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A former Burnett County district attorney has been publicly reprimanded for pursuing female defendants.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR William Norine
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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.
Tagged with: Diann Burton office of lawyer regulation OLR
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.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Patrick Hudec
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.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Malloy Wisconsin Supreme Court
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.
Tagged with: Melinda Alfredson office of lawyer regulation OLR Wisconsin Supreme Court
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.
Tagged with: Cole White office of lawyer regulation OLR
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 ...
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Perry Lieuallen
Read More »High court revokes Madison-area attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court revoked the law license of a Madison-area attorney on Tuesday and ordered him to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Patrick Sweeney Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Referee: Attorney treated client like ‘cash cow’
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court accept a former Milwaukee attorney’s bid to give up his law license.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Thomas Vaitys
Read More »Referee: Private reprimand for Milwaukee attorney
A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee attorney be given a private reprimand.
Tagged with: Edward Purcell office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Mequon lawyer challenging license-suspension recommendation
A Mequon attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend his license for three months.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Vladimir Gorokhovsky
Read More »Justices tell OLR to further investigate attorney’s health, possible restitution payment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ordering lawyer-regulators to investigate whether any medical concerns are preventing the Green Bay lawyer Paul Boltz from defending himself from misconduct allegations.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Paul Boltz
Read More »Neenah attorney admits to misconduct, agrees to license suspension
A Neenah attorney is agreeing to a 6-month license suspension and admitting that he broke three attorney-ethics rules.
Tagged with: David Templeton office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Minnesota lawyer faces license suspension in Wisconsin
A Minnesota lawyer faces suspension in Wisconsin over misconduct in his home state.
Tagged with: Brian Campbell Fischer office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Wis. Supreme Court suspends Maryland lawyer
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended the Wisconsin law license of a Maryland attorney for committing misconduct in his home state.
Tagged with: Joseph Laumann office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Milwaukee attorney faces license suspension
A Milwaukee attorney is being faced with a 60-day license suspension.
Tagged with: Gary Grass office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Douglas County attorney faces license suspension
A Douglas County attorney faces a license suspension over allegations that he broke nine attorney-ethics rules.
Tagged with: Jesse Johansen office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Former chief counsel for Doyle faces suspension
A Dane County attorney who once worked for Gov. Jim Doyle's administration is faced with a 90-day suspension of his law license.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Stanley Davis
Read More »Neenah attorney faces 6-month license suspension
A Neenah attorney faces a 6-month license suspension for jumping bail, a felony conviction and practicing law while his license was suspended.
Tagged with: David Templeton office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »High court slaps La Crosse attorney with suspension instead of reprimand
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to discipline a La Crosse County attorney using a 60-day suspension instead of the public reprimand a referee recommended.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Sonja Davig
Read More »High court doles out less discipline for Lake Geneva lawyer
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to adopt a recommendation that it suspend a Lake Geneva attorney’s license three times longer than what lawyer-regulators had requested.
Tagged with: David Schiltz office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Attorney faces discipline in Wisconsin over Minnesota misconduct
A Minnesota lawyer faces discipline in Wisconsin over misconduct he committed in his home state.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Tracy Eichorn-Hicks
Read More »La Crosse attorney challenging suspension recommendation
A La Crosse attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that his law license be suspended for six months and he pass an exam before being reinstated.
Tagged with: Don Harman office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Committee seeking response to proposed changes to lawyer-ethics rules, disciplinary process
A committee convened by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is proposing various changes to the state’s lawyer-discipline procedures and rules, such as letting referees dole out license suspensions in certain circumstances without cases having to go before the high court.
Tagged with: Board of Governors office of lawyer regulation OLR Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »High court suspends Fond du Lac attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Fond du Lac attorney’s license for 14 months.
Tagged with: Daniel Parks office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Referee to high court: Suspend La Crosse attorney, require exam for reinstatement
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a La Crosse attorney’s law license for six months and require him to undergo an exam.
Tagged with: Donald Harman office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Ex-Jackson County DA responds to misconduct allegations
A former Jackson County district attorney is challenging allegations that he engaged in criminal behavior that violated attorney-ethics rules.
Tagged with: James C. Ritland Law Office James Ritland office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Attorney agreeing to discipline in Wisconsin over misconduct in Maryland
A Maryland attorney is agreeing to undergo disciplinary measures in Wisconsin for misconduct he committed in his home state.
Tagged with: Joseph Laumann office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Dahmer’s attorney’s law license suspended indefinitely (UPDATE)
In a rare step, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended the law license of a Mequon attorney, finding that he is medically incapable to defend himself in a pending lawyer-discipline proceeding.
Tagged with: Gerald Boyle Jeffrey Dahmer office of lawyer regulation OLR
Read More »Referee: Saukville attorney didn’t violate ethics rule
The Office of Lawyer Regulation won’t appeal a referee’s report finding that a Saukville attorney in fact hadn't violated an attorney-ethics rule that the agency had alleged he had broken.
Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Perry Lieuallen
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