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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.
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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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »‘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.
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Read More »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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Read More »Former attorney who drove off after kids fell out of car to learn suspension
A former Sheboygan attorney who drove off after his kids fell out of his car will learn of the Office of Lawyer Regulation's penalty for his actions on Tuesday.
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Read More »Kenosha attorney who said he ‘did nothing wrong’ to lose license for 6 months
A Kenosha attorney who maintained he "did nothing wrong" will lose his law license for six months for eight misconduct violations.
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Read More »Milwaukee attorney charged with taking $30,000 from client for fake bribe
A former Milwaukee attorney could spend 20 years in prison for trying to take a client’s money for a bribe he lied about setting up. Federal prosecutors charged 50-year-old Mark Ruppelt with three counts of fraud on Friday. The complaint says ...
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Read More »Kenosha attorney who denied misconduct to learn penalty for 8 charges
A Kenosha attorney will soon find out if his law license will be suspended over disputed misconduct allegations. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will announce disciplinary actions for Terry Constant on Tuesday.
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Read More »Former Doyle chief legal counsel faced with 2nd license suspension
An attorney who used to work as Gov. Jim Doyle's chief legal counsel and deputy chief of staff is faced with a second suspension of his law license. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint against Stanley Davis of The Davis Group, alleging he had taken clients' money without doing the work he promised.
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Read More »Tosa attorney’s inability to explain theft could lengthen license suspension
A Wauwatosa lawyer's inability to explain why he stole thousands of dollars from his business partners could result in his receiving a longer law-license suspension than first sought. The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments in the Office of Lawyer Regulation's Case against Robert Moodie on Monday.
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Read More »La Crosse lawyer disciplined for 5th time with license suspension
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is disciplining a La Crosse lawyer for a fifth time. The latest disciplinary action against Donald Harman is a six-month license suspension stemming from misconduct in a divorce case.
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Read More »Northern Wisconsin attorney loses license for lying about expenses, assault
A northern Wisconsin attorney will lose her license for six months and must pay more than $10,000 for scamming her former employer and lying about an assault.
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Read More »Supreme Court reinstates license of lawyer with gambling addiction
After undergoing treatment for a gambling addiction that helped lead him into fraudulent activity, a former Delavan attorney will regain his law license.
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Read More »Ex-lawyer-turned-landscaper to learn if he’ll practice law again
A former Elm Grove lawyer turned landscaper will soon learn if his license will be reinstated.
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Read More »Supreme Court considers making it easier to report lawyer misconduct
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering making it easier to report lawyers for misconduct.
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Read More »Attorney loses license for nine months
A former Habush Habush & Rottier attorney is losing his license for nine months for violating more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.
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Read More »High court to decide on suspension for former Kenosha lawyer accused of ethics violations
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide next week if a former Kenosha lawyer accused of violating more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules will lose his license for nine months.
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Read More »‘Average Joe’ lawyer Menard: License should be suspended, not revoked
The Milwaukee lawyer Robert Menard said suspending his license for at least a year would be fair punishment for mismanaging his clients' money. Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused of stealing $700,000 from his former law partner, his uncle and his clients.
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Read More »Former Madison lawyer apologizes for ‘offensive personality’ in front of high court
A former Madison lawyer suspended for frivolously suing a judge in her foreclosure case is fighting another complaint from the Office of Lawyer Regulation. Wendy Nora could lose her license for another two years for alleged misconduct surrounding her client representation in state and federal foreclosure cases.
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Read More »Milwaukee lawyer pleads not guilty to battery, stalking felonies
A Milwaukee lawyer is pleading not guilty to felony charges for abusing and stalking a woman for years. Matthew Meyer of Meyer Van Severen entered the plea in Milwaukee County Court on Monday morning.
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Read More »Milwaukee lawyer loses license for 6 months after 11 misconduct charges
A Milwaukee lawyer will lose her license for six months as a result of nearly a dozen misconduct charges.
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Read More »Court suspends Wisconsin licenses for 2 out-of-state lawyers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended the licenses of two out-of-state lawyers Tuesday. The punishments were reciprocal discipline for violations in the lawyers' home states.
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Read More »Chicago, Maine attorneys learn Tuesday if they’ll lose Wisconsin licenses
A Chicago attorney and a Maine attorney will learn if they'll lose their Wisconsin licenses on Tuesday.
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Read More »Former Husch Blackwell lawyer faced with reprimand for lying about inactive license
A former lawyer at Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee office is faced with a public reprimand for misleading her employers and clients about her inactive law license.
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Read More »Milwaukee lawyer faced with suspension for fabricating motion, disappearing
A Milwaukee lawyer is faced with a 60-day license suspension for fabricating a motion and disappearing on his clients. According to an Office of Lawyer Regulation complaint, Willem J. Noorlander began committing various violations in 2015.
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Read More »Virginia lawyer faces reciprocal punishment for whistleblower attempt
The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation is considering reciprocal discipline for a Virginia lawyer who shared confidential information about a nonprofit group that's under government investigation.
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Read More »OLR: Former Sheboygan lawyer drove off after kids fell out of car
A former Sheboygan attorney is faced with a three-year license suspension after two of his kids fell out of his car while he was driving high on cough medication.
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Read More »Fond du Lac ex-lawyer who asked to have license revoked denied reinstatement
A former Fond du Lac attorney who asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to revoke his own license will not see his license reinstated.
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