High court reprimands Fond du Lac attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Fond du Lac attorney over ten counts of misconduct.
OLR wants full costs assessed against Portage attorney
The Office of Lawyer Regulation wants a Portage attorney to pay for the full cost of his disciplinary proceeding.
Milwaukee attorney may not have to pay full cost of disciplinary proceeding
Lawyer-regulators are requesting that a referee recommend that a Milwaukee lawyer should be responsible for paying only half of the costs of his disciplinary proceeding.
Milwaukee attorney says illness, lack of staff contributed to misconduct
A Milwaukee attorney is contending that lawyer-regulators failed to take into account certain mitigating factors before charging him for misconduct.
Federal bankruptcy court won’t sanction Chicago attorney
A federal bankruptcy court in Wisconsin has decided not to sanction a Chicago attorney.
Madison lawyer challenging referee’s reprimand recommendation
A Madison lawyer is challenging a recommendation that she be privately reprimanded for failing to produce an invoice.
High court orders admission of UW law grad
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with a recent law-school graduate and Republican campaign manager in a dispute over a decision that denied him admission to practice law in the state. The justices’ decision Friday stems from Charles Nichols’ challenge of a decision of the Board of Bar Examiners, the 11-member body charged by the […]
High court suspends Green Bay attorney’s license for 6 months
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Green Bay attorney’s license for six months over misconduct that includes attempting to transfer money out of his firm’s trust account while in jail and advertising his legal services even though his license had been suspended.
High court suspends California attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a lawyer who has been banned from practicing law in two other jurisdictions.
High court to decide on discipline for two attorneys
The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to release decisions this week in two lawyer-discipline cases.
High court reprimands Whitewater attorney for third time
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Whitewater attorney for mishandling money held in trust for a client, among other misdeeds.
High court gives former attorney chance to surrender license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is giving a former Sheboygan lawyer a chance to voluntarily surrender his law license before deciding whether to discipline him for alleged misconduct.
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