In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Wesley R. Martins, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0068214. ...

Summary

The Minnesota Supreme Court held that tribal courts are jurisdictions for reciprocal attorney discipline under Rule 12(d) and that the Mille Lacs Band’s disciplinary process satisfied due‑process requirements. It found the tribal court’s one‑year suspension, public reprimand, and required apology to be substantially different from the discipline warranted in Minnesota, and therefore imposed only a public reprimand on Wesley R. Martins. The Director’s argument that comity requires identical discipline was rejected.