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The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Milwaukee attorney on Thursday for two months, declining to adopt a referee‘s recommendation for a year-long license suspension.
Thursday‘s disciplinary action stems from charges filed in 2016 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation alleging James Toran had committed three counts of misconduct while representing an inmate and had asked the court to suspend Toran‘s license for 60 days.
According to the charges, Toran failed to provide his client with a written agreement, failed to hold advance fees in trust and failed to return advanced fees when he knew he would not be completing the work.
After a hearing in September, the OLR and Toran reached a stipulation, agreeing to...