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Lawyer regulation system seeks to hold itself private, behind closed doors and out of sight of the public. First consideration for attorney misconduct is too often how to hide the misbehavior from the public. Look into your states lawyer regulation system first before hiring an attorney and ask about prior disciplinary proceedings. Attorneys that have worked for the states lawyer regulation system are often subject to special rule, not all rules apply fairly to all attorneys.
Victims of attorney misconduct are not eligible for compensation from victims funds even if the conduct of their attorney was criminal. In case that motives this call to action the attorney defrauded the court by filing notice of appeal and never informed their client, expiring the state appeal rights. If a citizens had acted as an attorney to file such notice they would of been thrown in jail for praciting the law without a licence. So does a law license give lawyers the right to break the law?
Pay attention to judicial elections and ask the question no one ever does as to what “tough justice” the candidate would have for a misbehaving lawyer in their courtroom. In Wisconsin, Supreme Court Justice Butler was voted out off the bench over another form of lawyer misconduct – the half truths. You know what? That is perfectly legal. Lawyers can not self regulate themselves well enough to keep half truths out of judicial elections.
Write your states lawyer regulation system to find what the rules are on the privacy barrier on attorney misconduct investigations? You will the spiel of oh how we are soo tough on these lawyers but its just another lawyer lie.
In case that motives this call to action the lawyer billed for services after quitting including filing appeal never requested. That’s illegal. Know what? Lawyer regulation does not refer situations like this to state prosecutors for indictments against the lawyers.
A lawyer can do more damage to your case than you ever could. Learn how to represent yourself. Do not support funding of taxpayer money that basically provides jobs for lawyers. If lawyers are paid by taxpayer money than even less regulation of their conduct applies.
For eight years we have fought to undo damage caused by reckless attorneys doing fraud upon the court. This is the price you could pay hiring a lawyer. If you know your lawyer is doing wrong, request a court date when the courtroom is likely to be packed and confront your lawyer on the record. Don’t depend on judges to help you, they are put in office by the lawyers. Thankfully Wisconsin is standing up to vote judges heavily supported by the legal community off the bench. Fairness in justice comes first when lawyers can’t contribute to judicial campaigns. State campaign records are generally public information. Before hiring a lawyer double check that he or she was not a prime supporter of the judge at election time.
