Office of Lawyer Regulation v. John F. Scanlan, 2008 WI 116

Summary

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin granted John F. Scanlan's petition for reinstatement of his Wisconsin law license following a six-month suspension. Reinstatement was conditioned on submission of a treating mental-health professional's supplemental report, quarterly monitoring of trust-account practices and medications for one year, and payment of proceeding costs.

Holdings

1. Scanlan established by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence that he satisfied all criteria necessary for reinstatement of his Wisconsin law license, including the required moral character, fitness, compliance with the suspension order, and compliance with SCR 22.26.
2. Reinstatement was properly conditioned on submission of a supplemental treating psychiatrist's or psychologist's report, quarterly monitoring of Scanlan's trust-account practices and medications for one year, and payment of the proceeding's costs.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Scanlan established by clear, satisfactory, and convincing evidence that he satisfied the statutory and rule-based criteria for reinstatement of his Wisconsin law license.
2. Whether reinstatement should be conditioned on a supplemental report from a treating psychiatrist or psychologist, quarterly monitoring of trust-account practices and medications, and payment of the proceeding's costs.

Disposition

other