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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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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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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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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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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A Milwaukee lawyer will lose her license for six months as a result of nearly a dozen misconduct charges.

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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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A Chicago attorney and a Maine attorney will learn if they'll lose their Wisconsin licenses on Tuesday.

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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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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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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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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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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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A Wausau attorney could lose his license for allegedly stealing more than $33,000 from a client.

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Wisconsin courts slapped a Minnesota lawyer who has an already lengthy disciplinary history with a second reciprocal punishment on Tuesday. Tracy Eichhorn-Hicks' Wisconsin license suspension resulted from her violation of attorney-ethics rules in Minnesota.

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A Minnesota attorney with a lengthy disciplinary history will learn Tuesday if he'll receive reciprocal punishment in Wisconsin for a second time.

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The Office of Lawyer Regulation has dropped its investigation into attorney Douglas Kammer following his death on Sept. 11.

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After a misdemeanor sexual-assault conviction and three felony charges related to a high-speed chase with law enforcement, a Fox Valley lawyer is faced with a 90-day suspension of his law license.

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A Portage lawyer is faced with the suspension of his law license over 11 alleged violations of attorney-ethics rules for his actions in a complicated trustee case.

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A lawyer is being publicly reprimanded in Wisconsin as a reciprocal disciplinary measure for failing to protect a client’s interests in the state of Oregon.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Milwaukee lawyer who, according to a court-appointed referee, treated his clients like a “cash cow.”

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release opinions on Friday in two lawyer-discipline cases.

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A Maine lawyer is faced with the suspension of his Wisconsin law license as a reciprocal disciplinary measure for failing to report professional misconduct in Maine.

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A Chicago-area attorney has been sentenced to 12 months court supervision and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to parachuting off a 10-story courthouse under construction.

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The Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused in a 14-count criminal complaint of stealing from his former law partner, his uncle and various clients.

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The state Supreme Court has dismissed allegations of ethics violations against former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf.

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The state Supreme Court has barred a former Fox Crossing municipal judge from serving on the bench for three years after his clerk accused him of harassment.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hand down a decision Wednesday in a lawyer-discipline case accusing a former Kenosha County district attorney of failing to disclose a police officer’s planting of evidence in a murder investigation.

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A Chicago lawyer is faced with a six-month license suspension in Wisconsin over misconduct he committed in his home state.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former Dane County lawyer who now runs a construction company.

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