Title: Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Daniel Ensley
Citation: 2005 WI 156
Docket Number: 2005AP002109-D
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: November 11, 2005

2005 WI 156 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2005AP2109-D 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
In The Matter of Medical Incapacity Proceedings 
Against Daniel Ensley, Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
          Complainant, 
     v. 
Daniel Ensley, 
          Respondent. 
 
 
 
 
MEDICAL INCAPACITY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ENSLEY 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
November 11, 2005   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
        
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
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COUNTY: 
        
 
JUDGE: 
        
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
        
 
NOT PARTICIPATING:         
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
      
 
 
2005 WI 156
 
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.  2005AP2109-D  
 
 
In The Matter of Medical Incapacity Proceedings 
Against Daniel Ensley, Attorney at Law: 
 
 
Office of Lawyer Regulation, 
 
          Complainant, 
 
     v. 
 
Daniel Ensley, 
 
          Respondent. 
 
FILED 
 
NOV 11, 2005 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Court entered the following order on this date: 
 
The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Daniel 
Ensley entered into a comprehensive stipulation, pursuant to SCR 
22.34(1), requesting that this court issue an order indefinitely 
suspending Attorney Ensley’s license to practice law, without an 
assessment of costs, due to medical incapacity.   
 
Attorney Ensley was admitted to practice law in 1978.  On 
April 15, 2004, Attorney Ensley’s status with the State Bar 
changed from active to inactive and, on November 1, 2004, 
Attorney Ensley’s Wisconsin law license was administratively 
suspended for failure to pay mandatory dues and remains 
suspended.     
 
Pursuant to the stipulation, Attorney Ensley submitted 
evidence of his medical incapacity, described by the Department 
of Veteran’s Affairs to be 100% disabling, which he acknowledges 
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substantially prevents him from performing his duties to 
acceptable professional standards.  Attorney Ensley stipulated 
that he failed to abide by Supreme Court rules in a number of 
matters and, due to his medical incapacity, was unable to 
conform his conduct to law.  The stipulation provides that other 
attorneys acting on Attorney Ensley’s behalf have corrected his 
errors and omissions, and all monies allegedly due clients and 
courts have been paid.  The stipulation further states that 
Attorney Ensley, represented by counsel, entered into it freely, 
voluntarily and knowingly. 
 
IT IS ORDERED that this court accept the stipulation of the 
parties and, effective the date of this order and until further 
order of the court, Attorney Daniel Ensley’s license to practice 
law 
in 
Wisconsin 
is 
indefinitely 
suspended, 
without 
the 
imposition of costs. 
 
 
 
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