Reciprocally Yours

The North Dakota Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline in two matters.

One case involved multiple disbarments

The record reflects that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred Scher for engaging in the unauthorized use of entrusted funds in the amount of $29,118.67 for his own purposes and engaging in a subsequent dishonest explanation that the misuse of the funds was inadvertent.

Scher was admitted to practice law in North Dakota on January 28, 1993, but has never been licensed. He resigned his license in New York in lieu of discipline. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals based his disbarment on New York’s findings. Scher was also disbarred in New Jersey.

The other was closer to North Dakota

The record reflects that the Minnesota Supreme Court suspended Rosso for 12 months for failing to safeguard client funds; failing to ensure accurate maintenance of the required trust account books and records; failing to review the activity in the pooled and individual client trust accounts or any of the reports generated for those accounts; failing to adequately supervise non-lawyer staff in the handling of client funds, which resulted in the misappropriation of client funds; failing to promptly disburse funds to clients; negligent misappropriation of client funds; and accepting an improper personal loan from a client. The Minnesota Supreme Court conditioned reinstatement on successful completion of the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and compliance with continuing legal education requirements.

The court the functionally-equivalent discipline. (Mike Frisch)