Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Robert J. Parent

State: wisconsin

Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court

Document:

2003 WI 134 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
03-2506-D 
 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Robert J. Parent, Attorney at Law:   
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
  Complainant, 
 
v. 
Robert J. Parent, 
 
Respondent.   
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PARENT 
 
OPINION FILED: 
October 21, 2003   
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ATTORNEYS: 
 
2003 WI 134 
 
 
 
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.  03-2506-D 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 
Against Robert J. Parent, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation,  
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Robert J. Parent,  
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
OCT 21,2003 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
Attorney Robert J. Parent has filed a petition for 
consensual license revocation under SCR 22.19(3).  He was 
admitted to practice law in Wisconsin in 1982 but his license 
was suspended on October 31, 2002 for failure to pay State Bar 
dues; on November 12, 2002, by order of this court, for willful 
failure to respond or cooperate in an Office of Lawyer 
Regulation 
(OLR) 
grievance 
investigation 
and 
because 
his 
continued practice of law was a threat to the public and to the 
administration of justice; and on June 2, 2003 for failure to 
comply with continuing legal education reporting requirements. 
 
OLR is currently investigating Parent in fifteen matters.  
The primary matter involves a federal criminal conviction for 
depositing 
a 
forged 
check, 
for 
which 
he 
is 
currently 
incarcerated 
in 
a 
federal 
prison 
facility. 
 
The 
other 
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allegations 
concern: 
 
(1) 
his 
cash 
withdrawals 
from 
a 
representative payee account; (2) multiple instances of his lack 
of diligence and failure to communicate with his clients on the 
closing of his office; (3) multiple instances of his failure to 
either return his client files or advance payments of fees; and, 
(4) multiple instances of his lack of cooperation with OLR 
grievance investigations.   
 
  
In his petition, Parent acknowledges that he cannot 
successfully 
defend 
himself 
against 
these 
allegations 
of 
professional misconduct, that he is aware of his right to a 
formal hearing and his opportunity to defend against these 
allegations, and that he voluntarily waives the right to such a 
formal hearing. 
 
OLR has responded and recommends that the petition be 
granted. 
 
IT IS ORDERED that the petition for consensual license 
revocation of Attorney Robert J. Parent is granted.  The 
revocation of his license to practice law in Wisconsin shall be 
effective on the date of this order.  To the extent he has not 
already done so, he must comply with SCR 22.26 relating to 
activities following license revocation. 
 
 
 
 
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