Case Title: Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility v. John E. Pederson

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Docket Number: 1999AP000906-D

State: wisconsin

Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 1999-05-03T00:00:00Z

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SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
Case No.: 
99-0906-D 
 
 
Complete Title 
of Case: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against John E. Pederson, Attorney at Law. 
 
Board of Attorneys Professional  
Responsibility,  
 
Complainant, 
 
v. 
John E. Pederson,  
 
Respondent.  
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PEDERSON 
 
 
Opinion Filed: 
May 3, 1999 
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WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT 
Order - May 3, 1999 
 
99-0906-D 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against John E. Pederson, Attorney at Law. 
 
On April 7, 1999, Attorney John E. Pederson filed a 
petition pursuant to SCR 21.10(1) requesting that his 
license to practice law in Wisconsin be revoked by his 
consent as discipline for his professional misconduct. In 
that petition, Attorney Pederson acknowledged that he 
cannot 
defend 
successfully 
the 
allegations 
under 
investigation 
by the 
Board of 
Attorneys 
Professional 
Responsibility (Board) that he converted over $93,000 of 
funds from three estates in which he acted either as 
attorney for the personal representative or as personal 
representative. He stated that he had been charged with two 
counts of felony theft by fraud based on the alleged thefts 
from two of those estates and was scheduled to plead guilty 
to those charges in February 1999.  
In its report filed April 7, 1999, the Board recommended 
that 
the 
petition 
be 
granted. 
It 
asserted 
that 
by 
converting estate assets to his own use, Attorney Pederson 
has committed criminal acts that reflect adversely on his 
honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other 
respects and engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, 
fraud, deceit and misrepresentation, in violation of SCR 
20:8.4(b) and (c), respectively. Attorney Pederson was 
licensed to practice law in Wisconsin in 1950 and practices 
in Milwaukee. 
IT IS ORDERED that the petition is granted and the license 
of John E. Pederson to practice law in Wisconsin is revoked 
effective the date of this order.  
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 60 days of the date of 
this order, John E. Pederson make restitution to the 
estates from which he converted funds in the amounts set 
forth in the appendix to the petition.  
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that John E. Pederson comply with the 
provisions of SCR 22.26 concerning the duties of a person 
whose license to practice law has been revoked.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marilyn L. Graves 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clerk of Supreme Court