Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Jerry R. Albert

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2014 WI 105 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2013AP2702-D 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against  Jerry R. Albert, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Jerry R. Albert, 
          Respondent.   
 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALBERT 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
August 20, 2014 
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2014 WI 105
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.  2013AP2702-D 
 
 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against Jerry R. Albert, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Jerry R. Albert, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
AUG 20, 2014 
 
Diane M. Fremgen 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
ATTORNEY 
disciplinary 
proceeding.  Attorney 
publicly 
reprimanded.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   This is a reciprocal discipline matter.  
On December 9, 2013, the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) filed 
a 
complaint 
and 
motion 
pursuant 
to 
Supreme 
Court 
Rule 
(SCR) 22.22 requesting that this court publicly reprimand 
Attorney Jerry R. Albert as reciprocal discipline identical to 
that imposed by the Arizona Supreme Court.   
¶2 
Attorney Albert was admitted to practice law in 
Wisconsin in 1971.  His Wisconsin law license is currently 
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suspended for failure to pay State Bar of Wisconsin dues.  
Attorney Albert is also admitted to practice law in Arizona.   
¶3 
The OLR's complaint noted that on June 25, 2013, the 
Arizona Supreme Court reprimanded Attorney Albert for knowingly 
making a false statement by omission when he failed to tell the 
court that a question he planned to ask during a criminal trial 
was redacted so as to make it appear that the defendant had 
contradicted herself on the material point, when in fact she had 
not.  The Arizona Supreme Court found that this act violated 
ER 3.3(a) and 8.4(d) of the Arizona Rules of Professional 
Conduct, Rule 42, Ariz.R.Sup.Ct.  Attorney Albert admitted the 
allegation and agreed that a reprimand was appropriate. 
¶4 
Attorney Albert did not notify the OLR of the Arizona 
reprimand within 20 days of its effective date.   
¶5 
On February 18, 2014, Attorney Albert filed a response 
to the OLR's complaint and motion, in which he stated that he 
did not object to the imposition of discipline reciprocal to 
that imposed in Arizona. 
¶6 
Under SCR 22.22(3), in reciprocal discipline matters, 
this court shall impose the identical discipline unless one of 
the enumerated exceptions is shown.  There is no indication that 
any of those exceptions apply in this case.   
¶7 
IT IS ORDERED that Jerry R. Albert is publicly 
reprimanded as discipline reciprocal to that imposed by the 
Arizona Supreme Court. 
 
No. 
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