Wisconsin high court suspends lawyer for fraudulent bills
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer for 60 days for submitting false bills to the state.
The court says Stephen Compton of Delavan committed professional misconduct when he billed the Office of the State Public Defender for 120 hours of work that was done by a paralegal.
Compton falsely certified that he had done the work himself.
To settle the matter, he acknowledged the billing errors, was removed from the agency's list of lawyers and surrendered $4,800 in outstanding bills.
Compton told the court he plans to quit practicing law. He was reprimanded in 2002 for falsely recording time he worked on a contingency fee case.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Jan 16, 2008 at 6:25 p.m.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones but, call me names and I might be able to hire a lawyer to sue you, If your pockets are deep enough to interest him. After all 1/3 of nothing is still nothing.
Jan 16, 2008 at 4:14 p.m.
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Can you name any other profession that punishes its own members by kicking them out when they do wrong? Teachers? Nope? Doctors? Ha!
Be a smartaleck if you wish, lawyers will defend your right to be a fool.
Jan 16, 2008 at 1:42 p.m.
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Some would argue that all lawyer bills are fraudulent, but how can you argue with a profession who's members can't agree on what the meaning of the word is is.
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