Case Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. David G. Davies

Citation: 2003 WI 18

Docket Number: 2003AP000255-D

State: wisconsin

Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 2003-03-13T00:00:00Z

Document:
2003 WI 18 
 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
03-0255-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against David G. Davies, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation,  
 
Complainant, 
 
v. 
David G. Davies,  
 
Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DAVIES 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
March 13, 2003   
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
2003 WI 18 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTICE 
This order is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The 
final version will appear in the 
bound volume of the official 
reports.   
 
 
 
No.  03-0255D  
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against David G. Davies, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation,  
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
David G. Davies,  
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
MAR 13, 2003 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
The Office of Lawyer Regulation and Attorney David G. 
Davies have stipulated, pursuant to SCR 22.12, for reciprocal 
discipline under SCR 22.22.  The Arizona Supreme Court suspended 
Attorney Davies’ Arizona law license for 30 days, effective 
December 12, 2001. 
 
Attorney Davies was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin 
in 1953 and he became licensed to practice law in Arizona.  In 
1994 Attorney Davies’ Wisconsin license was suspended for 
noncompliance 
with 
continuing 
legal 
education 
(CLE) 
requirements.  His Wisconsin license remains suspended. 
 
The 30-day suspension in Arizona resulted from misconduct 
involving Attorney Davies’ preparation of an original will and 
subsequent amendments that named him as a beneficiary of his 
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client’s estate without having the client seek the advice of 
independent counsel.   
 
SCR 22.22(3) provides that this court shall impose the 
identical discipline or license suspension unless the procedure 
in the 
other 
jurisdiction 
was so 
lacking 
in 
notice or 
opportunity to be heard as to constitute a due process 
violation; there was such an infirmity of proof establishing the 
misconduct that this court should not accept as final the 
misconduct finding; or the misconduct justifies substantially 
different discipline here.  Neither OLR nor Attorney Davies 
contend, nor does this court find, that any of these three 
exceptions exist.  
 
Accordingly, 
 
IT IS ORDERED that the license of David G. Davies to 
practice law in the state of Wisconsin be suspended for 30 days, 
effective the date of this order; 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this suspension does not affect 
the existing suspensions for failure to comply with CLE 
requirements which would also have to be satisfied in order for 
Attorney Davies’ license to practice law in Wisconsin to be 
reinstated; 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Attorney Davies shall comply, if 
he has not already done so, with the requirements of SCR 22.26 
pertaining to activities following suspension. 
 
 
 
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