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Apr 3, 2017

OLR seeks 60-day suspension for Madison lawyer

A Madison lawyer is facing a 60-day suspension of her law license for alleged misconduct stemming from her representation of three clients.

Mar 23, 2017

High court grants Madison lawyer’s request for license revocation

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked a Madison lawyer’s license — at his request.

Mar 22, 2017

Fond du Lac attorney to appeal referee’s recommendation

A Fond du Lac attorney is fighting a recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimand him over several charges of misconduct.

Mar 22, 2017

Federal court says ex-lawyer waited too long to appeal order to pay OLR

A federal appeals court has ruled that a district court judge got it right when he refused to let a former La Crosse lawyer appeal a bankruptcy judge’s order to pay for his disciplinary hearing.

Mar 21, 2017

Justices to weigh in on attorney charged with taking unearned fees

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be weighing in on the disciplinary case of an Appleton lawyer charged with taking clients’ money without doing work and refusing to refund the money.

Mar 10, 2017

Referee: Illinois lawyer tried to evade Wisconsin investigators, too

A referee is recommending that a lawyer disbarred in Illinois for using client money to pay personal expenses should also be disciplined in Wisconsin.

Mar 9, 2017

Madison attorney fighting misconduct charges

A Madison attorney who is also a Fitchburg alderman is fighting charges that he broke several rules of attorney conduct.

Mar 6, 2017

Justices to hear oral arguments in lawyer-discipline, workers’ comp, contracts cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear three cases in March involving appeals in lawyer-discipline and workers’ compensation cases and a certified case involving contracts.

Mar 3, 2017

Madison lawyer fighting year-long suspension

A Madison attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendations that her license be suspended for a year and pay thousands in restitution for allegedly filing either frivolous or meritless cases in federal court.

Mar 2, 2017

Madison attorney fighting license suspension

A Madison attorney is fighting a recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court should suspend his license two times longer than what lawyer-regulation authorities had requested.

Mar 1, 2017

Referee recommends public reprimand for Fond du Lac attorney

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimand a Fond du Lac attorney over 10 counts of alleged misconduct.

Feb 24, 2017

Referee recommends private reprimand, chance to resign for Sheboygan attorney

A referee is recommending that a former Sheboygan attorney be privately reprimanded and given the chance to resign from the bar.

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