Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

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WI Supreme Court

Case Name: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Holly Lynn Fulkerson

Case No.: 2018 WI 42

Focus: Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

We review a stipulation pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 between the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Holly Lynn Fulkerson. The stipulation provides that Attorney Fulkerson committed six counts of professional misconduct arising out of the representation of a single client and jointly requests that the court publicly reprimand Attorney Fulkerson for her professional misconduct.

After carefully reviewing the matter, we accept the stipulation and impose the requested public reprimand. We do not require Attorney Fulkerson to pay any restitution, as none was requested by the OLR. Although there was a prior submission of a proposed consensual public reprimand to a referee, this disciplinary proceeding has been resolved by a stipulation under SCR 22.12 without the appointment of a referee. Thus, we do not impose any costs on Attorney Fulkerson.

Affirmed

Concur:

Dissent:

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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.