IN RE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST LYONS

No. A09-472.

780 N.W.2d 629 (2010)

In re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Thomas John LYONS, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 249646.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Cole, Director, Timothy M. Burke, Senior Assistant Director, Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, St. Paul, MN, for petitioner.

Eric T. Cooperstein, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent attorney.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In March 2009, the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility (Director) served and filed a petition for disciplinary action against respondent Thomas Lyons, Jr. The Director alleged that Lyons' failure to disclose his client's death during settlement negotiations and false and misleading statements made to opposing counsel and to the Director about the client's death constituted...

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