In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Michael B. Padden, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0177519. ...

Summary

The court upheld the deemed admission of allegations in the supplementary disciplinary petition because Padden offered no credible explanation for failing to answer and still had not served an answer. Based solely on those admissions, particularly the intentional misappropriation of client funds and forgery used to conceal it, the court disbarred Padden. The court also concluded that the referee did not clearly err in finding no mitigating factors.