Supreme Court appoints Stevens Point attorney to Lawyer Regulation Board

Madison, Wisconsin - December 11, 2001

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed a Stevens Point attorney to the Board of Administrative Oversight (BAO), which is part of the lawyer regulation system that the Court created in October 2000.

The new appointee is Attorney Scott Roberts, a former Portage County assistant district attorney who is now in private practice as a sole practitioner in Stevens Point. Roberts has also been a prosecutor Rock and Rusk counties, and a public defender in Rock and Milwaukee counties. He has participated in more than 250 jury trials in his career, including 10 first degree murder cases. Roberts is an expert on Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Roberts replaces Janesville Attorney John W. Holzhuter, who resigned from the BAO.

The BAO monitors the fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the attorney regulation system and will propose substantive and procedural rules related to the system for consideration by the Court. The BAO also will assess the perceptions of the public and attorneys of the integrity of the lawyer regulation system, and will inform and educate the public and the bar about the operation of the system.

The BAO and the Preliminary Review Committee (PRC) have split the responsibilities of the former Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (BAPR). The PRC reviews the results of investigations of attorney misconduct or medical incapacity to determine whether there is cause to proceed in the matters.

Both the BAO and the PRC are composed of 12 people, including eight lawyers and four non-lawyers. Members serve staggered three-year terms with a limit of two consecutive terms.

For more information contact:
Amanda Todd
Court Information Officer
(608) 264-6256

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