OFFICE OF
STATE OF MINNESOTA APPEllA.TE COURTS
IN SUPREME COURT
JAN 0 7 2015
A14-0703
FILED
In rePetition for Disciplinary Action against
Barbara Ann Nimis, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 235428.
ORDER
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed a petition
for disciplinary action and a supplementary petition for disciplinary action alleging that
respondent Barbara Ann Nimis committed professional misconduct warranting public
discipline, namely, failing to comply with time lines regarding disputed personal property
set forth in a judgment and decree, providing inaccurate information to a client with
respect to the status of a matter, failing to comply with court rules regarding the filing of
motions, failing to appear at a hearing, failing to provide notice to her client and the court
that she had withdrawn from representation of a client, failing to return a client file and
cooperate with successor counsel after withdrawing from representation, and failing to
cooperate in the disciplinary process, in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.4,
1.16(d), 3 .4( c), 8.1 (b), and 8.4( d), and Rule 25, Rules on Lawyers Professional
Responsibility (RLPR). The petition further alleges that respondent committed the acts
of misconduct while on disciplinary probation.
Respondent waives her rights under Rule 14, RLPR, withdraws her previously
filed answer, unconditionally admits the allegations in the petition and supplementary
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petition, and with the Director recommends that the appropriate discipline is an indefinite
suspension with no right to petition for reinstatement for 6 months.
The court has independently reviewed the file and approves the recommended
disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Respondent Barbara Ann Nimis is indefinitely suspended from the practice
of law, effective from the date of the filing of this order, with no right to petition for
reinstatement for 6 months.
2. Respondent may petition for reinstatement pursuant to Rule 18(a)-(d),
RLPR. Reinstatement is conditioned on successful completion of the professional
responsibility portion of the state bar examination and satisfaction of continuing legal
education requirements pursuant to Rule 18(e), RLPR.
3. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of
suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals), and shall pay $900 in costs
pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.
Dated: January 7, 2015
BY THE COURT:
Associate Justice
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