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
Wisconsin Lawyer
