OFFICE OF
APPELLATE COURTS
JUN 0 3 2015
STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN SUPREME COURT
FILED
Al4-1602
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Albert B. Beety, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 6154.
ORDER
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed a petition
for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Albert B. Beety committed professional
misconduct warranting public discipline, namely, engaging in the practice of law while
on restricted status for failing to pay his attorney registration fee and for failing to comply
with continuing legal education requirements, and failing to cooperate with the Director,
in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 5.5(a) and 8.l(b) and Rule 25, Rules on Lawyers
Professional Responsibility (RLPR).
Respondent now waives his procedural rights under Rule 14, RLPR, and
unconditionally admits all of the allegations in the petition regarding his failure to
cooperate with the Director and that he engaged in the unauthorized practice of law from
1994 through August 2003. In a stipulation for discipline, the parties jointly recommend
that the appropriate discipline is a 60-day suspension.
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The court has independently reviewed the file and approves the jointly
recommended disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Respondent Albert B. Beety is suspended from the practice of law for a
minimum of 60 days, effective 14 days from the date of the filing of this order;
2. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of
suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals);
3. Respondent shall pay $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24(a), RLPR;
4. Respondent shall be eligible for reinstatement to the practice of law
following the expiration of the suspension period provided that, not less than 15 days
before the end of the suspension period, respondent files with the Clerk of Appellate
Courts and serves upon the Director an affidavit establishing that he is current in
continuing legal education requirements, has complied with Rules 24 and 26, RLPR, has
complied with the reinstatement provisions of Rule 2(1), Rules of the Supreme Court on
Lawyer Registration, and has complied with any other conditions for reinstatement
imposed by the court; and
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5. Within 1 year of the date of the filing of this order, respondent shall file
with the Clerk of Appellate Courts and serve upon the Director proof of successful
completion of the professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination. Failure
to timely file the required documentation shall result in automatic re-suspension, as
provided in Rule 18(e )(3 ), RLPR.
Dated: June 3, 2015
BY THE COURT:
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Associate Justice
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