Controversial attorney Jill Clark has been transferred from suspended status to disability inactive status due to mental health issues.
The Supreme Court said in an opinion today that Clark is unable to competenty represent clients due to mental health issues.
“There is overwhelming evidence in the record that Clark has a serious mental health condition. Clark’s medical records indicate that she suffered from extreme stress and anxiety during long stretches of 2012, that this stress and anxiety severely affected her cognitive abilities and judgment, that she twice went ‘on [the] run because she was having an emotional crisis, and that she was hospitalized three times because of these problems.Clark was suspended in January, when she did not respond to an order to show cause issued by the Supreme Court. The court transferred her to disability status and ordered that all present and future disciplinary proceedings be stayed.
The court did not place any restrictions on Clark’s reinstatement except to say that the court will determine whether she is able to represent clients. At such time, the pending disciplinary proceedings will be revived.
Chief Justice Lorie Gildea did not participate in the case.
Source: http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2013/07/24/jill-clark-pasted-on-disability-status/
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