Vol. 71, No. 12, December 1998
Supreme Court Orders
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, following public hearings, has
amended the Supreme Court Rules pertaining to: SCR Chapter 75
regarding the appointment, performance evaluation, continuing
education, discipline, and decisions of circuit court commissioners;
SCR chapters 21 and 22 regarding attorney medical incapacity
and license reinstatement; SCR 33.04(2) regarding mandatory municipal
judge education; SCR 20.1.15 regarding lawyers' safekeeping of
client property; and SCR 10.06(1) regarding the election of State
Bar Executive Committee members.
Circuit Court Commissioners
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
70.36(5); SCR Chapter 75 - Appointment, Performance Evaluation,
Continuing Education, Discipline, and Decisions of Circuit Court
Commissioners
Order 97-10
The court held a public hearing Dec. 16, 1997, on the petition
of the Supreme Court's Planning and Policy Advisory Committee
requesting the adoption of rules to provide for the appointment,
performance evaluation, continuing education, and discipline
of court commissioners. The petition also requested the adoption
of a rule establishing time periods for decisions of court commissioners,
a procedure for extending the time for those decisions, and the
monthly reporting of matters pending decision and sanctions for
violations of those provisions. The court then held a public
conference on the rule proposal on Jan. 20, 1998.
Following consideration of the presentations at the public
hearing and the materials filed with the court in the matter,
the court, by order of March 9, 1998, amended Wis. Stat. section
70.36 and created SCR chapter 75, effective July 1, 1998. Prior
to that effective date, the court was advised of concerns with
those rules, and the court issued an order June 29, 1998, withdrawing
the July 1, 1998, effective date of that order and holding the
matter in abeyance pending further order of the court. The court
has considered the concerns communicated to the court June 22,
1998, by the Committee of Chief Judges and the Wisconsin Records
Management Committee and additional matters brought to its attention.
IT IS ORDERED that the order of March 9, 1998, in this matter
is vacated.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, effective Jan. 1, 1999, the Supreme
Court Rules are amended as follows.
SECTION 1. 70.36 (title) of the supreme court rules is amended
to read:
70.36 (title) Judges' and circuit court commissioners'
certification of status of pending cases.
SECTION 2. 70.36(5) of the supreme court rules is created
to read:
70.36(5)(a) In this subsection,
1. "Chief judge" means the judge appointed under
SCR 70.18 for the judicial administrative district in which the
matter is pending.
2. "Circuit court commissioner" means a person appointed
under SCR 75.02(1) and a person authorized under SCR 75.02(3)
to the limited extent of that authorization.
(b) A circuit court commissioner may not routinely take matters
under advisement. Every circuit court commissioner shall decide
any matter within 30 days after the matter is submitted to him
or her for decision. If the circuit court commissioner is unable
to decide a matter within 30 days, he or she shall notify the
chief judge not later than 5 days before the end of the 30-day
period. The chief judge may extend the period to decide the matter
for an additional 30 days or may require the circuit court commissioner
to suspend all other assigned activities until the decision is
filed in the court.
(c) Within the first 10 days of each month, each circuit court
commissioner shall certify in writing to the chief judge and
to the commissioner's supervising judge that there are no matters
awaiting decision beyond the 30-day or, if extended by the chief
judge, the 60-day period specified in par. (b). If there are
matters so pending, the certificate shall set forth the case
number and caption of each matter and the date on which it was
submitted for decision.
(d) The chief judge may withdraw temporarily or permanently
the circuit court commissioner's appointment or authority to
act if the commissioner fails to comply with pars. (b) or (c).
SECTION 3. Chapter 75 of the supreme court rules is created
to read:
SCR CHAPTER 75
CIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS
SCR 75.01 Definitions. In this chapter,
(1) "Chief judge" means the judge appointed under
SCR 70.18 for the judicial administrative district.
(2) "Circuit court commissioner" means a person
appointed under SCR 75.02(1) and a person authorized under SCR
75.02(3) to the limited extent of that authorization.
(3) "Supplemental court commissioner" means a person
appointed under s. 757.68(2), stats.
COMMENT: This chapter applies to persons appointed under SCR
75.02(1) and to persons appointed under s. 757.68(2), stats.,
and authorized by a chief judge under SCR 75.02(3) to perform
on a temporary or occasional basis specified duties other than
those duties they are authorized by statute to perform on their
own authority. A person appointed under s. 757.68 (2), stats.,
may perform duties specified in s. 757.69(1), stats., only on
authority delegated by a judge and with the approval of the chief
judge of the judicial administrative district.
The performance evaluation and complaint procedures in SCR
75.04 and 75.06 apply to a circuit court commissioner's performance
of the duties authorized by the chief judge, however limited.
Continuing education requirements set forth in SCR 75.05 apply
to circuit court commissioners appointed under SCR 75.02(1) and
to circuit court commissioners authorized under SCR 75.02(3)
who spend 40 or more hours per year on duties authorized by a
chief judge. This chapter does not apply to persons appointed
by one or more circuit judges under s. 757.68(2), stats., who
are not authorized to perform activities other than those specified
in s. 757.69(3), stats., or to registers in probate authorized
by a chief judge under SCR 75.02(4) to perform the duties of
a circuit court commissioner in probate matters.
SCR 75.02 Appointment; authorization. (1) The chief
judge of a judicial administrative district shall appoint within
the district, as authorized by law, officers of the court to
perform limited judicial and quasi-judicial functions under the
direction and authority of the chief judge and the judges of
the circuit. These officers of the court shall be selected on
the basis of merit through a process approved by the chief judge
and the circuit court judges of the counties in which the officers
will serve. The chief judge may only appoint persons under this
subsection who are licensed to practice law in this state and
in good standing with at least 3 years of legal experience.
(2) The chief judge shall, by order, authorize each person
appointed under sub. (1) to perform one or more specific duties
allowed court commissioners by statute and approved by the supreme
court.
(3) The chief judge may, by order, authorize a supplemental
court commissioner to perform on a temporary or occasional basis
one or more specific duties allowed court commissioners by statute
and approved by the supreme court.
(4) Upon application of a judge within the judicial administrative
district exercising probate jurisdiction, the chief judge may,
by order, authorize a register in probate to perform the duties
of a circuit court commissioner in probate matters.
COMMENT: Based on s. 757.69, stats., sub. (2) requires that the
order of appointment enumerate specific duties to be performed.
It is not expected that every circuit court commissioner will
be authorized to perform all of the duties allowed court commissioners
by statute and approved by the supreme court.
Subsection (4) is based on s. 757.72(5), stats.
SCR 75.03 Oath. Each circuit court commissioner and
supplemental court commissioner shall take and file the official
oath in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county
for which appointed before performing any duty of the office.
COMMENT: This rule reiterates the language of s. 757.68(1)
and (2), stats.
SCR 75.04 Performance evaluation. (1) The director
of state courts shall establish a standard procedure for the
regular evaluation of the job performance of circuit court commissioners,
which shall include minimum performance standards that a circuit
court commissioner must meet to be certified as qualified.
(2) The chief judge shall appoint annually one or more supervising
judges for each circuit court commissioner. The supervising judge
or judges shall communicate responsibilities and performance
objectives to the commissioner and shall evaluate annually, pursuant
to the procedures and performance standards established under
sub. (1), the performance of each circuit court commissioner
under his, her or their supervision. The supervising judge or
judges shall recommend to the chief judge whether the circuit
court commissioner should be certified as qualified to continue
in that capacity in the succeeding year. The recommendation of
the supervising judge or judges shall be in writing and supported
by reasons and shall include findings regarding all of the following:
(a) Whether the circuit court commissioner has met or exceeded
the minimum performance standards established under sub. (1).
(b) Whether the circuit court commissioner is subject to any
disciplinary order which forbids him or her to act in a quasi-judicial
capacity or is currently suspended or removed from office.
(c) Whether the circuit court commissioner, if required to
do so, has complied with SCR 70.36(5) and 75.05 and has attended
specific educational programs recommended by the chief judge.
(3) The chief judge, upon considering the recommendation of
the supervising judge or judges, shall certify annually each
circuit court commissioner as qualified to act in that capacity
or deny that certification. The chief judge may not certify any
circuit court commissioner as qualified unless affirmative findings
have been made under sub. (2)(a) and (c) and a negative finding
has been made under sub. (2)(b).
COMMENT: Unless the circuit court commissioner has met minimum
performance standards, complied with rules relating to education
and prompt decision making and is not under ethical sanctions,
he or she cannot be certified as qualified to discharge the functions
of the office. Local jurisdictions may use members of the bar
and civic and consumer groups to assist the supervising judge
in the evaluation process. Under SCR 75.01, this section applies
to supplemental court commissioners authorized by a chief judge
under SCR 75.02(3) to perform specified duties on a temporary
or occasional basis.
SCR 75.05 Continuing education. (1) A circuit court
commissioner shall maintain and improve professional competence
by participating in programs of continuing education designed
for circuit court commissioners and by participating in local
orientation programs, which may include mentoring by circuit
court judges.
(2) A person appointed as a circuit court commissioner under
SCR 75.02(1) shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Earn at least 60 education credits each period of 6 years
by participating in continuing education programs.
(b) Earn not less than 10 nor more than 30 education credits
every 2 years.
(c) If employed fulltime in that capacity, earn credits only
by participating in continuing education programs approved by
the judicial education committee.
(d) If not employed fulltime in that capacity, earn not more
than 40 of the required 60 credits in any 6-year period by participating
in continuing legal education programs approved by the board
of bar examiners.
(3) A person authorized under SCR 75.02(3) to perform specified
duties of a circuit court commissioner on a temporary or occasional
basis shall earn not less than 3 education credits in programs
approved by the judicial education committee in any year in which
the performance of those duties requires 40 or more hours.
(4) In this section, one credit is awarded for each half-day
of attendance at an in-state education program or at a continuing
legal education program approved by the board of bar examiners.
The judicial education committee shall determine the amount of
credit awarded for attendance at a national program.
COMMENT: SCR 31.05(4) requires that the board of bar examiners
allow participation in activities approved by the judicial education
committee to be used to satisfy CLE requirements for attorneys.
SCR 75.06 Complaints; discipline. (1) A person may
file a complaint regarding the conduct of a circuit court commissioner
with the chief judge or with the judicial commission. The chief
judge or a designee of the chief judge shall advise any complainant
of the right to file a complaint with the judicial commission.
Notwithstanding the jurisdiction of the judicial commission,
the chief judge may discipline a circuit court commissioner as
provided in sub. (2).
(2) The chief judge is responsible for disciplining circuit
court commissioners within the judicial administrative district
with respect to their quasi-judicial activities and for determining
the severity of the discipline, including removal. The determinations
of the chief judge shall be in writing and set forth the reasons
for them. The chief judge shall consider information and recommendations
from the supervising judge or judges when making those determinations.
SCR 75.07 Local court rules. (1) The circuit court
judges of any county may establish any of the following as local
court rules:
(a) Rules and standards clarifying the authority of circuit
court commissioners in particular types of cases.
(b) Guidelines for decision making by circuit court commissioners.
(2) All local court rules established under sub. (1) shall
be adopted under s. 753.35(2), stats., shall be consistent with
statutes and supreme court rules, and shall be approved by the
chief judge.
COMMENT: The guidelines established under sub. (1)(b) may
not interfere with the decision-making discretion of circuit
court commissioners in individual cases.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Comments to the rules are not
adopted but shall be published with the rules for information
purposes.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of these amendments of the
Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an
official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 15th day of October, 1998.
By the court:
Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk of Court
Attorney Medical Incapacity
In the matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
21.07, 21.11, 22.27(5), 22.28(2) and (3), and 22.30(1) - Attorney
Medical Incapacity; License Reinstatement
Order 98-02
On Sept. 17, 1998, the court held a public hearing on its
own motion for the amendment of the Supreme Court Rules of procedure
in attorney discipline and medical incapacity proceedings to
specify that a suspension of an attorney's license to practice
law for medical incapacity under SCR 21.07 is for an indefinite
period, to make procedural rules applicable to disciplinary proceedings
also applicable to medical incapacity proceedings, and to specify
a procedure for license reinstatement following a suspension
for medical incapacity. The court has considered the matters
presented at that public hearing and submitted to the court in
writing in response to the notice of public hearing.
IT IS ORDERED, effective the date of this order, that the
Supreme Court Rules are amended as follows.
SECTION 1. 21.07(1) and (2) of the supreme court rules are
amended to read:
21.07 Medical incapacity. (1) A court finding an attorney
mentally ill, drug dependent or an alcoholic, under chapter 51
of the statutes, or an incompetent or spendthrift under chapter
880 of the statutes, shall immediately file a copy of the finding
findings and order with the clerk of the supreme court
and the board. The supreme court shall immediately issue an order
suspending for medical incapacity order the attorney to show
cause why the attorney's license to practice law should
not be suspended by reason of medical incapacity. If cause satisfactory
to the court is not shown, the court shall suspend the attorney's
license to practice law for an indefinite period. SCR 21.09
does not apply to this subsection.
(2) An attorney's license to practice law is subject to suspension
may be suspended indefinitely or his or her right to practice
law may be made subject to conditions upon a finding that the
attorney has a medical incapacity as defined in SCR 22.01(12).
SCR 21.09 applies to this subsection.
SECTION 2. 21.07(3) of the supreme court rules is created
to read:
(3) Reinstatement from a license suspension or the removal
of conditions ordered under subs. (1) or (2) shall be pursuant
to SCR 22.27(5) by the filing of a petition for reinstatement
under SCR 21.11, investigation by the board, and determination
by the court that the attorney's medical incapacity has been
removed.
SECTION 3. 21.11 of the supreme court rules is amended to
read:
Reinstatement. A person whose license to practice law
has been revoked, or suspended for a definite or an indefinite
term, or with the imposition of conditions upon reinstatement,
or suspended for medical incapacity may file with the supreme
court a petition for reinstatement. The board shall conduct an
investigation of the moral character or medical capacity of the
petitioner and shall report its findings and recommendations
to the supreme court. The board of bar examiners shall make a
recommendation to the supreme court on the legal competence of
the petitioner to practice law. The supreme court may refer the
petition to a referee for a hearing to be held in accordance
with SCR 21.09(4) and (5).
SECTION 4. 22.27(5) of the supreme court rules is amended
to read:
(5) An attorney whose license is suspended under SCR
21.07 or this rule may petition for reinstatement under
SCR 21.11. The supreme court shall refer the application to the
board, which shall determine investigate whether the attorney's
medical incapacity has been removed. The board may direct an
examination of the attorney by such qualified medical or psychological
experts as the board designates and may direct that the expense
of the examination be paid by the attorney. The applicant has
the burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence that the
incapacity has been removed and the applicant is fit to resume
the practice of law. If an attorney who has been suspended under
SCR 21.07(1) is thereafter judicially declared to be competent
no longer in the condition previously determined under chapter
51 or chapter 880 of the statutes, the supreme court may
direct reinstatement with or without conditions. This subsection
also governs a petition to remove conditions imposed under SCR
21.07.
SECTION 5. 22.28(2) and (3) of the supreme court rules are
amended to read:
(2) An attorney's license suspended for misconduct or medical
incapacity for less than 6 months is automatically reinstated
upon the attorney's filing with the administrator an affidavit
showing full compliance with all the terms and conditions of
the order of suspension.
(3) An attorney whose license is revoked or, suspended for
6 months or more for misconduct, or suspended for medical
incapacity shall not resume practice until the license is reinstated
by order of the supreme court. A petition for reinstatement from
a suspension for a definite term may be filed at any time
commencing, in the case of a license suspension, 3 months prior
to the expiration of the suspension period or, in the case of
a license revocation,. A petition for reinstatement from a
license revocation may be filed at any time commencing 5 years
after the effective date of revocation. A petition for reinstatement
from a suspension for medical incapacity may be filed at any
time. A petition for reinstatement shall be filed with the
court and a copy shall be filed with the administrator.
SECTION 6. 22.30(1) of the supreme court rules is amended
to read:
(1) The supreme court, on its own motion or otherwise, may
temporarily suspend an attorney's license to practice law in
Wisconsin where it appears that the attorney's continued practice
of law during the pendency of a disciplinary or medical incapacity
proceeding poses a threat to the interests of the public and
the administration of justice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of these amendments of the
Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an
official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 15th day of October, 1998.
By the court:
Marilyn L. Graves, Clerk of Court
Mandatory Municipal Judge Education
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
33.04(2) - Mandatory Municipal Judge Education
Order 98-04
The court held a public hearing Oct. 28, 1998, on the petition
of the Municipal Judge Education Committee requesting the amendment
of SCR 33.04(2) to provide that the specified number of municipal
judge education credits to be earned annually are to be earned
on other than a calendar year basis. The court has considered
the matters presented at the public hearing.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, 33.04(2)
of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:
33.04(2) Each municipal judge shall earn no fewer than at
least 4 credits per calendar year in each 365-day period
after commencement of the term for which elected or appointed
at a municipal judge orientation institute, review institute
or graduate institute developed by the judicial education office.
A municipal judge who holds office for less than 5 months during
any calendar year is exempt from this subsection.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this amendment of the
Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an
official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 30th day of October, 1998.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Deputy Clerk of Court
Safekeeping Property
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
20:1.15 - Safekeeping Property
Order 98-06
The court held a public hearing Oct. 28, 1998, on the petition
of the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility and the
Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin requesting the
amendment of SCR 20:1.15 to authorize lawyers to maintain trust
accounts in savings banks and other investment institutions insured
by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, among other
entities, and capable of providing overdraft notification on
lawyer trust accounts maintained in the institution. The court
has considered the matters presented at the public hearing
and the materials filed with the court in this matter.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective Jan. 1, 1999, the Supreme Court
Rules are amended as follows.
SECTION 1. 20:1.15(a) is amended to read:
20:1.15(a) A lawyer shall hold in trust, separate from the
lawyer's own property, that property of clients and third persons
that is in the lawyer's possession in connection with a representation
or when acting in a fiduciary capacity. Funds held in connection
with a representation or in a fiduciary capacity include funds
held as trustee, agent, guardian, personal representative of
an estate, or otherwise. All funds of clients and third persons
paid to a lawyer or law firm shall be deposited in one or more
identifiable trust accounts as provided in paragraph (c). The
trust account shall be maintained in a bank, savings bank,
trust company, credit union or, savings and loan association
or other investment institution authorized to do business
and located in Wisconsin. The trust account shall be clearly
designated as "Client's Account" or "Trust Account"
or words of similar import. No funds belonging to the lawyer
or law firm, except funds reasonably sufficient to pay or avoid
imposition of account service charges, may be deposited in such
an account. Unless the client otherwise directs in writing, securities
in bearer form shall be kept by the attorney in a safe deposit
box in a bank, savings bank, trust company, credit union
or, savings and loan association or other investment institution
authorized to do business and located in Wisconsin. The safe
deposit box shall be clearly designated as "Client's Account"
or "Trust Account" or words of similar import. Other
property of a client or third person shall be identified as such
and appropriately safeguarded. If a lawyer also licensed in another
state is entrusted with funds or property in connection with
an out-of-state representation, this provision shall not supersede
the trust account rules of the other state.
SECTION 2. 20:1.15(c)(intro.) of the supreme court rules is
amended to read:
20:1.15(c)(intro.) Each trust account shall be an account
in a bank, savings bank, trust company, credit union or,
savings and loan association or other investment institution
selected in the exercise of ordinary prudence and authorized
by federal or state law to do business in Wisconsin. The trust
account shall be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, the Wisconsin
Credit Union Savings Insurance Corporation, or the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corporation Securities Investor Protection
Corporation and other investment institution financial guaranty
insurance. An interest-bearing trust account shall bear interest
at a rate no less than that applicable to individual accounts
of the same type, size and duration and in which withdrawals
or transfers can be made without delay when funds are required,
subject only to any notice period which the depository institution
is required to observe by law or regulation. Lawyers and law
firms are subject to the following:
SECTION 3. 20:1.15(h)(1m) of the supreme court rules is created
to read:
20:1.15(h)(1m) "Investment institution" means an
institution, such as a brokerage house, that is capable of providing
overdraft notification on lawyer trust accounts maintained in
that institution and is insured by the Securities Investor Protection
Corporation and other investment institution financial guaranty
insurance.
SECTION 4. 20:1.15(i) to (m) of the supreme court rules are
amended to read:
20:1.15(i) Lawyer trust accounts shall be maintained only
in a financial institution or investment institution that
has agreed to provide the overdraft report under sub. (j).
(j) In the event any properly payable instrument is presented
against a lawyer trust account containing insufficient funds,
whether or not the instrument is honored, the financial institution
or investment institution shall, simultaneously with the
customary overdraft notice to the depositor or investor, report
the overdraft to the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility.
(k) The overdraft reporting agreement under par. (i) shall
provide that all reports made by the financial institution
or investment institution shall be substantially in the following
format:
(1) In the case of a dishonored instrument, identical to the
overdraft notice customarily forwarded to the depositor or
investor and with a copy of the dishonored instrument, if
a copy is normally provided to the depositor or investor.
(2) In the case of instruments that are presented against
insufficient funds and are honored, identification of the financial
institution or investment institution involved, the lawyer
or law firm, the account number, the date on which the instrument
is paid, and the amount of overdraft created by the payment.
(L) A report made under par. (j) shall be made simultaneously
with the overdraft notice given to the depositor or investor.
(m) The Board shall hold each overdraft report for 10 business
days or the minimum time required by the financial institution
or investment institution, whichever is less, to enable the
financial institution or investment institution to withdraw
a report provided by inadvertence or mistake, except that the
curing of an insufficiency of available funds by a lawyer or
law firm by the deposit of additional funds does not constitute
reason for withdrawing an overdraft report.
SECTION 5. 20:1.15(o) and (p) of the supreme court rules are
amended to read:
20:1.15(o) This rule does not preclude a financial institution
or investment institution from charging a particular lawyer
or law firm for the reasonable costs of producing the reports
and records required by this rule.
(p) This rule does not create a claim against a financial
institution or investment institution or its officers,
directors, employees, and agents for failure to provide a trust
account overdraft report or for compliance with any provision
of this rule.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of these amendments of the
Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an
official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 30th day of October, 1998.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Deputy Clerk of Court
Election of State Bar Executive Committee Members
In the Matter of the Amendment of Supreme Court Rules: SCR
10.06(1) - Election of State Bar Executive Committee Members
Order 98-07
The court held a public hearing Oct. 28, 1998, on the petition
of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin requesting
the amendment of SCR 10.06(1) to provide that the four members
elected annually to the Executive Committee by the Board of Governors
be selected from among persons who will serve on the Board the
following fiscal year. The court has considered the matters presented
at the public hearing.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, 10.06(1)
of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:
10.06(1) Members; selection. The executive committee consists
of the president, the president-elect, the immediate past-president,
the chairperson of the board of governors and 4 additional members
elected annually by the board of governors from among its members
at its June meeting. The 4 additional members shall be elected
from among the governors elect and the current governors who
will serve on the board of governors during the following fiscal
year. A vacancy occurring in the selected membership may
be filled by action of the board of governors.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this amendment of the
Supreme Court Rules shall be given by a single publication of
a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an
official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wis., this 30th day of October, 1998.
By the court:
Cornelia G. Clark, Deputy Clerk of Court
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