Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Anne B. Shindell

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2003 WI 93 
 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
02-1997-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Anne B. Shindell , Attorney at  
Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation,  
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Anne B. Shindell,  
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SHINDELL 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
July 2, 2003   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
        
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
        
 
COUNTY: 
        
 
JUDGE: 
        
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
WALSH BRADLEY, J., dissents.   
 
NOT PARTICIPATING:         
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
 
 
2003 WI 93 
 
 
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.  02-1997-D  
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Anne B. Shindell , Attorney at  
Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation,  
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Anne B. Shindell,  
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
JUL 2, 2003 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
Attorney Anne B. Shindell has filed a petition for 
consensual license revocation under SCR 22.19.  Attorney 
Shindell's Wisconsin law license was suspended on June 3, 2002 
due to her failure to comply with mandatory continuing legal 
education requirements. On October 21, 2002, her license was 
summarily suspended based on criminal convictions for attempted 
theft by fraud and resisting or obstructing an officer. On 
December 27, 2002, Attorney Shindell's license was suspended for 
one 
year 
because 
of 
misconduct 
with 
respect 
to 
her 
representation of five clients. Disciplinary Proceedings Against 
Shindell, 2002 WI 133, 158 Wis. 2d 63, 654 N.W.2d 844 
 
Attorney Shindell is currently the subject of another 
disciplinary proceeding commenced by the Office of Lawyer 
Regulation (OLR). The misconduct alleged in the complaint filed 
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by OLR arose out of the incident which resulted in Attorney 
Shindell entering guilty pleas in Milwaukee County Circuit Court 
to one count of attempted theft by fraud and one count of 
resisting or obstructing an officer. In addition, Attorney 
Shindell is also the subject of 23 other, separate OLR grievance 
investigations.  William Eich was appointed as referee. 
 
Attorney Shindell submits under SCR 22.19(2) that she 
cannot successfully defend against the allegations of the OLR 
complaint or the grievance investigations. 
 
Pursuant to SCR 22.19(4), both the director of OLR and the 
referee support Attorney Shindell’s petition for consensual 
license revocation.   
 
Upon review of this matter, and notwithstanding its concern 
over Attorney Shindell’s refusal to admit to the accuracy of all 
of the allegations in the pending complaint, and the qualifying 
language used in the petition, the court accepts Attorney 
Shindell’s 
concession that 
she cannot 
successfully 
defend 
herself against the allegations of misconduct either in the 
complaint that has been filed or with respect to those 
additional matters currently under investigation by OLR.   
 
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for consensual license 
revocation is granted. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the license of Anne B. Shindell 
to practice law in Wisconsin is revoked effective the date of 
this order. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Anne B. Shindell shall comply 
with the requirements of SCR 22.26 relating to activities 
following revocation. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Anne B. Shindell shall pay the 
costs of this proceeding. 
 
Bradley, 
J., 
dissents. 
 
See 
Disciplinary 
Proceedings 
Against Wortley, 126 Wis. 2d 58, 62, 374 N.W.2d 898 (1985) 
(revocation by consent can occur “provided the attorney is 
willing to admit to having engaged in professional misconduct”).   
 
 
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