STATE OF MINNESOTA January 19, 2017
IN SUPREME COURT
A15-0743
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Kara Jane Jensen Zitnick, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 0317469.
ORDER
By order filed on December 16, 2015, we suspended respondent Kara Jane Jensen
Zitnick from the practice oflaw for a minimwn of60 days. In re Zitnick, 872 N.W.2d 539,
540 (Minn. 2015) (order). We expressly stated that within 1 year of the date of the filing
of our order, respondent was required to file with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts proof
of successful completion of the professional responsibility portion of the state bar
examination and that failure to do so would result in automatic re-suspension, pending
proof of successful completion of the examination. /d. at 541; see also Rule 18(e)(3 ), Rules
on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR).
We conditionally reinstated respondent on August 15, 2016. In re Zitnick, 883
N.W.2d 771, 771 (Minn. 2016) (order). In the reinstatement order, we repeated the
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requirement that by December 16, 2016, respondent had to file with the Clerk of the
Appellate Courts proof of successful completion of the professional responsibility portion
of the state bar examination or she would be re-suspended, pending proof of successful
completion of the examination. /d. at 772; see also Rule 18(e)(3}, RLPR.
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Rule 18(e)(3), RLPR, provides that, unless waived by this court, a lawyer who has
been suspended for 90 days or less "must, within one year from the date of the suspension
order, successfully complete such written examination" for the professional responsibility
portion of the state bar examination. "Except upon motion and for good cause shown,
failure to successfully complete this examination shall result in automatic suspension of
the lawyer effective one year after the date of the original suspension order." /d.
Respondent did not provide this court with proof by December 16, 2016, that she
had successfully passed the professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination.
By order filed on December 29, 2016, we gave respondent 10 days to file proof of cause
why she should not be immediately suspended pending her successful completion of the
professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination. In re Zitnick, No. A 15-
0743, Order at 1-2 (Minn. filed Dec. 29, 2016). We stated that "[i]fno proof of cause is
filed ... within 10 days of the date of this order, respondent shall be immediately suspended
without further notice or proceedings." /d at 2. Respondent did not respond to our
December 16 order to show cause.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceeding& herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that respondent Kara Jane Jensen Zitnick's conditional
reinstatement is revoked and that she is indefinitely suspended, effective 10 days from the
date of this order. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of
suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals). Respondent may apply for
reinstatement under Rule 18(f), RLPR, by filing with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts and
the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility proof that she has
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received a passing score on the professional responsibility portion of the state bar
examination.
Dated: January 19,2017 BY TilE COURT:
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David R. Stras
Associate Justice
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