In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Susanne Marie GLASSER, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 272978 , 849 N.W.2d 68 ( 2014 )

OFFICE OF
APPELLATE COURTS
JUL 09 2014
STATE OF MINNESOTA
FILED
IN SUPREME COURT
Al 1-2126
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against
Susanne Marie Glasser, a Minnesota Attorney,
Registration No. 272978.
ORDER
On June 5, 2013, we suspended respondent Susanne Marie Glasser from the
practice of law for a minimum of 30 days. In re Glasser, 831 N.W.2d 644, 645 (Minn.
2013). Our opinion expressly stated that by June 1, 2014, respondent was required to file
with the Clerk of Appellate Courts proof of her successful completion of the professional
responsibility portion of the state bar examination and that failure to do so would result in
automatic re-suspension, pursuant to Rule 18(e )(3 ), Rules on Lawyers Professional
Responsibility (RLPR). Glasser, 831 N.W.2d at 651.
We reinstated respondent on September 11, 2013. In re Glasser, 837 N.W.2d 39,
39 (Minn. 2013) (order). Our order reinstating respondent repeated the requirement that,
by June 1, 2014, respondent had to file with the Clerk of Appellate Courts proof of
successful completion of the professional responsibility portion of the state bar
examination and that failure to do so would result in automatic re-suspension, pending
successful completion of the examination, pursuant to Rule 18(e)(3), RLPR. Glasser,
837 N.W.2d at 40.
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Rule 18(e )(3 ), RLPR, provides that, unless waived by this court, a lawyer who has
been suspended for 90 days or less "must, within one year from the date of the
suspension order, successfully complete such written examination" for the professional
responsibility portion of the state bar examination. "Except upon motion and for good
cause shown, failure to successfully complete this examination shall result in automatic
suspension of the lawyer effective one year after the date of the original suspension
order." Id.
Respondent did not provide this court with proof by June 1, 2014, that she
successfully passed the professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination.
In response to an order to show cause directing respondent to provide proof of cause why
she should not be immediately suspended, respondent stated that financial problems
prevented her from taking the professional responsibility portion of the state bar
examination but that she had borrowed money and registered for the August 2014 exam
after receiving the order to show cause. Glasser asked for additional time to provide
proof that she has successfully completed the professional responsibility portion of the
state bar examination. The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility
opposes Glasser's request for additional time in which to pass the exam.
Based on all the files, records, and proceedings herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion of respondent Susanne Marie Glasser
for additional time in which to provide proof of her successful completion of the
professional responsibility portion of the state bar examination is denied. Respondent's
conditional reinstatement is revoked, and she is indefinitely suspended, effective 10 days
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from the date of the filing of this order. Respondent shall comply with Rule 26, RLPR
(requiring notice of suspension to clients, opposing counsel, and tribunals). Respondent
may apply for reinstatement under Rule l 8(f), RLPR, by filing with the Clerk of
Appellate Courts and the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility
proof that she has successfully completed the professional responsibility portion of the
state bar examination.
Dated: July 9, 2014
BY THE COURT:
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