The Wisconsin Supreme Court has disciplined a Milwaukee lawyer for a sixth time for attorney-ethics violations.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to announce punishment this week for a Milwaukee attorney accused of ignoring two of his clients.

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From calling a defendant an addict to making sexist remarks about a clerk, U.S. judges made — and were punished for — some outrageous comments in 2020.

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A Milwaukee immigration attorney could lose his law license for a year for failing to properly represent two clients and taking a money out of another client's account for a personal loan.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Fox Valley attorney's law license for 90 days after finding him guilty of keeping a payment meant for an investigator and not cooperating with the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

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A Prairie du Chien attorney is firing back at the Office of Lawyer Regulation, arguing the office took his responses to its questions out of context in order to charge him with misconduct.

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A Minnesota lawyer with a lengthy disciplinary history had his Wisconsin law license reinstated.

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A Racine lawyer has been publicly reprimanded for misleading her employers and clients about her inactive law license.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a Wausau attorney accused of stealing more than $33,000 from a client and misleading the Office of Lawyer Regulation in its investigation of the matter.

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Former Gov. Jim Doyle’s chief legal counsel and deputy chief had his Wisconsin law license revoked on Wednesday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to reinstate a Fond du Lac attorney found guilty of pocketing thousands of dollars worth of his firm's legal fees.

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A Chicago lawyer could lose his Wisconsin law license for five months for failing to do sufficient work on four immigration cases.

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A northern Wisconsin attorney who saw her law license suspended for lying to her employer can legally practice law once again. The Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated Beth M. Bant’s law license on Jan. 26. Bant lost her license for six months starting in ...

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a Stevens Point attorney who is serving 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting his wife.

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An Eau Claire lawyer who saw his law license suspended for engaging in a "web of deception" has been reinstated.

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A Kenosha attorney may see his law license revoked for a second complaint of misconduct filed by the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

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A Green Bay attorney who threatened violence against an OLR investigator and a client lost his law license for four years.

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to revoke an Ozaukee County attorney's law license for 48 counts of alleged misconduct.

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Contested judicial races and disciplinary actions against attorneys made the Wisconsin Law Journal's list of most-read stories in 2020.

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A Wausau lawyer's third disciplinary action is coming in the form of a public reprimand and more than $26,000 in costs.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee attorney for paying two witnesses against her client. Ann T. Bowe, a Milwaukee solo practitioner, stipulated to two charges of misconduct related to her handling of a 2016 Dodge County homicide case. She was representing ...

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A Fox Valley attorney will lose his law license for four years after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and running from the police.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is suspending an Ozaukee County attorney's law license for two years, citing his "callous disregard" of an opposing party's rights and a circuit court's orders.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of a Madison lawyer suspended for mishandling nearly $377,000 in client funds.

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation is requesting a private reprimand for a Rock County attorney who's accused of four counts of misconduct.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is weighing the appropriate punishment for a Wausau lawyer accused of mishandling his clients' money.

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The Brookfield lawyer Nathan E. DeLadurantey stands accused by state regulators of sexually harassing a former colleague at his law firm.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has slapped a Florida patent lawyer with a three-year law license suspension as reciprocal discipline for previous misconduct.

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A Milwaukee lawyer's fifth disciplinary action resulted in a 60-day law-license suspension and him having to pay more than $19,300 in costs of the proceeding.

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A New York lawyer has lost his Wisconsin law license for three months for not paying his taxes.

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