A referee is recommending that a Lake Geneva attorney’s license be suspended three times longer than what lawyer-regulators had requested.

Tagged with: David Schiltz office of lawyer regulation OLR

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court revoke a Green Bay attorney’s license and order him to pay $40,000 worth of restitution.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Paul Boltz

A Milwaukee attorney charged with 19 ethics violations wants to surrender his law license.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Rick Esenberg Thomas Vaitys

An Oshkosh attorney and the Office of Lawyer Regulation have reached an agreement that could mean she might get a shorter license suspension.

Tagged with: Melinda Alfredson office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee lawyer for improperly billing a client.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Thomas Napierala

A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee attorney be privately reprimanded for a third time instead of being publicly reprimanded.

Tagged with: Christopher Hartley office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to publicly reprimanded a Madison attorney for failing to return unearned fees and surrender a client's file, among other misdeeds.

Tagged with: Michele Tjader office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected a former Milwaukee personal-injury lawyer’s attempt to get his law license back.

Tagged with: Brian Mularski office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Appleton attorney’s license for 15 months.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Ryan Thompson

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former partner at Foley & Lardner.

Tagged with: Adam Wiensch Foley & Lardner office of lawyer regulation OLR

A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney who’s already defending himself against several allegations of attorney-ethics violations is facing additional misconduct charges that could lead to a six-month license suspension.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Peter Kovac

A Milwaukee attorney faces a four-month license suspension over allegedly mishandling State Public Defender appointments.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Scott F. Anderson

A former Jackson County district attorney faces a six-month license suspension for being criminally convicted on two counts of attempted adultery and one count of disorderly conduct.

Tagged with: James Ritland office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating a retired county prosecutor over date requests he allegedly made to women who had cases in his county.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR William Norine

A partner at a Wauwatosa-based firm faces a year-long suspension over allegations that he took thousands of dollars that belonged to his firm.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Moodie

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Madison-area attorney for three months for mishandling his former firm’s trust account.

Tagged with: Michael Erhard office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Milwaukee attorney convicted of stealing money from an estate and declined to make the suspension retroactive.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Thad Jelinske Wisconsin Supreme Court

A Waukesha County lawyer faces a 60-day suspension of his law license over three counts of alleged misconduct.

Tagged with: Michael Huitink office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court kicked off its first round of oral arguments of its current term on Wednesday.

Tagged with: Brian Mularski Kim & LaVoy office of lawyer regulation OLR Wisconsin Supreme Court

A Middleton attorney is appealing a recommendation that his Wisconsin law license be revoked.

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A Maryland attorney faces discipline in Wisconsin over misconduct he committed in his home state.

Tagged with: Joseph Laumann office of lawyer regulation OLR

A referee is recommending that an Appleton lawyer be suspended for a longer period than what lawyer-regulators had sought.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Ryan Thompson

Less than a year after the high court dismissed ethical misconduct charges against an Eau Claire lawyer, lawyer-regulators are again alleging that he broke attorney-ethics rules.

Tagged with: Michael Rajek office of lawyer regulation OLR

A Milwaukee attorney faces a public reprimand over allegations that she practiced law even though her license was suspended and that she used an improper firm name.

Tagged with: Diann Burton office of lawyer regulation OLR

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court revoke the license of a Middleton attorney who pleaded guilty last year to making a false declaration in a bankruptcy matter.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Patrick Sweeney Wisconsin Supreme Court

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court publicly reprimand a Milwaukee lawyer accused of improperly billing a client.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Thomas Napierala

A reinstatement hearing is scheduled in a Milwaukee lawyer’s second bid to get his law license back.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Malloy

The Office of Lawyer Regulation is challenging a referee’s recommendation that a lawyer out of La Crosse not be suspended for mishandling nearly $30,000 placed in a trust account and then using her own money to try to cover her tracks.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Sonja Davig

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded an Arizona lawyer over misconduct she committed in her home state.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Stephanie Stoltman Wisconsin Supreme Court

A Walworth County attorney has agreed to plead no contest to six charges of ethical misconduct.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Patrick Hudec