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Apr 13, 2020

Lawyer blames opioid addiction for misconduct, referee disagrees

A northern Wisconsin lawyer blamed 18 counts of misconduct on his opioid addiction, but a referee in the Office of Lawyer Regulation's case against him disagreed, saying the two matters are unrelated.

Apr 9, 2020

Stevens Point attorney loses license for 60 days for fabricating motion

A Stevens Point attorney will lose his law license for 60 days for fabricating a motion and disappearing on his clients.

Apr 7, 2020

Supreme Court to decide punishment for 2 attorneys’ misconduct

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide this week on punishment for two attorneys charged with misconduct.

Feb 24, 2020

Reilly of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown sees law license suspended for 60 days

The law license of a prominent attorney at Milwaukee firm Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has been suspended for 60 days because of misconduct in two divorce cases.

Feb 20, 2020

Lawyer loses license for stealing $301K in ‘one of the most serious’ cases OLR ref has seen

A Milwaukee lawyer sentenced for stealing more than $301,000 from his clients will lose his law license for four-and-a-half years.

Feb 19, 2020

Tennessee attorney’s license suspended for medical incapacity

A Tennessee attorney agreed to having her Wisconsin law license suspended indefinitely for medical incapacity.

Feb 17, 2020

Florida patent lawyer faced with reciprocal discipline for ignoring clients

A Florida patent lawyer is faced with reciprocal discipline in Wisconsin for failing to speak and listen to the inventors he took on as clients.

Feb 14, 2020

Fox Valley lawyer accused of keeping entire SPD payment for himself

The Office of Lawyer Regulation is accusing a Fox Valley lawyer of keeping an entire payment from the State Public Defender's Office for himself, rather than splitting it with an investigator as he was supposed to.

Feb 10, 2020

NY attorney could receive Wis. license suspension for not paying taxes

The Office of Lawyer Regulation is asking for reciprocal discipline for a New York attorney who was punished in his home state for not filing his taxes.

Office of Lawyer Regulation
Feb 7, 2020

Incarcerated attorney’s law license suspended for felony child neglect, OWI

A former Sheboygan attorney serving a prison sentence for felony child neglect will have his law license suspended for three years, despite concerns from the Wisconsin Supreme Court about an excessively long penalty.

Feb 6, 2020

‘They’ve been wanting my license for years’: Kenosha attorney fires back at OLR complaint

Kenosha lawyer Walter Stern III is firing back at the Office of Lawyer Regulation after being threatened with a sixth disciplinary action. He said the latest three counts of misconduct that he's accused of are another unfair attempt by the OLR to take his license.

Office of Lawyer Regulation
Feb 3, 2020

OLR charges Milwaukee attorney for paying witnesses against client

A Milwaukee attorney may see her license suspended for paying potential witnesses against her client in a homicide case dating to 2016.

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