In re Sea, A15–0820.

• Decision Date: 08 December 2015
• Docket Number: No. A15–0820.,A15–0820.
• Citation: 872 N.W.2d 249 (Mem)
• Parties: In re Petition for REINSTATEMENT OF Bobby Gordon Onyemeh SEA, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0282807.
• Court: Minnesota Supreme Court

872 N.W.2d 249 (Mem)

In re Petition for REINSTATEMENT OF Bobby Gordon Onyemeh SEA, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 0282807.

No. A15–0820.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Dec. 8, 2015.

ORDER

The court indefinitely suspended petitioner Bobby Gordon Onyemeh Sea from the practice of law for a minimum of 20 months, effective as of May 21, 2013, with no right to petition for reinstatement until November 2014. In re Sea, 832 N.W.2d 851, 852 (Minn.2013) (order). Petitioner applied for reinstatement in May 2015, and a hearing was held before a panel of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. The panel found that petitioner has proven by clear and convincing evidence that he is morally fit to resume the practice of law. See In re Mose, 843 N.W.2d 570, 574–75 (Minn.2014) (providing that the burden is on the attorney to establish by clear and convincing evidence the moral fitness to resume the practice of law). The panel recommends that petitioner be reinstated to the practice of law and placed on supervised probation for a period of 2 years. The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility agrees with the panel's recommendation.

Based upon all the files, records, and proceedings herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner Bobby Gordon Onyemeh Sea is reinstated to the practice of law and placed on probation for a period of 2 years, subject to the following terms and conditions:

(a) Petitioner shall cooperate fully with the efforts of the Director's Office to monitor compliance with this probation. Petitioner shall promptly respond to the Director's correspondence by the due date. Petitioner shall provide to the Director a current mailing address and shall immediately notify the Director of any change of address. Petitioner shall cooperate with the Director's investigation of any allegations of unprofessional conduct that may come to the Director's attention. Upon the Director's request, petitioner shall authorize the release of information and documentation to verify compliance with the terms of this probation;

(b) Petitioner shall abide by the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct;

(c) Petitioner shall timely file all required state and federal tax returns, including individual and employer withholding returns, and timely pay the taxes due thereon. Petitioner shall affirmatively report to the Director, on or before the due date of the required returns, his compliance with filing and payment requirements. Such report shall include copies of the required returns as well as proof of payment.

(d) Within 30 days of the date of this order, petitioner shall employ a certified public accountant (CPA), who shall be approved by the Director, to prepare and file petitioner's quarterly and annual tax returns. Within 7 days of hiring this CPA, petitioner shall sign an authorization for release of information and

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