In Re Claussen

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that under former DR 1-102(A) (4), the predecessor to RPC 8.4(a)(4), “[t]he focus of the rule is on the effect of a lawyer’s conduct on the administration of justice, rather than on the lawyer’s state of mind when the conduct is undertaken”
• explaining that under former DR 1-102 (A)(4), the predecessor to RPC 8.4(a)(4), “[t]he focus of the rule is on the effect of a lawyer’s conduct on the adminis- tration of justice, rather than on the lawyer’s state of mind when the conduct is undertaken”
• one-year suspension for conflict of interest aggravated by conduct involving dishonesty in violation of DR 1-102(A)(3)
• focus of former DR 1-102(A)(4) is on effect of accused’s actions rather than state of mind
• intent to deceive not required to prove violation of DR 1-102(A)(3)
• implicitly rejecting a similar argument that predecessor rule, former DR 1-102(A)(4

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).