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In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Mark David Pitzele: ETHICS - disbarment for client funds misappropriated., & tax & trust account. violations

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STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN SUPREME COURT
A07-158
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Mark David Pitzele, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 235507.
O R D E R
The Director has filed a petition and supplementary petition for disciplinary action
alleging that respondent Mark David Pitzele committed professional misconduct
warranting public discipline, namely, misappropriation of client funds, failure to timely
file state and federal quarterly employee withholding returns, failure to timely pay state
and federal employer withholding taxes, and failure to maintain required trust account
books and records, in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(c) and (d) and 1.15.
Respondent has withdrawn his answer to the petition for disciplinary action,
admitted the allegations of the petition and supplementary petition, waived his procedural
rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), and entered
into a stipulation with the Director under which the parties jointly recommend that the
appropriate sanction is disbarment.
The court has independently reviewed the file and approves the jointly
recommended disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that respondent Mark David Pitzele is disbarred
effective as of the date of filing of this order. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26,
RLPR (requiring notice of disbarment to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals) and
shall pay 0 in costs pursuant to Rule 24, RLPR.
Dated: October 17, 2007
BY THE COURT:
/s/
Helen M. Meyer
Associate Justice
  

 
 
 

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