A Madison lawyer and the Office of Lawyer Regulation are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to approve an agreement that includes a year-long suspension.
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Referee: Madison attorney should pay back clients, get public reprimand
A referee is recommending that a Madison attorney be publicly reprimanded and pay $34,500 back to three clients.
Read More »Misuse of the disciplinary system: When squealing isn’t appealing
Remember when you were a kid and tattling was an art form? Perhaps you were the tattle-tale, never hesitating to rat out a classmate for flooding the sink again, or to throw your brother under the bus for breaking a lamp. Or, perhaps you were the told-on; somehow your little sister found out everything you were doing wrong and let ...
Read More »Wausau attorney faces public reprimand
A Wausau attorney faces a public reprimand over allegations that he mishandled client money.
Read More »High court suspends Oshkosh personal-injury attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an Oshkosh attorney for four months.
Read More »Beloit attorney, OLR reach agreement
A Beloit lawyer who has admitted to allegations of professional misconduct has reached an agreement with lawyer-regulators.
Read More »Referee: Eau Claire attorney should be suspended
A referee is recommending that an Eau Claire attorney’s license be suspended over allegations that he broke five attorney-ethics rules while representing a couple in a bankruptcy case.
Read More »Appleton attorney faces year-long suspension
An Appleton attorney who faces a year-long suspension of his law license is admitting that he committed some of the misconduct lawyer-regulators have charged him with.
Read More »Milwaukee attorney faced with private reprimand
A Milwaukee attorney faces a private reprimand over two counts of alleged misconduct.
Read More »Ozaukee County lawyer faces 2-year license suspension
A Mequon solo-practitioner faces a 2-year license suspension over allegations that he broke 10 attorney ethics rules.
Read More »High court suspends Illinois attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an Illinois attorney who was recently disciplined in his home state over fabricating lien documents and presenting them to a client.
Read More »High court to decide on discipline for Illinois attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release a decision on Friday in the disciplinary case of an Illinois lawyer who was suspended in his home state.
Read More »Ex-Stafford Rosenbaum partner pleads no contest to misconduct charges
A Madison lawyer facing allegations of converting money belonging to her former employer is pleading no contest to two charges of misconduct.
Read More »Colorado attorney faces revocation of Wisconsin license
A Colorado attorney is facing the revocation of his Wisconsin license for behavior that got him disbarred in his home state.
Read More »Referee: 6-month suspension for Oak Creek attorney
A referee is recommending that an Oak Creek attorney’s license be suspended for six months.
Read More »Despite calls for reprimand, high court suspends Sheboygan lawyer’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Sheboygan attorney’s license for 60 days, taking sterner disciplinary steps than the Office of Lawyer Regulation or a referee had recommended.
Read More »High court revokes Baraboo attorney’s license, orders him to pay thousands in restitution
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Baraboo family attorney at his request and ordered him to pay thousands in restitution to some clients.
Read More »High court disciplines Appleton attorney for second time this year
The Wisconsin Supreme Court disciplined an Appleton patent attorney for a second time this year.
Read More »High court dismisses misconduct charges against Milwaukee attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has dismissed a complaint the Office Lawyer of Regulation filed this year against a Milwaukee attorney. The OLR had alleged in a complaint filed last year that Benjamin Harris had committed four counts of misconduct stemming from his handling of an Oconto County couple’s lawsuit against an investment adviser. According to the allegations, Harris failed to ...
Read More »Referee: Suspended lawyer should pay more than $7K in restitution
A referee is recommending that a suspended lawyer out of Milwaukee pay more than $7,000 back to a client.
Read More »High court orders lawyer-turned-contractor to file statement or risk dismissal of disciplinary appeal
A former Dane County lawyer who now runs a construction company could lose his opportunity to challenge a recommendation that his law license be revoked.
Read More »Arizona attorney faces discipline in Wisconsin
An Arizona attorney faces discipline in Wisconsin over professional misconduct he admitted to committing in his home state.
Read More »High court suspends lawyer for forging judge’s signature
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an Appleton lawyer who fabricated a court order and forged a judge’s signature on it.
Read More »High court revokes Mass. lawyer’s Wisconsin license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Massachusetts attorney whose license was indefinitely suspended in his home state earlier this year.
Read More »OLR seeking default judgement against Beaver Dam attorney
The Office of Lawyer Regulation is asking for a Beaver Dam attorney to be found in default for failing to file an answer to misconduct charges.
Read More »Referee: Plymouth attorney should get second chance to challenge misconduct charges
A lawyer from Plymouth could get another chance to challenge allegations that he broke 21 attorney-ethics rules.
Read More »Milwaukee attorney wants leniency from court in disciplinary proceeding
A Milwaukee attorney who faces a three-year suspension is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to dole out less punishment than what lawyer-regulators are asking for and what a referee might recommend. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint against the Milwaukee attorney Thomas Vaitys in June alleging 19 charges of misconduct arising from his representation of a single client in a ...
Read More »Beloit attorney responds to misconduct allegations
A Beloit attorney facing a two-month license suspension is admitting to allegations of misconduct but contending that she does not need to pay restitution to clients. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint in September charging Suzanne Kitto with five counts of misconduct, all of which stemmed from collection work she had done starting in 2013 on a land contract ...
Read More »Kenosha attorney facing 2-year suspension wants misconduct allegations dismissed
A Kenosha attorney is denying allegations that he committed nine counts of misconduct.
Read More »Former Stafford Rosenbaum partner admits to misconduct charges
A Madison lawyer facing allegations of converting money belonging to her former employer is admitting to those allegations. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a complaint in June charging Amie Trupke with breaking two rules of attorney conduct while she was a partner at Madison-based Stafford Rosenbaum. According to her LinkedIn profile, she worked for the firm from June 2002 ...
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