Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Steven W. Van Liew
Citation: 2006 WI 110
Docket Number: 2006AP001252-D
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: July 25, 2006

2006 WI 110 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2006AP1252-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against Steven W. Van Liew , Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Steven W. Van Liew, 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST VAN LIEW 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
July 25, 2006   
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2006 WI 110
 
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.  2006AP1252-D  
 
 
In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings  
Against Steven W. Van Liew , Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Steven W. Van Liew, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
JUL 25, 2006 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
On May 23, 2006, the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) 
filed a disciplinary complaint against Attorney Steven W. Van 
Liew asking this court to impose reciprocal discipline identical 
to that imposed on Attorney Van Liew by the Minnesota Supreme 
Court.  That court suspended Attorney Van Liew's Minnesota law 
license for 90 days, effective March 31, 2006.  On May 24, 2006, 
this court issued an order to show cause directing Attorney Van 
Liew to show cause in writing by June 13, 2006 why the 
imposition of the identical discipline imposed by the Minnesota 
Supreme Court would be unwarranted.  Attorney Van Liew filed a 
response noting he does not intend to defend himself and would 
enter a no-contest plea.  
 
Attorney Van Liew was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin 
in 1994 and he became licensed to practice law in Minnesota in 
1997.   
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The 90-day suspension in Minnesota was imposed for making 
false statements to a tribunal and failure to file an opposition 
to a motion on behalf of a client. 
 
SCR 22.22(3) provides that this court shall impose the 
identical discipline or license suspension unless the procedure 
in the 
other 
jurisdiction 
was so 
lacking 
in 
notice or 
opportunity to be heard as to constitute a due process 
violation; there was such an infirmity of proof establishing the 
misconduct that this court should not accept as final the 
misconduct finding; or the misconduct justifies substantially 
different discipline here.  Neither the OLR nor Attorney Van 
Liew contend, nor does this court find, that any of these three 
exceptions exist.  
 
Accordingly, 
 
IT IS ORDERED that the license of Steven W. Van Liew to 
practice law in the State of Wisconsin be suspended for 90 days, 
effective July 25,  2006; 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Attorney Van Liew shall comply, 
if he has not already done so, with the requirements of SCR 
22.26 pertaining to activities following suspension. 
 
 
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