Case Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Anne Kathleen Reilly

Citation: 2006 WI 29

Docket Number: 2005AP000839-D

State: wisconsin

Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 2006-03-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
2006 WI 29 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2005AP839-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Medical Incapacity Proceedings 
Against Anne Kathleen Reilly, Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Anne Kathleen Reilly, 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
MEDICAL INCAPACITY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST REILLY 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
March 28, 2006   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
        
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
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COUNTY: 
        
 
JUDGE: 
        
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
        
 
NOT PARTICIPATING: ROGGENSACK, J., did not participate.   
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
2006 WI 29
 
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.  2005AP839-D  
 
 
In the Matter of Medical Incapacity Proceedings 
Against Anne Kathleen Reilly, Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Anne Kathleen Reilly, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
MAR 28, 2006 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
On March 30, 2005, the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) 
filed a petition pursuant to SCR 22.34 asking that Attorney Anne 
Kathleen Reilly be found to have a medical incapacity.   
 
Attorney Reilly was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin 
in 1984 and resides in the Shawano, Wisconsin area.  On 
September 20, 2004 this court suspended her license to practice 
law in Wisconsin pursuant to SCR 22.21(1) because it appeared 
that her continued practice of law posed a threat to the 
interest of the public and the administration of justice. 
 
The Honorable Konrad Tuchscherer was appointed referee in 
this matter.  The referee appointed counsel to represent 
Attorney Reilly.  The referee granted Attorney Reilly multiple 
extensions of time to file an answer to the OLR’s petition.  No 
answer or other pleading was filed.  The OLR moved for a default 
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judgment.  The referee granted the motion for default judgment 
on December 7, 2005.  On February 6, 2006 the referee issued his 
report and recommendation in which he found that Attorney Reilly 
suffers from a medical condition that substantially prevents her 
from performing the duties of an attorney to acceptable 
professional standards.  The referee recommended that Attorney 
Reilly’s license be indefinitely suspended.  He also recommended 
that, as a condition for reinstatement, Attorney Reilly provide 
the OLR with sufficient medical records and a physician’s report 
to exhibit her medical capacity to practice law.  As a second 
condition 
of 
reinstatement, 
the 
referee 
recommended 
that 
Attorney Reilly pay the costs of the proceeding.  The OLR filed 
a statement of costs in the amount of $1,104.33.  It also filed 
a motion asking this court to order Attorney Reilly to reimburse 
the Lawyer Regulation System for the fees of her appointed 
counsel, which are in the amount of $6,171.18.  This court 
agrees with the referee’s conclusion regarding Attorney Reilly’s 
medical 
incapacity, 
and 
it 
agrees 
with 
the 
referee’s 
recommendation regarding the suspension of her license to 
practice law.  It further agrees that, as a condition of the 
reinstatement of her license to practice law, Attorney Reilly 
pay the costs of the proceeding as well as the fees for her 
appointed counsel. 
 
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, the 
license of Attorney Anne Kathleen Reilly to practice law in 
Wisconsin is indefinitely suspended. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as a condition of the 
reinstatement of her license to practice law, Attorney Reilly 
provide 
the 
OLR 
with 
sufficient 
medical 
records 
and 
a 
physician’s report to exhibit her medical capacity to practice 
law. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, as an additional condition of 
the reinstatement of her license to practice law, Attorney 
Reilly pay the costs of this proceeding and the fees of her 
appointed counsel. 
 
Roggensack, J., did not participate. 
 
 
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