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Arizona lawyer agreeing to discipline in Wisconsin

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//February 28, 2018//

Arizona lawyer agreeing to discipline in Wisconsin

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//February 28, 2018//

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An lawyer from Arizona won’t be fighting disciplinary measures in Wisconsin over misconduct he admitted to committing in his home state.

Barry Wagner admitted in March to improperly handling a personal-injury settlement in Arizona and consented to a reprimand and two years of probation for breaking Arizona’s rules of professional conduct.

However, he did not notify the Office of Lawyer Regulation in Wisconsin, where he is also licensed.

The OLR in December filed a complaint charging Wagner, who practices in Phoenix, with failing to notify the OLR that he had been disciplined in Arizona.

The OLR sought reciprocal disciplinary measures, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to publicly reprimand Wagner and order him to follow the terms of the Arizona order, which call for probation and require him to complete additional ethics training.

Wagner and the OLR reached a stipulation on Feb. 22 in which they agreed that the proper level of reciprocal disciplinary action would be a public reprimand, meaning that although Wagner would not be banned from practicing, the decision the court reaches in his case would be made public.

Wagner also agreed not to contest the facts and allegations in the OLR’s complaint. Both are asking the high court to accept the stipulation and decide the matter without appointing a referee.

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