Court Opinion

ID: 9818951
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 06:15:28.332079+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:20.954432
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SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
¶ 58. (concurring). OLR sought a two-year suspension. The referee recommended an 18-month suspension. After a contested proceeding, the court imposes a nine-month suspension for repeated significant violations of trust accounting rules (not merely "technical" violations).
¶ 59. This is Attorney Mulligan's fourth brush with OLR. In 1997, Attorney Mulligan received a private reprimand. In 2005, he received a private reprimand. In 2009, he received a public reprimand.
¶ 60. Attorney James T. Runyon also violated substantive trust accounting rules. OLR v Runyon, 2015 WI 95, 365 Wis. 2d 32, 870 N.W.2d 228. He has *70had two prior brushes with OLR. In 1988, his license was suspended for one year. In 2006, he received a private reprimand.
¶ 61. I have difficulty reconciling the significantly different levels of discipline imposed in these two trust accounting cases.