In Re: Discipline of Benson Lee
In Re: Discipline of Benson Lee
Opinion
be taken live unless the State Bar approves otherwise; (c) Lee must have a mentor that is approved by the State Bar to review his practice and implement any necessary changes, and the mentor must provide quarterly reports during the probation and notify the State Bar of any problems'; (d) Lee must file, within 90 days of the date of the hearing, an interpleader action regarding the remaining funds that have been maintained in his trust fund on behalf of his former employee client Iris Contreras; and (e) Lee shall pay the costs of the disciplinary proceeding, excluding Bar Counsel and staff salaries, within 30 days for receipt of a billing statement from the State Bar.
Based on our review of the record, we conclude that the guilty plea agreement should be approved with the clarification that the time periods for the discipline commence on the date that this order is filed.
See SCR 113(1). We hereby impose a six-months-and-one-day stayed suspension, and a two-year probation. Additionally, Lee must comply with all of the conditions in the plea agreement, as outlined above, and shall
'The agreement states that if Lee is able to find a mentor, he can begin the two-year probationary period prior to this court ruling on this matter. As clarified in this order, the discipline commences on the date this order is filed.
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It is so ORDERED.
, C.J.
cu_g aist.Cr Parraguirre Douglas
Saitta
Gibbons
cc: David Clark, Bar Counsel Benson Lee Jeffrey R. Albregts, Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Panel Kimberly Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada
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