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On July 16, 2010, the Supreme Court of
Minnesota publicly reprimanded Respondent
and placed Respondent on probation for two
years with terms and conditions upon
practice, based upon the following facts.
Respondent transferred $200,000 from his
trust account into accounts in financial
institutions that had not been approved as
depositories for Minnesota client funds.
Respondent failed to prepare required trust
account trial balances and reconciliations.
As a result of Respondent’s failure to
prepare trial balances and reconciliations,
his trust account client subsidiary ledgers
contained several client balance errors. In
addition, Respondent allowed a $10,000 to
$12,000 balance of earned fees to remain in
the account for a period of at least six
months, thus commingling his own funds with
client funds.
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Respondent’s misconduct upon which his
Minnesota probation was based consisted of
conduct violating Rules 1.15(a), (b), (c)
(3), (d) and (f), Minnesota Rules of
Professional Conduct, and Appendix 1 thereto.
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Under SCR 22.22(2), Respondent is subject to
reciprocal discipline in Wisconsin.
In accordance with SCR 22.09(3), Attorney
Marc G. Kurzman, is hereby publicly
reprimanded and ordered to comply with the
terms and conditions of probation ordered by
the Minnesota Supreme Court.
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