Justices reprimand Chicago attorney for misconduct

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded attorney Khaja Din on Thursday related to eight counts of misconduct.

Din, of Chicago, has been practicing immigration law since 2007. Thursday’s reprimand stemmed from misconduct in the way he billed and advised four clients.

According to court documents, the Office of Lawyer Regulation first filed a complaint Dec. 11, 2012, alleging Din committed 28 acts of misconduct in representing six clients. Din filed an answer and the OLR then filed an amended complaint Oct. 28, 2013, reducing the allegations to 12 counts of misconduct regarding four clients. Din again filed an answer.

The parties filed a stipulation and no contest plea Dec. 23, 2013, in which the OLR dismissed four counts from the amended complaint, and Din withdrew his answer to the amended complaint and pleaded no contest to the remaining eight counts. The parties jointly recommended to the OLR referee that Din be privately reprimanded and pay $13,250 in restitution.

But after the referee issued his report, Din filed a motion for reconsideration or relief from the stipulation and no contest plea. The referee then revised the report, which Din did not appeal, but argued his misconduct warranted a private rather than public reprimand.

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The justices disagreed, however, and issued a public reprimand. They also agreed with the OLR’s recommendation that Din pay $14,250 in restitution and half of the cost of the proceeding, or $10,003.65, to the OLR.

Din could not be immediately reached for comment.