In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Gibson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Per curiam
¶ 1. We review the referee's recommendation that the license of John W. Gibson to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for 60 days as discipline for professional misconduct. That miscon duct consisted of continuing to practice law while suspended from membership in the State Bar, misrepresenting to an opposing party in litigation that his client had filed for bankruptcy, having clients sign blank bankruptcy petitions and forms, delegating to nonlawyer staff the decision whether and when to file bankruptcy petitions on behalf of clients and failing to supervise that staff properly, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against GibsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1985
3Cited by1 opinion
- In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against GibsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1999