Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Philip A. Shepherd

¶ 41.

I disagree with the court's accepting the voluntary resignation from the practice of law. See my dissent in the order dated May 15, 2017, in OLR v. Horsch, No. 2015AP1928-D, addressing the issue of a voluntary resignation during an ongoing OLR proceeding.

*144¶ 42. Our case law is clear: The court does not grant an attorney's petition to voluntarily resign from the practice of law when a disciplinary action is pending to avoid the imposition of discipline for unprofessional conduct. See, e.g., In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Ewald-Herrick, 2014 WI 40, ¶ 19, 354 Wis. 2d 672, 847 N.W.2d…