A lawyer who is accused of sticking a pistol in a Fargo police officer's face should be suspended indefinitely from practicing law, the North Dakota Supreme Court concluded.

Robert M. Light, of Fargo, has neglected clients' cases, missed appointments and failed to keep office hours, a disciplinary complaint says. In one instance, he did not inform a client of a $20,000 payment to her to settle a personal injury lawsuit, the complaint says.

The suspension is effective immediately, and will last until disciplinary complaints against Light are resolved, the Supreme Court said in a two-page order.

Light and his attorney, Ronald McLean, of Fargo, did not respond immediately to telephone and electronic mail messages left for comment Thursday.

Light is facing felony charges of reckless endangerment and terrorizing, and a misdemeanor charge for carrying a concealed pistol, for an incident in Fargo in December.

Authorities said a drunken Light pointed the gun at a Fargo police officer's head at close range before officers wrested the gun from him.

Light's brother, Steven, had reported two hours before that his brother had threatened him. Officers later found Robert Light in his car, near his Fargo law office.

The reckless endangerment charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

Paul Jacobson, the Supreme Court's chief disciplinary counsel, said in court filings that Robert Light has undergone inpatient treatment for alcoholism twice since January.