Sex harassment results in lawyer discipline
A rare complaint to the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility based on sexual misconduct has resulted in a stipulation for settlement and an expedited Minnesota Supreme Court hearing.
OLR: After five state public defender representations, attorney receives 60-day suspension
A Milwaukee-area attorney has had her license suspended for 60 days after first receiving a public reprimand in 2020.
Gableman being fined $2K daily for contempt, could face disciplinary action
A judge on Wednesday ordered the investigator hired by Republicans to look into the 2020 election in Wisconsin be fined $2,000 a day until he complies with court orders related to open records requests.
Lawyer loses license over physically assaulting, threatening ex-girlfriend
A criminal-defense attorney is losing his law license after threatening to use former criminal defendants to cause harm to an ex-girlfriend, physically assaulting her, making hundreds of unwanted phone calls to her and threatening to send harmful information to her employer, among other things.
OLR: Oshkosh attorney’s license suspended again following third disciplinary hearing
After a third disciplinary hearing in five years, the Office of Lawyer Regulation and Supreme Court have suspended an Oshkosh attorney’s license for one year.
Public reprimand, attorney missteps in Chippewa County case
Attorney Daniel Enright received public reprimanding after repeated missteps during a Chippewa County case where he represented a client seeking damages against an ex-husband.
OLR: Good standing attorney receives one year suspension
A lawyer with admission to practice in Wisconsin and Iowa received a one-year suspension of his Wisconsin license, despite being inactive but in good standing.
OLR: Attorney must wait until June to get reinstated
A lawyer with admission to practice in Minnesota and Wisconsin must wait until June to seek re-instation of his law license.
New Richmond lawyer’s license suspended for 60 days over fee misconduct
An independent New Richmond lawyer with a lengthy disciplinary history will see his law license suspended for 60 days for mishandling clients’ fees and failing to communicate properly.
Where have all the grievances gone?
For about the last thirty years, my side job has been to serve as retained counsel, first for BAPR, then for OLR.
Keith Sellen, longtime OLR director, confident in organization’s future as he retires in August
Keith Sellen, the first and so far only director of Wisconsin’s Office of Lawyer Regulation, is feeling mixed emotions as he prepares for retirement in August.
Milwaukee attorney faces 2-year license suspension for felony convictions
A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney could lose his law license for two years as a result of his felony convictions for stalking and threatening an ex-girlfriend.
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property