A Madison attorney who is also a Fitchburg alderman is fighting charges that he broke several rules of attorney conduct.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear three cases in March involving appeals in lawyer-discipline and workers’ compensation cases and a certified case involving contracts.

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A Madison attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendations that her license be suspended for a year and pay thousands in restitution for allegedly filing either frivolous or meritless cases in federal court.

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A Madison attorney is fighting a recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court should suspend his license two times longer than what lawyer-regulation authorities had requested.

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A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimand a Fond du Lac attorney over 10 counts of alleged misconduct.

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A referee is recommending that a former Sheboygan attorney be privately reprimanded and given the chance to resign from the bar.

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A hearing is set for the reinstatement of a bankruptcy attorney’s law license, which was suspended for two years over 35 counts of misconduct that included holding a gun during a meeting with clients.

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A Milwaukee attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that his license to practice be suspended for a year despite reaching a stipulation with the state’s lawyer-regulation agency.

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A Whitewater attorney has agreed that he should be publicly reprimanded over two charges of misconduct.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of an Eau Claire attorney and ordered him to pay more than $16,000 in restitution.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to respond to dozens of counts of misconduct against a Milwaukee lawyer by tacking on more requirements to his conditional reinstatement and ordering him to pay restitution instead of suspending his license.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked a Mequon attorney’s license over his disbarment in Illinois.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday will decide whether to discipline three lawyers.

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A Mequon employment attorney suspected of breaking several rules of attorney conduct is fighting the charges.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded an Iowa attorney and ordered him to pay a court judgement.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has chosen to publicly reprimand a DePere attorney, rather than suspend his license.

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A court-appointed referee is recommending to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that a Green Bay attorney’s license be suspended.

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The disciplinary case of an Eau Claire attorney charged with failing to respond to a State Bar request for arbitration in a dispute with a client may end with a recommendation that the case be dismissed or withdrawn.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday whether to suspend the license of a DePere attorney.

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Investigators have agreed to dismiss some charges against a Dane County lawyer in exchange for a no-contest plea.

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A Massachusetts attorney who was publicly reprimanded in Maine could face discipline in Wisconsin.

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A Portage attorney faces a 60-day license suspension over allegations that he mishandled client money and punched a person and pointed a gun at him.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court kicks off the year’s oral arguments with three cases, including a disciplinary case in which a Milwaukee lawyer is challenging more than a dozen charges of misconduct. The high court will hear oral arguments at 1:30 ...

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Recently retired Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf is facing with a 90-day license suspension over charges that he failed to disclose information in two homicide cases.

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A Milwaukee criminal-defense lawyer is faced with another license suspension less than a year after the state’s highest court banned him from practicing law for 90 days.

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The state Supreme Court has suspended an attorney amid allegations he removed more than half-a-million dollars from his wife's trust fund through forgery.

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A Mequon employment attorney faces a 60-day suspension over six charges of alleged misconduct.

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A Whitewater attorney is facing a public reprimand over two counts of alleged misconduct.

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An Oak Creek attorney faces a nine-month license suspension over eight counts of misconduct.

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A federal grand jury has indicted a Middleton lawyer on three charges, including wire fraud and identity theft.

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