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High court suspends Plymouth attorney’s license for two years

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//April 18, 2018//

High court suspends Plymouth attorney’s license for two years

By: Erika Strebel, [email protected]//April 18, 2018//

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Plymouth attorney’s law license for two years.

Wednesday’s disciplinary action stems from a complaint the Office of Lawyer Regulation filed in 2016 alleging that Daniel Rostollan had committed 21 counts of misconduct involving three clients. He is also alleged to have appeared in two bankruptcy hearings even though his license was suspended for failing to cooperate with the OLR’s investigation of client grievances filed against him.

The OLR had asked the justices to suspend Rostollan’s license to practice law for two years and order Rostollan to pay $4,690 in restitution to a client he represented in a bankruptcy case.

Rostollan answered the complaint but failed to respond to the OLR’s discovery requests.

In July, the court-appointed referee in the case, Jonathan Goodman, filed a report agreeing that Rostollan had committed the allegations in the OLR’s complaint and  agreeing with the OLR’s request for a two-year suspension and restitution.

Even so, the justices sent the case back to Goodman for more information. While Goodman was reviewing the case, Rostollan was saying he wanted to participate in the proceeding. Goodman scheduled a hearing for December and Rostollan attended it. Yet Rostollan again failed to respond to the OLR’s discovery requests.

Goodman filed a supplemental report in January containing the information the justices asked for and reaffirming his recommendations that Rostollan be suspended for two years and pay $4,690 worth of restitution.

The justices on Wednesday adopted Goodman’s recommendations and ordered Rostollan to pay the cost of the proceedings, which had been $2,663.71 by Jan. 30.

The two-year suspension requires Rostollan to petition the court for a reinstatement.

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