Agency drops 3 counts against former DA Kratz

By: Associated Press//June 14, 2012//

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Former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz. (AP File Photo/Morry Gash)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The agency that oversees Wisconsin lawyers has dropped three misconduct counts against a former prosecutor accused of sexual harassment.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation has filed 11 misconduct counts against Ken Kratz. He could lose his law license for six months.

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OLR attorney Tom Basting told case referee Robert E. Kinney on Thursday the department won’t pursue a count accusing Kratz of creating a conflict of interest by pursing a relationship with a woman while he was prosecuting her ex-boyfriend for domestic abuse. The agency also won’t pursue two counts accusing Kratz of soliciting another woman seeking his help with a pardon.

Kratz has argued he removed himself from the domestic abuse prosecution and the woman seeking a pardon lied.

A hearing on the remaining counts is set for Tuesday.

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