In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Eric Leighton Crandall

Summary

The Wisconsin Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline on Attorney Eric Leighton Crandall following his indefinite suspension by the Minnesota Supreme Court for professional misconduct. The court suspended Crandall’s Wisconsin law license for three months under Wisconsin’s reciprocal-discipline rule and required compliance with SCR 22.26.

Holdings

1. The Wisconsin Supreme Court imposed reciprocal discipline matching the operative length of the Minnesota discipline by suspending Crandall's Wisconsin law license for three months.
2. None of the three exceptions in SCR 22.22(3) applied because the Minnesota proceeding afforded due process, the misconduct findings were supported sufficiently for acceptance as final, and the misconduct did not justify substantially different discipline in Wisconsin.

Questions Presented

1. Whether reciprocal discipline should be imposed under SCR 22.22 after the Minnesota Supreme Court suspended Crandall for professional misconduct.
2. Whether any SCR 22.22(3) exception barred Wisconsin from imposing reciprocal discipline.
3. Whether a three-month suspension was substantially different from the discipline that Wisconsin would impose for comparable misconduct.

Disposition

other