Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Webber Hicks

Summary

The Wisconsin Supreme Court imposed a public reprimand on Attorney Lisa A. Webber Hicks as reciprocal discipline for a public censure imposed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee. The court also noted that her Wisconsin law license remained suspended for administrative and prior disciplinary reasons. Hicks did not respond to the Office of Lawyer Regulation's complaint or the order to show cause, and the court found no basis to depart from identical reciprocal discipline under SCR 22.22.

Holdings

1. The Wisconsin Supreme Court must impose discipline identical to that imposed by another jurisdiction unless one of the exceptions in SCR 22.22(3) applies; because Hicks did not assert or establish any exception, reciprocal discipline was warranted.
2. Failure to notify the Office of Lawyer Regulation within 20 days of the effective date of discipline imposed by another jurisdiction constitutes misconduct under SCR 22.22(1).

Questions Presented

1. Whether Wisconsin should impose reciprocal discipline identical to the public censure imposed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee.
2. Whether any SCR 22.22(3) exception made identical reciprocal discipline unwarranted.

Disposition

other