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  • June 01, 2004

    Inside the Bar June 2004: Board supports creating petition affecting MJP for in-and out-of-state attorneys, among other actions

    At its final 2003 - 04 meeting in May, the Board of Governors approved the Rules and Bylaws Committee recommendations and approved in principle the Multijurisdictional Practice (MJP) Working Group recommendations, among other actions.

    Inside the Bar
    June 2004

    Board supports creating petition affecting MJP for in-and out-of-state attorneys, among other actions

    At its final 2003 - 04 meeting in May, the Board of Governors approved the Rules and Bylaws Committee recommendations and approved in principle the Multijurisdictional Practice (MJP) Working Group recommendations, among other actions.

    MJP Report. The board approved, 42-2, the conceptual basis of the MJP Working Group's report and summary of recommendations, which will be used as a guiding principle from which to draft a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

    MJP provides Wisconsin lawyers the ability to practice on a temporary basis in other states and lawyers from other states the right to practice on a temporary basis in Wisconsin.

    MJP Working Group Chair Dean Dietrich urged the board to review the group's recommendations on MJP, pro hac vice, and the rule on admission by motion. "We have received feedback from several organizations including Board of Bar Examiners Director Gene Rankin regarding language proposed on admission by motion," said Dietrich. "With the board's approval, the MJP group will create a petition to amend the rules, particularly the rules on unauthorized practice of law and multidisciplinary practices, based on this feedback and using the principles outlined in the series of recommendations as our guide."

    The MJP Working Group, which was appointed by the State Bar in 2003 and is not part of the Ethics 2000 Committee, will prepare a petition for presentation to the court in the early fall.

    Read the committee's reports:

    Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation (WisTAF). The board unanimously approved the appointment of attorneys William Mulligan, Milwaukee, and Susan Steingass, Madison, and public member Susan Sorenson, vice president of Unipro Food Service, Ripon, to the WisTAF board. WisTAF, which manages the state's Interest on Lawyers Trust Account program, provides financial support for the delivery of legal services to Wisconsin's poor.

    Other actions. The board approved the Nomination Committee's recommendation to appoint Pamela Pepper, Milwaukee, to serve as FY 05 board chair.

    Board members elected to serve on the FY 05 Executive Committee include: James Brennan, Milwaukee; Kent Carnell, Madison; Andrew Chevrez, West Allis; Gwendolyn Connolly, Milwaukee; Jeffrey George, La Crosse; and Grant Langley, Milwaukee. Michelle Behnke, Madison, president, D. Michael Guerin, Milwaukee, president-elect, and George Burnett, Green Bay, immediate past president, also serve on the committee. All terms begin July 1.

    Jo Swamp, Milwaukee, will fill the District 2 board vacancy created by Elaine Richards' move out of Wisconsin.

    The board unanimously approved the FY 05 annual State Bar budget.

    The minutes will be posted on WisBar after they are approved at the July 23 board meeting.


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