High court revokes disbarred Minn. attorney’s license

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Minnesota attorney who was disbarred in his home state.

Tuesday’s discipline stems from an OLR complaint filed in June alleging that Harvey Jones failed to report to the OLR that the Minnesota Supreme Court had disbarred him in 2013.

The Minnesota Supreme Court disbarred Jones for three counts of misconduct, including misappropriating at least $51,142.03 that had belonged to seven clients and one non-client. The misappropriations occurred at least 20 times over 20 months, from August 2009 to April 2011. One of the clients was a man whose brain had been injured in a motorcycle accident.

The OLR had asked the court to impose reciprocal discipline on Jones, who has been admitted to practice law in Wisconsin since 1984.

His Wisconsin license has been suspended since October 2011 for failing to pay dues and failing to certify his trust account.

Jones reached a stipulation with the OLR, saying he did not contest the facts and misconduct alleged by the OLR. Nor did he object to the discipline the OLR sought.

As a result, the justices, even though they decided on Tuesday to revoke Jones’ license to practice law in Wisconsin, did not order him to pay costs.