Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Jevon Jones Jaconi
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 2003AP002039-D
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: November 18, 2016

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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2016 WI 94
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
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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