2016 WI 94

SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN

CASE NO.: 2003AP2039-D

COMPLETE TITLE: In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings 

Against Jevon Jones Jaconi, Attorney at Law:

Office of Lawyer Regulation,

 Complainant,

 v.

Jevon Jones Jaconi,

 Respondent.

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JACONI

OPINION FILED: November 18, 2016

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JUDGE:

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ATTORNEYS:
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No. 2003AP2039-D

STATE OF WISCONSIN : IN SUPREME COURT

In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings

Against Jevon Jones Jaconi, Attorney at Law:

Office of Lawyer Regulation,

 Complainant,

 v.

Jevon Jones Jaconi,

 Respondent.

FILED

NOV 18, 2016

Diane M. Fremgen

Clerk of Supreme Court

ATTORNEY reinstatement proceeding. Petition for 

reinstatement from disciplinary suspension granted.

¶1 PER CURIAM. We review the report and recommendation 

of Referee Richard C. Ninneman that Attorney Jevon Jones 

Jaconi's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice 

law in Wisconsin be granted. Upon careful of review of the 

matter, we agree that Attorney Jaconi's license should be 

reinstated. We also agree with the referee that Attorney 

Jaconi should be required to pay the full costs of this 
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reinstatement proceeding, which are $2,830.82 as of August 29, 

2016. 

¶2 Attorney Jaconi was admitted to practice law in 

Wisconsin in 1998. His license was administratively suspended 

in 2003 for failure to comply with mandatory continuing legal 

education (CLE) requirements. On November 7, 2003, this court 

suspended Attorney Jaconi's license to practice law for one year 

as discipline for 20 counts of misconduct involving seven 

separate clients. The misconduct included failing to provide 

competent representation; failing to act with reasonable 

diligence and promptness in representing a client; failing to 

keep a client informed about the status of a matter; failing to 

promptly refund an unearned retainer; failing to explain a 

matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client 

to make informed decisions regarding the representation; and 

failing to take steps to the extent reasonably practicable to 

protect a client's interests. In re Disciplinary Proceedings 

Against Jaconi, 2003 WI 137, 267 Wis. 2d 1, 671 N.W.2d 1. 

Attorney Jaconi's license is also suspended for failure to pay 

State Bar of Wisconsin dues.

¶3 In October 2005, Attorney Jaconi was publicly 

reprimanded for misconduct consisting of failing to explain the 

basis or rate of his fee to a client in a grievance matter 

pending at the time of his suspension. The client involved in 

that matter filed a claim with the Wisconsin Lawyers' Fund for 

Client Protection (the Fund) and was reimbursed $7,500. Public 

Reprimand of Jevon Jones Jaconi, No. 2005-8 (electronic copy 
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available at 

https://compendium.wicourts.gov/app/raw/001786.html).

¶4 Attorney Jaconi filed a petition for reinstatement of 

his license to practice law in August of 2013. This court 

denied the petition for reinstatement, agreeing with the referee 

that Attorney Jaconi failed to satisfy the requirements for 

reinstatement. In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Jaconi, 

2014 WI 110, 358 Wis. 2d 335, 854 N.W.2d 355.

¶5 On December 22, 2015, Attorney Jaconi filed a second 

reinstatement petition. The petition alleged, among other 

things, that Attorney Jaconi had complied fully with the terms 

of this court's suspension order, that he had maintained 

competence and learning in the law, that his conduct since the 

suspension had been exemplary and above reproach, and that he 

had fully complied with the requirements set forth in SCR 22.26.

¶6 The Board of Bar Examiners filed a memorandum on 

January 6, 2016, stating that Attorney Jaconi was currently in 

compliance with the court's CLE and ethics and professional 

responsibility requirements. The Office of Lawyer Regulation 

(OLR) filed a response to the petition for reinstatement on 

May 26, 2016. The OLR's response stated that the OLR's director 

did not oppose Attorney Jaconi's petition for reinstatement.

¶7 The referee was appointed on January 14, 2016. A 

public hearing was held on July 13, 2016. Attorney Jaconi was 

the only witness to testify. The referee issued his report and 

recommendation on August 9, 2016, and concluded that Attorney 

Jaconi has demonstrated by clear, satisfactory, and convincing 
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evidence that he has met the criteria set forth in SCR 

22.31(1)(a)-(d). Accordingly, the referee recommended that the 

petition be granted and Attorney Jaconi's license to practice 

law in Wisconsin be reinstated. The referee noted that Attorney 

Jaconi testified at the hearing that he had met all of the 

requirements for reinstatement. The referee said the record 

established by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence that 

Attorney Jaconi has paid restitution in full as directed by this 

court in its previous orders. Attorney Jaconi testified at the 

hearing that if his license to practice law is reinstated, he 

intends to continue working at his current job at ICS Cutting 

Tools, Inc., and he also intends to work part-time under the 

supervision of an attorney in Green Bay representing, among 

others, individuals in criminal and small civil matters.

¶8 The standards that apply to all petitions seeking 

reinstatement after a disciplinary suspension or revocation are 

set forth in SCR 22.31(1). In particular, the petitioning 

attorney must demonstrate by clear, satisfactory, and convincing 

evidence that he or she has the moral character necessary to 

practice law in this state, that his or her resumption of the 

practice of law will not be detrimental to the administration of 

justice or subversive of the public interest, and that the 

attorney has complied fully with the terms of the suspension 

order and of SCR 22.26. In addition, SCR 22.31(1)(c) 

incorporates the statements that a petition for reinstatement 

must contain pursuant to SCR 22.29(4)(a)-(m). Thus, the 
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petitioning attorney must demonstrate that the required

representations in the reinstatement petition are substantiated. 

¶9 As in disciplinary proceedings, this court will affirm 

a referee's findings of fact unless they are found to be clearly 

erroneous. Conclusions of law are reviewed de novo. See In re 

Disciplinary Proceedings Against Banks, 2010 WI 105, ¶16, 329 

Wis. 2d 39, 787 N.W.2d 809. Upon review of the record, we agree 

with the referee that Attorney Jaconi has established by clear, 

satisfactory, and convincing evidence that he has satisfied all 

the criteria necessary for reinstatement. Accordingly, we adopt 

the referee's findings of fact and conclusions of law and we 

accept the referee's recommendation to reinstate Attorney 

Jaconi's license to practice law in Wisconsin. We further 

determine, consistent with our general practice, that Attorney 

Jaconi should be required to pay the full costs of this 

reinstatement proceeding. 

¶10 Finally, we note that Attorney Jaconi's license to 

practice law is also administratively suspended for failure to 

pay dues to the State Bar of Wisconsin. Although we grant his 

petition for reinstatement from the disciplinary suspension and 

from the administrative suspension for noncompliance with CLE 

requirements, Attorney Jaconi's license to practice law in 

Wisconsin remains administratively suspended for failure to pay 

bar dues. Attorney Jaconi must make arrangements with the State 

Bar of Wisconsin to pay all applicable dues, assessments, and 

fees before he resumes the active practice of law. He need not 
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file a separate reinstatement petition with the State Bar of 

Wisconsin.

¶11 IT IS ORDERED that Jevon Jones Jaconi's petition for 

reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin from 

the disciplinary suspension and from the administrative 

suspension for noncompliance with CLE requirements is granted, 

effective the day of this order. 

¶12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Jevon Jones Jaconi's 

license to practice law in Wisconsin remains administratively 

suspended for failure to pay State Bar dues. 

¶13 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 60 days of the date 

of this order that Jevon Jones Jaconi shall pay to the Office of 

Lawyer Regulation costs in the amount of $2,830.82. 

¶14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that compliance with all of the 

terms of this order remain a condition of Jevon Jones Jaconi's 

license to practice law in Wisconsin. 
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