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Professional Responsibility — public reprimand

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 30, 2012//

Professional Responsibility — public reprimand

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//November 30, 2012//

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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Civil

Professional Responsibility — public reprimand

Where attorney Vladimir M. Gorokhovsky committed 8 acts of professional misconduct, a public reprimand is appropriate.

“Turning to the question of the appropriate discipline, the OLR requested, and the referee recommended, that a public reprimand be issued as discipline for Attorney Gorokhovsky’s misconduct. Attorney Gorokhovsky argues that a public reprimand is excessive discipline in view of the facts of this matter. He explains that whatever errors he may have committed were caused by an overzealous, good faith desire to help F.B. for which he should not be unduly punished. He also claims that his conduct should be excused as a necessary part of his learning curve as a lawyer. He argues that a private reprimand would be an appropriate sanction.”

“We disagree. Attorney Gorokhovsky has been licensed for a decade and has been privately disciplined once before. The ethical rules that Attorney Gorokhovsky violated are not difficult ones to grasp, and his violations of those rules were obvious. He ought to have known better. Under the circumstances, a public reprimand is a modest sanction. We also remind Attorney Gorokhovsky that the court may impose progressively severe sanctions when an attorney engages in a pattern of misconduct.”

2010AP2525-D OLR v. Gorokhovsky

Per Curiam.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Gorokhovsky, Vladimir, Glendale; For Respondent: Weigel, William J., Madison; Price, Matthew J., Milwaukee

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