PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
AND DISCIPLINE

By
R. B. Reavill, Administrative Director
Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility

Reprinted by Bench & Bar of Minnesota (March 1973)

STATE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 1972

Receipts ‒

4,722 lawyers paid $25.00....................................................	$118,050.00
1,726 lawyers paid $7.00......................................................	12,082.00
Fees paid by applicants for admission to bar, appr...........	25,350.00
Delinquent fees for years prior to 1972...............................	1,160.00
Total Receipts from all sources............................................		$156,642.00
5% Charge of State Treasurer for administering fund......		7,832.10
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS......................................................		$148,809.90
Expenses of State Board of Law Examiners, exclusive of disciplinary proceedings.............................................		59,839.15
AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR DISCIPLINARY MATTERS........................................................................		$ 88,970.75

(Note: The registration fees paid by all lawyers admitted to practice law in Minnesota are intended to cover the expenses of the Board of Law Examiners and the State Board of Professional Responsibility. The Court’s rule provides that $18 of the $25 registration fee paid by lawyers shall be allocated to disciplinary proceedings. Therefore, in 1972, the minimum amount available for disciplinary proceedings was $84,996. However, the entire balance of the fund after payment of expenses of the Board of Law Examiners is available for disciplinary matters. This means that there will always be a minimum amount available for disciplinary procedures; there may or may not be additional funds available, depending upon the expenses of the State Board of Law Examiners.)

Disbursements for Disciplinary Matters ‒

Salaries ‒	$ 28,363.50
Administrative Director.................................................
(Note: $363.50 for 1971 and paid in 1972)
Assistant Administrative Director.................................	17,000.00
Secretary	9,192.00	$ 54,555.50
State Retirement Fund Employers Contribution...............		2,182.23
Social Security Employers Contribution............................		1,435.25
Minnesota Mutual Life Ins. Co. Employers Contribution....................................................................		650.88
State Agency Revolving Fund		2.17
Computer Services		1,930.02
Expenses of Administrative Director in attending meetings, including mileage, hotels, meals, etc............		1,563.20
Expenses of Assistant Administrative Director in investigations, including mileage, hotels, meals, etc..........................................................................		570.41
Expenses of Board meetings................................................		410.17
Expenses of Board members in attending Board meetings and Panel hearings.........................................		2,508.75
Expenses of panel hearings, including court reporters, sheriffs’ fees and witness fees		3,241.68
Paid Herbert C. Davis attorney’s fees (Bialick and Thompson disbarment proceedings, commenced prior to 2/1/71)...........................................		4,441.81
Rent (first 9 mos. of State fiscal year 1972).........................		3,081.80
Telephone..............................................................................		672.19
Furniture & Equipment (2 file cabinets).............................		136.20
Stationery and Supplies.......................................................		470.57
Postage..................................................................................		475.00
Xerox Copies.........................................................................		427.50
Newspaper Clipping Service...............................................		166.49
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS................................................		$ 78,921.82