LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has suspended the state law license of a Lincoln attorney who mishandled his clients’ money.

In a ruling issued Friday, the state’s high court said John Beltzer transferred $2,000 from a client’s trust account into his operations account in 2004 to pay his employees and other operating costs. Beltzer conceded to the state Counsel for Discipline that he improperly managed the trust account.

Although Beltzer quickly replaced his client’s funds, the high court said the misappropriation was “a very serious offense.”

Beltzer’s law license will be suspended for one year.