1, 2008.

BACKGROUND

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