In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Mohammad-Zadeh
In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Mohammad-Zadeh
Opinion of the Court
We review the stipulation of the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Board)
Attorney Mohammad-Zadeh was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin in June, 1992 and in Minnesota in December of that year. She elected to become an inactive member of the State Bar of Wisconsin in October, 1994 and continues in that membership status. She currently resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.
On July 3, 1996, on stipulation of Attorney Mohammad-Zadeh and the Minnesota attorney disciplinary authorities, the Supreme Court of Minnesota suspended Attorney Mohammad-Zadeh's license to practice law there for 60 days as discipline for her failure to pursue immigration matters for two clients, misrepresenting to them that she had filed a petition for permanent residence and giving them a fabricated receipt for a filing fee purporting to show that the petition had been filed, when in fact she had not filed it. In this proceeding, the parties stipulated that the conduct to which Attorney Mohammad-Zadeh had stipulated in the Minnesota proceeding constitutes a failure to diligently pursue the clients' matter, in violation of SCR 20:1.3,
The Supreme Court of Minnesota accepted the parties' stipulation to a 60-day license suspension as discipline for that misconduct, and we find no cause to conclude that the misconduct warrants substantially different discipline here. Accordingly, we accept the parties' stipulation to the disciplinary sanction to be imposed.
It Is Ordered that the license of Katayoun Mohammad-Zadeh to practice law in Wisconsin is suspended for a period of 60 days, effective the date of this order.
It Is Further Ordered that Katayoun Mohammad-Zadeh comply with the provisions of SCR 22.26 concerning the duties of a person whose license to practice law in Wisconsin has been suspended.
SCR 20:1.3 provides:
*291 Diligence
A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.
SCR 20:4.1 provides, in pertinent part:
Truthfulness in statements to others
In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly:
(a) make a false statement of a material fact or law to a third person;
SCR 20:8.4 provides, in pertinent part:
Misconduct
It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:
(c) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation;
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Katayoun Mohammad-Zadeh, Attorney at Law
- Status
- Published