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Jun 21, 2017

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.

Jun 20, 2017

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.

Jun 19, 2017

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.

Jun 13, 2017

Federal bankruptcy court won’t sanction Chicago attorney

A federal bankruptcy court in Wisconsin has decided not to sanction a Chicago attorney.

Jun 6, 2017

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.

Jun 2, 2017

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 […]

Jun 1, 2017

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.

Jun 1, 2017

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.

May 30, 2017

High court to decide on discipline for two attorneys

The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to release decisions this week in two lawyer-discipline cases.

May 30, 2017

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.

May 18, 2017

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.

May 18, 2017

High court reinstates northern Wisconsin attorney’s license

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the license of a northern Wisconsin attorney who was suspended last year for using trust-account money to pay for personal expenses.

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