Attorney John Ellenbecker of St. Cloud, MN; repeat offender

The state of Minnesota presented John D. Ellenbecker with a law license in 1981 after he graduated from the William Mitchell Law School.

The Minnesota Office of Lawyer Regulation found Johnny guilty of the following misconduct.

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

• Failed to properly account for client property
• Failed to pay professionally-incurred judgment (deadbeat)
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to communicate with client
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Johnny!)

As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Minnesota Supreme Court punished Johnny by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

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

• Engaged in a pattern of neglect
• Failed to adequately communicate with clients
• Misused his trust account
• Failed to maintain required trust account books and records
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Johnny!)

As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Minnesota Supreme Court punished Johnny by gifting him with a complimentary 90-day suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. September 2015), Johnny practices at 803 West Saint Germain Street in St. Cloud, Minnesota.