Reprimand For Opening Mail Of Opposing Party

The Minnesota Supreme Court has imposed a public reprimand of an attorney whose misconduct involved “opening the mail of the opposing party in a case without authorization in order to obtain evidence…”

The attorney must also serve two years of unsupervised probation.

The court found that the conduct violated Rules 4.4(a) and 8.4(d).

Unfortunately, the court order does not describe the circumstances of the misconduct. (Mike Frisch)