Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Anne E. Brown
Citation: 2012 WI 51
Docket Number: 2011AP000142-D
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: May 18, 2012

2012 WI 51 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2011AP142-D 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against Anne E. Brown, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Anne E. Brown, 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BROWN 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
May 18, 2012   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
        
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
        
 
COUNTY: 
        
 
JUDGE: 
        
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
 
 
NOT PARTICIPATING:         
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
 
 
1
 2012 WI 51
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2011AP142-D 
 
 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against Anne E. Brown, Attorney at Law: 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Anne E. Brown, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
MAY 18, 2012 
 
Diane M. Fremgen 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEY 
disciplinary 
proceeding.   Attorney's 
license 
suspended.   
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.   On January 24, 2011, the Office of 
Lawyer Regulation (OLR) filed a complaint against Attorney 
Anne E. Brown alleging eight counts of professional misconduct 
committed in two separate client matters.  On April 26, 2011, 
the OLR amended the complaint to add two misconduct charges 
related to a third client. 
¶2 
The parties filed a comprehensive joint stipulation 
including recommended discipline.  Attorney Brown filed an 
addendum explaining that she suffered from medical issues 
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stemming from surgery that had affected her ability to practice 
law.   
¶3 
On August 18, 2011, Referee Allan Beatty issued a 
brief report in which he accepted the joint stipulation and, 
consistent 
with 
the 
stipulation, 
recommended 
a 
two-year 
suspension of Attorney Brown's license to practice law in 
Wisconsin.  
¶4 
On December 1, 2011, this court issued an order 
seeking additional information from the parties relating to the 
proposed discipline.  On December 12, 2011, the OLR filed a 
written response setting forth legal authority in support of the 
recommended discipline.  On December 27, 2011, Attorney Brown 
filed a written response stating that she has agreed to the 
proposed discipline and that her primary goal is to protect her 
reputation and integrity with the bar and in her community.  She 
provided additional information about her physical limitations 
and their effect on her ability to practice law. 
¶5 
No appeal has been filed so we review the matter 
pursuant to SCR 22.17(2).1  We conclude that Attorney Brown's 
ethical violations warrant the stipulated two-year suspension of 
                                                 
1 SCR 22.17(2) states: 
 
If no appeal is filed timely, the supreme court 
shall review the referee's report; adopt, reject or 
modify the referee's findings and conclusions or 
remand the matter to the referee for additional 
findings; 
and 
determine 
and 
impose 
appropriate 
discipline.  The court, on its own motion, may order 
the parties to file briefs in the matter. 
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her license to practice law.  We agree with the OLR's 
recommendation that no costs shall be imposed in this matter. 
¶6 
Attorney Brown was admitted to practice law in 
Wisconsin on September 18, 1984.  Attorney Brown most recently 
practiced law in Eau Claire.  This court temporarily suspended 
Attorney Brown's license to practice law on April 24, 2012, for 
her 
willful 
failure 
to 
cooperate 
in 
OLR 
investigations 
concerning her conduct in two matters unrelated to this case.   
¶7 
Attorney Brown's other prior discipline includes two 
private reprimands.  In 2006 Attorney Brown received a private 
reprimand pursuant to SCR 22.09 for violating SCRs 20:1.3, 
20:1.4(a), 20:1.5(a), and 20:1.16(d).  Private Reprimand of Anne 
E. Brown, 2006-16.  In 2007 Attorney Brown received a second 
SCR 22.09 private reprimand for violating SCRs 20:1.4(a) and 
20:1.16(d).  Private Reprimand of Anne E. Brown, 2007-13.  
¶8 
As noted, the referee accepted the stipulation and 
adopted the facts and conclusions of law contained therein in 
lieu of conducting an evidentiary hearing.  Having independently 
reviewed the record, we adopt those factual findings and legal 
conclusions and we summarize them here. 
¶9 
The 
OLR's 
amended 
complaint 
alleged 
misconduct 
relating to Attorney Brown's representation of J.B.  In May 
2008, J.B. retained Attorney Brown to represent J.B. in 
connection with her divorce proceeding.  On August 2, 2008, J.B. 
entered into a fee agreement with Attorney Brown.  J.B. agreed 
to pay Attorney Brown an advanced fee of $3,000 and to be billed 
at a rate of $175 per hour for attorney services and $90 per 
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hour for paralegal assistance.  J.B. paid Attorney Brown the 
$3,000 advanced fee.  Attorney Brown did not deposit the fee 
into her trust account.  
¶10 Prior to their divorce, J.B and her former spouse had 
received an insurance settlement in connection with water damage 
to their home.  On June 24, 2008, Attorney Brown received a 
check in the amount of $4,681.51 payable to her trust account 
reflecting the settlement funds that remained after certain home 
repairs were completed.  On June 30, 2008, Attorney Brown 
deposited the $4,681.51 check into her trust account.  With that 
deposit, the balance in Attorney Brown's trust account was 
$4,694.71. 
¶11 All of the ensuing trust account transactions will not 
be enumerated in this opinion but, between July 2008 and April 
2009, Attorney Brown made disbursements from the trust account 
for legitimate repairs or services relating to the parties' 
home, but she also improperly withdrew funds from the trust 
account for herself and for others when she should have been 
holding the funds in trust for J.B.  She also made improper 
deposits into the trust account from her business account and 
personal account.  
¶12 J.B.'s divorce settled on October 13, 2008.  J.B. was 
awarded the insurance proceeds that remained after all of the 
repair expenses had been paid.  
¶13 On December 1, 2008, J.B. called Attorney Brown and 
asked that the remaining insurance proceeds, which totaled 
approximately $2,000, be distributed to her.  Attorney Brown 
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informed J.B. that J.B. owed $1,700 in additional legal fees.2  
During the phone call Attorney Brown also advised J.B. that she 
did not have funds to distribute at that time.  She claimed that 
someone, possibly a family member, was stealing from Attorney 
Brown's trust account and that she was going to discuss it with 
her banker.  Attorney Brown agreed to release the $2,000 in 
remaining insurance proceeds to J.B. on the condition that J.B. 
pay Attorney Brown's legal fees in full by December 31, 2008.  
Attorney Brown told J.B. that she would reimburse J.B. one-half 
of the $2,000 on December 2, 2008, and would pay the remaining 
half on December 5, 2008.  
¶14 On December 2, 2008, Attorney Brown gave J.B. an 
envelope containing a check from Attorney Brown's trust account 
payable to "J.B." in the amount of $550.  This check was dated 
December 2, 2008.  The envelope also contained a check post-
dated December 5, 2008, payable to "J.B." in the amount of 
$1,450.  At the time she provided this envelope to J.B., 
Attorney Brown should have been holding $2,031.49 of remaining 
insurance proceeds in her trust account.  That same day, J.B. 
tried to cash the first check, but the bank refused payment 
because there were insufficient funds in Attorney Brown's trust 
account.   
                                                 
2 On November 19, 2008, Attorney Brown prepared an invoice 
for her representation of J.B. showing a total of $4,820.46 in 
attorney's fees and costs, and reflecting a balance due of 
$1,745.46.  Attorney Brown did not, at that time, send J.B. a 
billing statement.   
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¶15 On 
December 
5, 
2008, 
Attorney 
Brown 
apparently 
prepared an updated invoice reflecting J.B.'s unpaid balance as 
$1,790.47. 
¶16 On December 5, 2008, J.B. deposited the second check.  
It was initially refused for insufficient funds.  The bank later 
paid it on December 30, 2008.  That same day, Attorney Brown 
deposited $450 into her trust account from a check drawn on her 
business account.  This brought the balance in Attorney Brown's 
trust account to $495.09.  
¶17 On December 11, 2008, Attorney Brown deposited $2,000 
cash into her trust account.  On December 15, 2008, Attorney 
Brown deposited $1,500 cash into her trust account.  The balance 
of Attorney Brown's trust account on December 15, 2008, was 
$3,995.09.  
¶18 On December 17, 2008, Attorney Brown issued trust 
account check number 1022 in the amount of $1,500 to "Anne E. 
Brown."  On December 30, 2008, Attorney Brown issued trust 
account check number 1122 in the amount of $200 to "Anne E. 
Brown."  On January 2, 2009, the closing balance in Attorney 
Brown's trust account was $845.09.  
¶19 On January 6, 2009, Attorney Brown sent J.B. a letter 
as a follow-up to their conversation regarding the November 19, 
2008 billing statement.  Attorney Brown reminded J.B. that 
Attorney Brown had agreed the legal bill would be paid in full 
by December 31, 2008.  Attorney Brown also disclosed three 
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discrepancies from the billing statement, resulting in $61.50 in 
excess of what should have been billed.3 
¶20 On February 4, 2009, the closing balance in Attorney 
Brown's trust account was $45.09.  At that time, the first check 
payable to J.B. in the amount of $550 had still not cleared the 
bank.  It finally cleared Attorney Brown's trust account on 
April 6, 2009.  
¶21 Attorney Brown later conceded in letters to the OLR 
that she did not have sufficient funds in the trust account for 
J.B. "because I had not been keeping track of the account."  She 
also acknowledged that she had used funds from the account for 
her own personal use and she was "not honest with [J.B.] 
regarding other persons having access to [the] trust account and 
potentially stealing from it.  It was not a true statement."  
Attorney Brown then failed to respond to several letters from 
the OLR seeking information and, after obtaining an extension, 
failed to file a response to the OLR's questions.   
¶22 On May 12, 2009, at the OLR's request, this court 
issued an order requiring Attorney Brown to show cause, in 
writing, why her license to practice law should not be 
temporarily suspended.  Attorney Brown failed to respond and her 
license was temporarily suspended by order dated July 16, 2009.  
                                                 
3 Attorney Brown's January 6, 2009 letter also referenced 
items that did not appear on J.B.'s bill which totaled 2.1 hours 
of Attorney Brown's time, or $367.50 that should have been 
billed, resulting in a claimed amount of $2,044.97 due and 
owing.  However, Attorney Brown agreed to settle J.B.'s bill for 
$1,738.97 on or before January 12, 2009. 
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Attorney Brown then provided information to the OLR and her 
license was reinstated by this court on August 5, 2009.  
Attorney Brown subsequently entered into the joint stipulation 
with the OLR wherein she admitted various violations of the 
recordkeeping aspects of the trust account rules. 
¶23 As noted, the referee concluded and we agree that 
Attorney Brown committed misconduct in her handling of the J.B. 
matter as alleged in the amended complaint as follows: (1) by 
failing to hold in trust and instead using for her own purposes 
at least $4,636.42 of the $4,681.51 in insurance proceeds 
belonging to J.B. and her former husband, Attorney Brown 
violated SCRs 20:1.15(b)(1)4 and 20:8.4(c);5 (2) by failing to 
hold J.B.'s advanced fee of $3,000 in trust until earned, 
Attorney Brown violated SCR 20:1.15(b)(4);6 (3) by falsely 
                                                 
4 SCR 20:1.15(b)(1) states:  Separate account.   
 
A lawyer shall hold in trust, separate from the 
lawyer's own property, that property of clients and 
3rd parties that is in the lawyer's possession in 
connection with a representation.  All funds of 
clients and 3rd parties paid to a lawyer or law firm 
in connection with a representation shall be deposited 
in one or more identifiable trust accounts. 
5 SCR 20:8.4(c) provides that it is professional misconduct 
for a lawyer to "engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, 
deceit or misrepresentation; . . . ." 
6 SCR 
20:1.15(b)(4) states:  Unearned fees and cost 
advances.   
 
Except as provided in par. (4m), unearned fees 
and advanced payments of fees shall be held in trust 
until earned by the lawyer, and withdrawn pursuant to 
sub. (g).  Funds advanced by a client or 3rd party for 
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informing J.B. that she did not have the insurance funds 
available to distribute because someone else had been stealing 
from her trust account, Attorney Brown violated SCR 20:8.4(c); 
(4) by failing to maintain a transaction register, an individual 
client ledger, and a monthly reconciliation report, Attorney 
Brown violated SCRs 20:1.15(f)(1)a., b., and g.;7 (5) by 
                                                                                                                                                             
payment of costs shall be held in trust until the 
costs are incurred. 
7 SCRs 20:1.15(f)(1)a., b. and g. state as follows: 
 
(f) Record-keeping requirements for all trust 
accounts. 
 
(1) Draft accounts.  Complete records of a trust 
account that is a draft account shall include a 
transaction register; individual client ledgers for 
IOLTA accounts and other pooled trust accounts; a 
ledger for account fees and charges, if law firm funds 
are held in the account pursuant to sub. (b)(3); 
deposit 
records; 
disbursement 
records; 
monthly 
statements; and reconciliation reports, subject to all 
of the following: 
 
a. Transaction register. The transaction register 
shall contain a chronological record of all account 
transactions, and shall include all of the following: 
 
1. the date, source, and amount of all deposits; 
 
2. the date, check or transaction number, payee 
and amount of all disbursements, whether by check, 
wire transfer, or other means; 
 
3. the date and amount of every other deposit or 
deduction of whatever nature; 
 
4. the identity of the client for whom funds were 
deposited or disbursed; and 
 
5. the 
balance 
in 
the 
account 
after 
each 
transaction. 
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certifying to the State Bar of Wisconsin in her fiscal 2008 and 
2009 dues statements that she had complied with each of the 
recordkeeping requirements set forth in SCR 20:1.15(f), when she 
was not maintaining a complete transaction register, client 
ledgers or performing monthly reconciliations, Attorney Brown 
filed false certificates with the State Bar, in violation of 
                                                                                                                                                             
 
b. Individual client ledgers. A subsidiary ledger 
shall be maintained for each client or 3rd party for 
whom 
the 
lawyer 
receives 
trust 
funds 
that 
are 
deposited in an IOLTA account or any other pooled 
trust account.  The lawyer shall record each receipt 
and disbursement of a client's or 3rd party's funds 
and the balance following each transaction.  A lawyer 
shall not disburse funds from an IOLTA account or any 
pooled trust account that would create a negative 
balance with respect to any individual client or 
matter. 
 
. . .  
 
g. 
Reconciliation 
reports. For 
each 
trust 
account, the lawyer shall prepare and retain a printed 
reconciliation report on a regular and periodic basis 
not less frequently than every 30 days.  Each 
reconciliation report shall show all of the following 
balances and verify that they are identical: 
 
1. the balance that appears in the transaction 
register as of the reporting date; 
 
2. the total of all subsidiary ledger balances 
for IOLTA accounts and other pooled trust accounts, 
determined by listing and totaling the balances in the 
individual client ledgers and the ledger for account 
fees and charges, as of the reporting date; and 
 
3. the adjusted balance, determined by adding 
outstanding deposits and other credits to the balance 
in the financial institution's monthly statement and 
subtracting outstanding checks and other deductions 
from the balance in the monthly statement. 
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SCR 20:1.15(i)(4);8 and (6) by failing to respond timely to the 
OLR's multiple written requests for information regarding this 
investigation, 
Attorney 
Brown 
violated 
SCRs 
22.03(2) 
and 
22.03(6),9 enforced by SCR 20:8.4(h).10  
                                                 
8 SCR 20:1.15(i)(4) states:  Suspension for non-compliance.   
 
The failure of a state bar member to file the 
certificate is grounds for automatic suspension of the 
member's membership in the state bar in the same 
manner provided in SCR 10.03(6) for nonpayment of 
dues. 
 
The 
filing 
of 
a 
false 
certificate 
is 
unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary 
action. 
9 SCRs 22.03(2) and 22.03(6) provide as follows: 
 
(2) Upon 
commencing 
an 
investigation, 
the 
director shall notify the respondent of the matter 
being investigated unless in the opinion of the 
director the investigation of the matter requires 
otherwise.  The respondent shall fully and fairly 
disclose all facts and circumstances pertaining to the 
alleged misconduct within 20 days after being served 
by ordinary mail a request for a written response.  
The director may allow additional time to respond.  
Following receipt of the response, the director may 
conduct further investigation and may compel the 
respondent to answer questions, furnish documents, and 
present 
any 
information 
deemed 
relevant 
to 
the 
investigation. 
 
. . .  
 
(6) In the course of the investigation, the 
respondent's 
wilful 
failure 
to 
provide 
relevant 
information, to answer questions fully, or to furnish 
documents and the respondent's misrepresentation in a 
disclosure are misconduct, regardless of the merits of 
the matters asserted in the grievance. 
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¶24 The OLR's amended complaint also alleged misconduct 
committed in connection with Attorney Brown's representation of 
C.T.  C.T. retained Attorney Brown in early August 2008 to 
represent him in a custody matter.  On August 5, 2008, C.T. paid 
Attorney Brown an advanced fee of $2,500 by credit card payment.  
Attorney Brown did not provide C.T. with a receipt.  Attorney 
Brown explained to C.T. that her time was billed at a rate of 
$175 per hour and that her assistant's time was billed at $90 
per hour, but no written fee agreement was executed.  Attorney 
Brown did not deposit C.T.'s advanced fee into her trust 
account, but rather into her business bank account thereby 
commingling C.T.'s funds with her own funds.  On August 5, 2008, 
following the $2,500 deposit, the balance in Attorney Brown's 
business account was $3,476.85.  Attorney Brown entered an 
appearance in the case on August 14, 2008.  On August 25, 2008, 
Attorney Brown attended a hearing in the C.T. matter.  
¶25 By September 3, 2008, the closing business account had 
a negative balance of -$725.85, thereby exhausting all of C.T.'s 
funds in Attorney Brown's business account.  On November 25, 
2008, Attorney Brown sent C.T. a billing statement reflecting 
that Attorney Brown had earned $1,214.99 of the $2,500 fee.  On 
December 1, 2008, C.T. sent Attorney Brown an e-mail pointing 
out an error on the bill and requesting a refund of the 
                                                                                                                                                             
10 SCR 20:8.4(h) states it is professional misconduct for a 
lawyer to "fail to cooperate in the investigation of a grievance 
filed with the office of lawyer regulation as required by 
SCR 21.15(4), SCR 22.001(9)(b), SCR 22.03(2), SCR 22.03(6), or 
SCR 22.04(1); . . . ." 
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$1,285.12 unearned fee.  Attorney Brown responded to C.T. 
stating, "I will refund the correct amount to your credit card. 
It generally takes about 3 business days."  Attorney Brown then 
failed to refund C.T.'s fee.  
¶26 C.T. called Attorney Brown to discuss the matter.  On 
December 24, 2008, after C.T. informed Attorney Brown he was 
going to file a grievance with the Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
Attorney Brown went to C.T.'s bank and deposited $1,285.12 in 
cash into C.T.'s bank account. 
¶27 The referee concluded, and we agree, that Attorney 
Brown committed misconduct in her handling of the C.T. matter as 
follows:  (1) by failing to enter into a written fee agreement 
with C.T., from whom she had accepted a $2,500 advanced fee, 
Attorney Brown violated SCR 20:1.5(b)(1);11 and (2) by failing to 
hold C.T.'s advanced fee payment in trust until earned, Attorney 
Brown violated SCR 20:1.15(b)(4). 
                                                 
11 SCR 20:1.5(b)(1) states: 
 
The scope of the representation and the basis or 
rate of the fee and expenses for which the client will 
be responsible shall be communicated to the client in 
writing, except before or within a reasonable time 
after commencing the representation when the lawyer 
will charge a regularly represented client on the same 
basis or rate as in the past.  If it is reasonably 
foreseeable that the total cost of representation to 
the client, including attorney's fees, will be $1000 
or less, the communication may be oral or in writing. 
Any changes in the basis or rate of the fee or 
expenses shall also be communicated in writing to the 
client. 
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¶28 The 
remaining 
allegations 
in 
the 
OLR's 
amended 
complaint involve Attorney Brown's representation of A.M.  In 
January 2010 A.M. hired Attorney Brown to represent A.M. in her 
divorce.  A.M. paid Attorney Brown an advanced fee of $2,580 
using her mother's credit card.  No written fee agreement was 
executed.  Attorney Brown did not deposit the advanced fee into 
her trust account.  On January 19, 2010, Attorney Brown 
deposited the $2,580 advanced fee into her business account.  As 
of February 1, 2010, Attorney Brown's business account was 
overdrawn by $1,484.50.  Therefore, as of that date, Attorney 
Brown no longer had any of A.M.'s advanced fee on deposit in 
Attorney Brown's business account.  
¶29 In February 2010 A.M. decided to hire a new attorney 
because of her concerns regarding communication with Attorney 
Brown and because Attorney Brown had informed A.M. she was 
having some health problems.  On February 26, 2010, Attorney 
Brown sent A.M. a bill showing that Attorney Brown had earned 
$1,377.07 of the fee, along with a stipulation and order for 
substitution of attorney for successor counsel.  Attorney Brown 
informed A.M. she would refund $1,202.93, but Attorney Brown did 
not do so until July 27, 2010.  
¶30 Subsequently, Attorney Brown failed to respond to 
several requests for information from the OLR regarding this 
matter.  Accordingly, at the OLR's request, this court issued an 
order to show cause why Attorney Brown's license to practice law 
should not be suspended for willful failure to cooperate in an 
OLR investigation concerning her conduct.  On November 2, 2010, 
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Attorney Brown sent the OLR a letter with responses to the OLR's 
13 inquiries, but failed to provide responses to the OLR's 
document requests.  Attorney Brown sent a letter the same day 
advising this court that she had provided the information the 
OLR had requested, despite the fact that she had not sent the 
supporting documents the OLR had repeatedly requested.  The OLR 
finally 
received 
the 
documents 
from 
Attorney 
Brown 
on 
November 15, 2010.  Accordingly, the OLR requested and this 
court granted the OLR's request to withdraw the motion seeking 
temporary suspension of Attorney Brown's license.  
¶31 The referee concluded, and we agree, that (1) by 
failing to hold in trust the $2,580 advanced fee paid by A.M., 
and instead depositing such funds to her business bank account, 
Attorney Brown violated SCRs 20:1.15(b)(1) and 20:1.15(b)(4); 
and (2) by failing to respond timely to the OLR's multiple 
written 
requests 
for 
information 
regarding 
the 
A.M. 
investigation, 
Attorney 
Brown 
violated 
SCRs 
22.03(2) 
and 
22.03(6), enforced via SCR 20:8.4(h). 
¶32 With respect to appropriate discipline, Attorney Brown 
included a statement with her stipulation explaining that during 
the relevant time period, she had experienced a number of 
medical conditions that presented challenges to her in managing 
her law practice stemming from complications of surgery and 
other medical conditions that caused, inter alia, chronic pain 
and decreased stamina.  Attorney Brown explains that her medical 
conditions made it extremely difficult to manage her day-to-day 
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affairs.  The OLR does not seek restitution or costs in this 
case. 
¶33 After fully reviewing the matter we conclude that the 
two-year 
suspension, 
as 
the 
parties 
stipulated 
and 
as 
recommended by the referee, is appropriate discipline in this 
matter.  We note that this suspension will require Attorney 
Brown 
to 
undergo 
the 
formal 
reinstatement 
procedure 
in 
SCRs 22.29-22.33, in which she will be required to demonstrate, 
among other things, that she has a proper understanding of and 
attitude toward the standards that are imposed upon members of 
the bar in this state and that she will act in conformity with 
those standards.  See SCR 22.29(4)(f).  Consistent with the 
OLR's recommendation, no costs will be imposed.  Therefore, 
¶34 IT IS ORDERED that the license of Anne E. Brown to 
practice law in Wisconsin is suspended for a period of two 
years, effective the date of this order. 
¶35 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Anne E. Brown shall comply 
with the provisions of SCR 22.26 concerning the duties of an 
attorney whose license to practice law has been suspended. 
 
 
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