A referee is recommending a two-month license suspension for a Beloit attorney who admitted to using thousands of dollars from her trust account to pay her taxes and rent.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Suzanne Kitto

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Milwaukee attorney on Thursday for two months, declining to adopt a referee’s recommendation for a year-long license suspension.

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A Milwaukee County judge has sentenced a suspended lawyer from Hartland to time in jail for embezzling money from his former employers.

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A Hartland lawyer charged with taking thousands of dollars from his former employer is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday.

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A Milwaukee attorney who faces revocation of his law license has responded to allegations that he violated the state’s lawyer-ethics rules 20 times.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of a former Mequon workers’ compensation lawyer.

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A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee lawyer who is on probation for stealing money from an estate be retroactively suspended from practicing law for that behavior.

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A Milwaukee lawyer faces the revocation of his law license over 38 alleged ethics violations.

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Should Wisconsin prosecutors be held to a higher ethical standard than their constitutional obligation to disclose evidence to criminal defendants?

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A Beaver Dam lawyer is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to revoke his license.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied reinstatement to a former Rhinelander attorney whose license the justices suspended for nearly two years.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Richard Voss

A Colorado attorney is agreeing to have his Wisconsin license revoked for conduct that got him disbarred in his home state.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Philip Kleinsmith

An Arizona attorney won’t be fighting disciplinary measures in Wisconsin over misconduct he admitted to committing in his home state.

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A referee is recommending that a retired Madison-area attorney be suspended for six months, three months less than what lawyer-regulators had asked for.

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A Madison lawyer and the Office of Lawyer Regulation are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to approve an agreement that includes a year-long suspension.

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A referee is recommending that a Madison attorney be publicly reprimanded and pay $34,500 back to three clients.

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Remember when you were a kid and tattling was an art form? Perhaps you were the tattle-tale, never hesitating to rat out a classmate for flooding the sink again, or to throw your brother under the bus for breaking a ...

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A Wausau attorney faces a public reprimand over allegations that he mishandled client money.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an Oshkosh attorney for four months.

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A Beloit lawyer who has admitted to allegations of professional misconduct has reached an agreement with lawyer-regulators.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Suzanne Kitto

A referee is recommending that an Eau Claire attorney’s license be suspended over allegations that he broke five attorney-ethics rules while representing a couple in a bankruptcy case.

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An Appleton attorney who faces a year-long suspension of his law license is admitting that he committed some of the misconduct lawyer-regulators have charged him with.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Ryan Thompson

A Milwaukee attorney faces a private reprimand over two counts of alleged misconduct.

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A Mequon solo-practitioner faces a 2-year license suspension over allegations that he broke 10 attorney ethics rules.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an Illinois attorney who was recently disciplined in his home state over fabricating lien documents and presenting them to a client.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release a decision on Friday in the disciplinary case of an Illinois lawyer who was suspended in his home state.

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A Madison lawyer facing allegations of converting money belonging to her former employer is pleading no contest to two charges of misconduct.

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A Colorado attorney is facing the revocation of his Wisconsin license for behavior that got him disbarred in his home state.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Philip Kleinsmith

A referee is recommending that an Oak Creek attorney’s license be suspended for six months.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Sheboygan attorney’s license for 60 days, taking sterner disciplinary steps than the Office of Lawyer Regulation or a referee had recommended.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Horsch