Disciplinary Proceedings

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WI Supreme Court

Case Name: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Zachary T. Krogman

Case No.: 2015AP1422-D

Practice Area: Disciplinary Proceedings

Attorney enters into stipulation with OLR. Subjected to drug abuse and mental health assessment. License suspended for four months.

“Between October 31, 2013, and July 10, 2014, Attorney Krogman improperly took over $2,500 from his clients’ trust accounts, funds to which he was not entitled, including by paying bank fees with client funds. He began accepting credit card payments for legal fees in November 2012 but never established a separate trust account for receiving legal fees and costs by credit card, debit card, or other electronic deposit. Attorney Krogman failed to keep transaction registers required by the Rules of Professional Conduct, failed to keep individual client ledgers, failed to keep required deposit records, failed to complete the memo line on checks, and failed to prepare regular and periodic reconciliation reports.”

ABRAHAMSON, A.W. BRADLEY, J.J., dissent. (Opinion Filed)

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.