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.  06-05

 

 

In the matter of the Petition For Adoption

Of a Procedure to Suspend or Deny the

License to Practice Law of a Person Certified

As Delinquent in Payment of Wisconsin State

Taxes

 

FILED

 

AUG 1, 2006

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

 

 

 

 

 


On July 18, 2006, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue filed a petition proposing the amendment or creation of Supreme Court Rules by which the Court would suspend an attorney’s license to practice law or refuse to grant bar admission to an applicant if the attorney or applicant is certified to be liable for delinquent taxes, as provided by statute.

IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on October 24, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's conference in the matter shall be held promptly following the public hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by publication of a copy of this order and of the petition in the official state newspaper once and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

 

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 1st day of August, 2006.

 

BY THE COURT:

 

 

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court