Case Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Rebekah Mariya Nett

Citation: 2014 WI 106

Docket Number: 2014AP000337-D

State: wisconsin

Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 2014-08-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
2014 WI 106 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2014AP337-D 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against  Rebekah Mariya Nett, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Rebekah Mariya Nett, 
          Respondent.   
 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST NETT 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
August 20, 2014 
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2014 WI 106
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2014AP337-D 
 
 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Rebekah Mariya Nett, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Rebekah Mariya Nett, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
AUG 20, 2014 
 
Diane M. Fremgen 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEY 
disciplinary 
proceeding.  Attorney's 
license 
suspended.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   This is a reciprocal discipline matter.  
On February 11, 2014, the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) 
filed a complaint and motion pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 
(SCR) 22.22 requesting that this court suspend the license of 
Attorney Rebekah Mariya Nett for a period of one year as 
reciprocal discipline identical to that imposed by the Minnesota 
Supreme Court.  
No. 
2014AP337-D   
 
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¶2 
Attorney 
Nett 
was 
admitted 
to 
practice 
law 
in 
Wisconsin in 2002.  She is also admitted to practice law in 
Minnesota. 
¶3 
The OLR's complaint noted that on November 27, 2013, 
the Minnesota Supreme Court indefinitely suspended Attorney 
Nett's Minnesota law license with no right to petition for 
reinstatement for a minimum of nine months for engaging in a 
pattern of bad faith litigation, including making false and 
harassing statements toward judges and others involved in 
litigation against her clients.1  The Minnesota Supreme Court 
found that these actions violated Rules 3.1, 4.4(a), 8.2(a), and 
8.4(d) of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct.   
¶4 
On March 19, 2014, this court issued an order 
directing Attorney Nett to show cause why the imposition of 
discipline identical to that imposed by the Minnesota Supreme 
Court would be unwarranted.  Although Attorney Nett failed to 
file a timely response to the order to show cause, on May 6, 
2014, she sent a letter to the OLR stating that she did not 
contest the OLR's complaint.   
¶5 
Under SCR 22.22(3), in reciprocal discipline matters, 
this court shall impose the identical discipline unless one of 
                                                 
1 The indefinite suspension imposed by the Minnesota Supreme 
Court requires Attorney Nett to wait nine months before applying 
for reinstatement.  In Wisconsin, a one-year suspension would 
give Attorney Nett the right to apply for reinstatement after 
nine months.  See SCR 22.29(1). 
No. 
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the enumerated exceptions is shown.  There is no indication that 
any of those exceptions apply in this case.   
¶6 
IT IS ORDERED that the license of Rebekah Mariya Nett 
to practice law in Wisconsin is suspended for a period of one 
year, effective the date of this order.   
¶7 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Rebekah Mariya Nett shall 
comply with the requirements of SCR 22.26 pertaining to the 
duties of a person whose license to practice law in Wisconsin is 
suspended.   
 
 
No. 
2014AP337-D   
 
 
 
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