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A Chicago-area attorney has been sentenced to 12 months court supervision and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to parachuting off a 10-story courthouse under construction.
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Menard, lawyer for the ‘average Joe,’ accused of stealing $700,000
The Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused in a 14-count criminal complaint of stealing from his former law partner, his uncle and various clients.
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Read More »Supreme Court dismisses ethics case against former DA
The state Supreme Court has dismissed allegations of ethics violations against former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf.
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Read More »Justices bar judge from bench for 3 years for harassment
The state Supreme Court has barred a former Fox Crossing municipal judge from serving on the bench for three years after his clerk accused him of harassment.
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Read More »Decision coming Wednesday in former Kenosha DA’s disciplinary case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hand down a decision Wednesday in a lawyer-discipline case accusing a former Kenosha County district attorney of failing to disclose a police officer’s planting of evidence in a murder investigation.
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Read More »Chicago lawyer faces license suspension in Wisconsin
A Chicago lawyer is faced with a six-month license suspension in Wisconsin over misconduct he committed in his home state.
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Read More »High court: 3-year suspension, no revocation for Dane County lawyer-turned-contractor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former Dane County lawyer who now runs a construction company.
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Read More »High court suspends Milwaukee attorney convicted of embezzling thousands from estate
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Milwaukee trusts-and-estates attorney over misconduct that got him convicted of embezzlement.
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Read More »Referee recommends 60-day suspension for Milwaukee attorney
A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee lawyer be suspended for 60 days over misconduct in two divorce cases.
Tagged with: Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown office of lawyer regulation OLR Richard Reilly
Read More »Attorney fighting recommended license suspension, psychological exam
A Price County attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that her license be suspended and that she undergo either a psychological or psychiatric assessment.
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Read More »OLR, Kenosha attorney appealing referee’s recommendation for license suspension
Both parties in a lawyer-discipline case are appealing a referee’s recommendation that a Kenosha lawyer's license be suspended for five months for breaking eight attorney-ethics rules.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Terry Constant
Read More »Ex-Bayfield County DA facing misconduct charges
An Ashland attorney faces a public reprimand over alleged misconduct while he was a prosecutor in Bayfield County.
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Read More »Pewaukee attorney faces second license revocation
A Pewaukee attorney faces his second law license revocation.
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Read More »Kenosha lawyer faces 9-month license suspension
A Kenosha lawyer faces a nine-month license suspension over allegations that he violated more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.
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Read More »High court suspends Walworth County attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended the license of a Walworth County attorney.
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Read More »High court suspends Minnesota attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended a Minnesota attorney’s license for misconduct he committed in his home state.
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Read More »High court suspends Milwaukee attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Milwaukee attorney’s license for 60 days.
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Read More »Hudson attorney faces 2-year license suspension
A Hudson attorney faces a two-year license suspension over allegations that he violated more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.
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Read More »Wood County court commissioner admits to judicial misconduct
A Wood County court commissioner recently admitted to allegations of judicial misconduct.
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Read More »High court to hear first group of OLR rule-change petitions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is seeking to hear from the public on two of nine proposed changes to the state’s lawyer-regulation system.
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Read More »High court reinstates ex-Milton lawyer’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently gave back a former Milton attorney’s law license.
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Read More »High court reprimands Milwaukee lawyer
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee lawyer over four misconduct allegations.
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Read More »High court suspends Neenah attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended the license of a Neenah attorney. Thursday’s discipline stems from charges the Office of Lawyer Regulation filed last year against the solo-practitioner David Templeton, alleging that Templeton had committed three counts of misconduct. According ...
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Read More »Former district attorney publicly reprimanded
A former Burnett County district attorney has been publicly reprimanded for pursuing female defendants.
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Read More »High court to decide on discipline for Milwaukee attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be deciding whether to publicly reprimand a Milwaukee lawyer over four allegations of misconduct.
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Read More »Referee: Walworth County attorney should be suspended
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend the license of a Walworth County attorney for 60 days over several charges of misconduct.
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Read More »After 20 years, high court lets Milwaukee lawyer practice law again
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the license of a Milwaukee attorney who was suspended about 20 years ago.
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Read More »High court suspends Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Oshkosh attorney’s license for 90 days.
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Read More »Referee recommends license suspension for Green Bay attorney
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a Green Bay lawyer's license for 15 months.
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Read More »High court dismisses misconduct charges against Saukville attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently dismissed a disciplinary case lawyer-regulators filed against a Saukville attorney. The Office of Lawyer Regulation charged Perry Lieuallen in 2017 with violating one attorney-ethics rule while representing a criminal defendant in Waukesha County Circuit Court. The ...
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