Attorney Richard Sand of St. Paul, MN; convicted felon, repeater

The state of Minnesota presented Richard A. Sand with a law license in 1979 after he graduated from Hamline University School of Law.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation found Dick guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Dick’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Improperly disbursed funds from his trust account
• Commingled nonfiduciary funds in his trust account
• Failed to adequately maintain required financial books and records
• Falsely certified to Minnesota Supreme Court that his books and records were being properly maintained
• Misrepresented to Minnesota Attorney General’s office that he had not been paid any legal fees by a certain corporation in which he had an interest, which in fact he had been paid more than $20,000 by said corporation
• Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Dick!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Minnesota Supreme Court punished Dick by gifting him with a complimentary 30-day suspension of his law license and assessed investigative costs of $750.00.

Dick’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Convicted of aiding and abetting wire fraud
• Convicted of engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property
• Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty, or misrepresentation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Minnesota Supreme Court punished Dick by gifting him with a complimentary 5-year suspension of his law license and assessed investigative costs of $900.00.

As we speak (ca. March 2022), Dick practices his so-called brand of law at 332 Minnesota Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota.