Disciplinary Proceedings Against Pancratz

2005 WI 135, 702 N.W.2d 834, 285 Wis. 2d 624, 2005 Wisc. LEXIS 574

• Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Decided: August 29, 2005
• Docket: 2005AP1469-D
• Status: Published

Opinion

The Court entered the following order on this date:

On June 2, 2005, the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) filed a disciplinary complaint against Attorney James E. Pancratz asking this court to impose reciprocal discipline identical to that imposed on Attorney Pancratz by the Illinois Supreme Court. OLR and Attorney Pancratz subsequently executed a stipulation pursuant to SCR 22.12 pursuant to which Attorney Pancratz would receive identical discipline to that imposed in the Illinois disciplinary proceeding, namely a three-month suspension of his license to practice law, imposed retroactively.

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 OLR nor Attorney Pancratz contend, nor does this court find, that any of these three exceptions exist.

Accordingly, we accept the stipulation.

IT IS ORDERED that the license of James E. Pancratz to practice law in the State of Wisconsin be suspended for three months, retroactively, effective October 18, 2004;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Attorney Pan-cratz shall comply, if he has not already done so, with the requirements of SCR 22.26 pertaining to activities following suspension.