A referee is recommending that some misconduct charges against an Oshkosh attorney be dismissed and that the disciplinary measures imposed on him should be less than lawyer-regulators had sought.

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A Milwaukee lawyer is denying charges that he improperly billed a client.

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation is holding a seminar on trust-account in October. The seminar take place from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Symposium Room at the Comfort Inn, 4822 E. Washington Ave., Madison. It will ...

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A Walworth County attorney is admitting to improperly benefiting from a will she had drafted and agreeing that her license should be suspended. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Linda Gray in June with improperly benefiting from a will she ...

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A referee is recommending that an Appleton patent attorney’s license be suspended a second time in less than a year.

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A referee is recommending that a former Dane County lawyer who now runs a construction company should indefinitely suspended from practicing law.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is sending a Green Bay attorney’s disciplinary case back to a referee for additional proceedings.

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A recently retired Kenosha County DA is appealing a referee’s recommendation that includes a minimum year-long license suspension. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint last year charging Robert Zapf, who then had just retired from his position as ...

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday adopted a referee’s recommendation to suspend the license of a Portage attorney who pointed a gun at a man and punched him. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Steven Sarbacker with five counts of ...

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled in October to decide whether to adopt a referee’s recommendation that a Madison attorney’s license be suspended for 120 days. The referee’s report stems from an OLR complaint filed in 2015 charging Steven Cohen ...

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A Milwaukee criminal defense lawyer is fighting charges that he broke lawyer ethics rules while representing a defendant in a post-conviction appeal. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Christopher Hartley of Hartley & Pecora in June with one count of ...

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday is expected to decide whether a Portage attorney's license should be suspended.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether to dismiss a disciplinary case filed against a lawyer out of Eau Claire. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Michael Rajek in 2014 with failing to submit a fee dispute to ...

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A Saukville attorney is fighting allegations that he failed to act diligently and promptly while representing a criminal defendant. The Office of Lawyer Regulation in June charged Perry Lieuallen with one count of misconduct stemming from his representation of a criminal ...

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A Milwaukee lawyer facing a three-year suspension of his law license is denying the charges filed against him and has hired an attorney to represent him.

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A hearing on whether a former Mequon attorney’s license should be reinstated is slated for November.

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A retired Madison-area attorney charged with mishandling client money is admitting to some violations of attorney-ethics rules.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed attorneys to be part of committees that assist in investigations of attorney misconduct around the state.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed three attorneys to a committee that helps the court regulate the practice of law.

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A Mequon lawyer facing allegations of misconduct wants the charges either dismissed or the level of discipline imposed be no more than a private reprimand should he be found to have committed misconduct.

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A Madison lawyer has admitted to some of the misconduct that lawyer-regulation authorities are alleging she committed.

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A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court find that a Madison lawyer committed 19 counts of misconduct out of the 28 he had been charged with.

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A Green Bay attorney is challenging a recommendation that she pay the full cost of her disciplinary proceeding.

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A referee is not only recommending that a Milwaukee lawyer pay half the cost of his disciplinary hearing; he's also slapping on additional fees.

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A disciplinary hearing for a Madison attorney who is also mayor of Fitchburg starts on Thursday morning.

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A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a Plymouth attorney’s license for two years.

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A Madison-area lawyer faces a year-long suspension over allegations that she converted money belonging to her law firm.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court kicked off its new term by reinstating the law license of a former Trempealeau County lawyer.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release a decision Wednesday on whether to let a former Trempealeau County bankruptcy attorney practice law again in the state.

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Prosecutors say additional charges have been filed against a disbarred Pennsylvania attorney accused of stealing from special needs clients whose money he was supposed to manage.

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