By: Derek Hawkins//February 10, 2016//
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Walter W. Stern III
Case No.: 2013AP149-D
Focus: Disciplinary Proceedings
Attorney license reinstated and costs assessed
“Upon review of the record, we agree that Attorney Stern has established by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence that he has satisfied all the criteria necessary for reinstatement. Accordingly, we adopt the referee’s findings of fact and conclusions of law and we accept the referee’s recommendation to reinstate Attorney Stern’s license to practice law in Wisconsin. We further direct Attorney Stern to transmit the $585.25 surplus in his trust account to the unclaimed property unit of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue within 30 days of the date of this order.”