In re Disciplinary Action Against Barnett

Summary

The Minnesota Supreme Court approved a stipulated disposition arising from Garry D. Barnett’s professional misconduct, including failure to cooperate with disciplinary investigations, neglect of client matters, and related violations of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct. The court publicly reprimanded Barnett, imposed two years of supervised probation with specified conditions, and ordered him to pay $900 in costs.

Holdings

1. The court approved the jointly recommended disposition of a public reprimand and two years of supervised probation.
2. Barnett was publicly reprimanded, placed on supervised probation for two years, and ordered to pay $900 in costs, subject to specified monitoring, practice-management, professional-conduct, and mental-health-treatment conditions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the recommended discipline for Barnett's admitted professional misconduct should be approved.
2. What disciplinary sanctions and probationary conditions should be imposed.

Disposition

other