EXCEPT - and this is my pet theory -
this bill is winding it's way through the MN legislature. Nick's covered it on at least two streams. He's correct is saying that if it's passed, he could be fucked. (Along with any lawyer who expresses bias against "marginalized" groups.):
I've read the bill and I don't see that as true. Its a bad bill in various ways, but I don't see any particular content specifically covering attorneys other than:
"commits any offense described in subdivision 2 with intent to influence or otherwise
tamper with a juror or a judicial proceeding or with intent to retaliate against a judicial
officer, as defined in section
609.415, or a prosecutor, defense attorney, or officer of the
court, because of that person's performance of official duties in connection with a judicial
proceeding;"
The OLPR is not a judicial proceeding. The offenses as described as far as I can see are all criminal offenses like assault or damage to property. The OLPR also currently has a set of existing ethical rules that could be used to go after people expressing bias or behaving badly within the context of the legal profession.
I think as others have said, the OLPR is unlikely to go after an attorney for behavior outside of their practice of law. The only serious complaint IMO is the one by Monty's attorney IF (and only if) Nick could have been considered to have been representing himself at the time he made the comments. And even then, he is most likely to be punished with something like taking classes rather than pulling his law license.
Nick's decision to effectively cease practicing law makes him somewhat immune from ethical complaints. The only way that would change is if he does something related to the law that gets alot of local media coverage in the state and makes him an embarassment to the profession. The other path to doom for Nick would probably be to go after the judge in his case. Though that one is less certain because the Judge has all sorts of informal ways to punish someone in the courtroom for acting out.