Title: Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility v. Sharon A. Davison

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2003 WI 101 
 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
00-1503-D 
 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Sharon A. Davison, Attorney at Law: 
 
Board of Attorneys Professional  
Responsibility,  
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Sharon A. Davison,  
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DAVISON 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
July 7, 2003   
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2003 WI 101 
 
 
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 
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No.  00-1503-D  
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Sharon A. Davison, Attorney at Law: 
 
Board of Attorneys Professional  
Responsibility,  
 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
 
Sharon A. Davison,  
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
JUL 7, 2003 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
On October 16, 2002, Sharon A. Davison filed a petition for 
reinstatement of her license to practice law in this state.  The 
court suspended Davison's license to practice law for six months 
commencing on April 26, 2002, as discipline for her stipulated 
professional misconduct consisting of overbilling the state 
public defender by charging parking expenses not actually 
incurred in cases in which the public defender had appointed 
her.  Based on the parties' stipulation and the referee's 
findings, this court agreed that Davison's admitted misconduct 
involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in 
violation of SCR 20:8.4(c).  In re Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Davison, 2002 WI 24, 251 Wis. 2d 1, 640 N.W.2d 508. 
 
Following 
the 
filing 
of 
Davison's 
petition 
for 
reinstatement, a public hearing was held before a referee 
appointed in the matter.  On April 17, 2003, the referee 
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submitted his report recommending that Sharon Davison's license 
to practice law be reinstated having determined that she has the 
requisite moral character to practice law in this state and that 
such 
reinstatement 
would 
not 
be 
detrimental 
to 
the 
administration of justice or subversive to the public interest, 
and that she had fully complied with the terms of this court's 
order of suspension.  The referee specifically found that 
Attorney Davison has fully complied with and satisfied the 
requirements set forth in SCR 22.31(1)(a) through (d) for 
reinstatement to the practice of law. 
 
By memorandum dated November 14, 2002, the Board of Bar 
Examiners 
recommended 
that 
the 
reinstatement 
petition 
be 
granted, subject to Attorney Davison's compliance with current 
CLE requirements by reporting 30.0 approved hours, including 3.0 
hours EPR; or by electing the exemption available at SCR 
31.04(2) on the CLE Form 1 that will be due for the 2002-2003 
reporting period. 
 
The Office of Lawyer Responsibility has not filed a 
response to the referee's recommendation for reinstatement nor 
has it appealed from that recommendation. 
 
We grant the petition for reinstatement upon the condition 
that Sharon A. Davison pay the cost of these proceedings and 
comply with the CLE requirements as specified in the BBE 
memorandum. 
 
IT IS ORDERED that the license of Sharon A. Davison to 
practice law in Wisconsin is reinstated effective the date of 
this order. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 60 days of the date of 
this order Sharon Davison shall pay the Office of Lawyer 
Regulation the cost of these reinstatement proceedings now 
totaling $1835.22 as detailed in the OLR statement filed in this 
court.  If these costs are not paid within the time specified 
and absent a showing to this court of her inability to pay the 
costs within that time, the license of Sharon A. Davison to 
practice law in this state shall remain suspended until further 
order of this court. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the reinstatement of Sharon A. 
Davison's license to practice law in this state is subject to 
her compliance with the current CLE requirements as outlined 
above. 
 
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