Issuing body: Minnesota Supreme Court
Case number: A23-1828
Document date: February 23, 2024
Document type: Attorney disciplinary order
Length: 2 pages

About Paul Overson disciplinary order

The Minnesota Supreme Court suspended Paul E. Overson for a minimum of 30 days, required completion of the professional responsibility examination, ordered compliance with Rule 26, and assessed $900 in costs.

Why this document matters

The order is the disciplinary disposition that preceded Overson's later conditional reinstatement request.

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STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN SUPREME COURT

A23-1828

In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Paul E. Overson, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 0195005.

ORDER
The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed
a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Paul E. Overson has
committed professional misconduct warranting public discipline—namely,
knowingly making a misleading statement to a court during a hearing and subsequently
failing to correct his misleading statement
. See Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(c), 8.4(d).
Respondent and the Director have entered into a stipulation for discipline. In it,
respondent waives his procedural rights under Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional
Responsibility (RLPR), waives his right to answer, and unconditionally admits the
allegations of the petition. The parties jointly recommend that the appropriate discipline
is a 30-day suspension.
We have independently reviewed the file and approve the jointly recommended
disposition.
Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
February 23, 2024

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. Respondent Paul E. Overson is suspended from the practice of law for a
minimum of 30 days, effective 14 days from the date of this order.
2. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR (requiring notice of
suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals), and shall pay $900 in costs under
Rule 24(a), RLPR.
3. Respondent shall be eligible for reinstatement to the practice of law
following the expiration of the suspension period provided that, not less than 15 days before
the end of the suspension period, respondent files with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts
and serves upon the Director an affidavit establishing that he is current in continuing legal
education requirements, has complied with Rules 24 and 26, RLPR, and has complied with
any other conditions for reinstatement imposed by the court.
4. Within 1 year of the date of this order, respondent shall file with the Clerk of
the Appellate Courts and serve upon the Director proof of successful completion of the
written examination required for admission to the practice of law by the Minnesota State
Board of Law Examiners on the subject of professional responsibility. See Rule 4.A.(5),
Rules for Admission to the Bar (requiring evidence that an applicant has successfully
completed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination). Failure to timely file
the required documentation shall result in automatic suspension, as provided in Rule
18(e)(3), RLPR.
Dated: February 2, 2024 BY THE COURT:
Margaret H. Chutich
Associate Justice