By: Derek Hawkins//August 5, 2020//
WI Supreme Court
Case Name: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Stanley Whitmore Davis
Case No.: 2020 WI 48
Focus: Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review Referee John B. Murphy’s recommendation that Attorney Stanley Whitmore Davis be declared in default and his license to practice law in Wisconsin suspended for one year for professional misconduct. The referee also recommended that Attorney Davis pay $2,500 in restitution to G.P. and $3,750 to the Wisconsin Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (“the Fund”), and that he pay the full costs of the proceeding, which are $2,601.62 as of January 15, 2020.
We declare Attorney Davis to be in default. We agree with the referee that the record establishes that Attorney Davis has committed 36 counts of professional misconduct, warranting a one-year suspension of his license to practice law in Wisconsin. We also agree that Attorney Davis should pay restitution to G.P. and to the Fund and we direct him to pay the full costs of this proceeding.
License suspended
Concur:
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