Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. John A. Chavez

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2005 WI 167 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2005AP2110-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In The Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against John A. Chavez, Attorney at Law. 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
John A. Chavez, 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST CHAVEZ 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
December 14, 2005   
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
2005 WI 167
 
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.  2005AP2110-D  
 
 
In The Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against John A. Chavez, Attorney at Law. 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
John A. Chavez, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
FILED 
 
DEC 14, 2005 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
On October 7, 2005, Attorney John A. Chavez and the Office 
of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) entered into a stipulation pursuant 
to SCR 22.34(1) requesting that this court enter an order 
indefinitely suspending Attorney Chavez's license to practice 
law in Wisconsin, without an assessment of costs, due to medical 
incapacity.  Attorney Chavez was admitted to practice in 1990.  
His license to practice law was temporarily suspended on 
November 17, 2004 for failure to cooperate with an OLR grievance 
investigation.  It remains suspended.  The stipulation contains 
evidence of Attorney Chavez's medical incapacity.  It states 
that Attorney Chavez is aware that he has the right to seek the 
advice of counsel in this matter and has voluntarily chosen not 
to do so. The stipulation further states that Attorney Chavez 
entered into the stipulation freely, voluntarily and knowingly 
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and that the stipulation was not the result of a plea bargain 
but instead represents Attorney Chavez's admission of a medical 
incapacity which has impeded his ability to perform his 
profession to acceptable professional standards; 
 
  IT IS ORDERED that this court accepts the parties' 
stipulation and, effective the date of this order and until 
further order of the court, Attorney John A. Chavez's license to 
practice law in Wisconsin is indefinitely suspended, without the 
imposition of costs.  Attorney Chavez shall comply with the 
requirements of SCR 22.26 relating to license suspension if he 
has not already done so. 
 
 
 
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