In Re the Admission of Townsend

Review of Board of Attorneys Professional Competence determination; matter remanded to Board for further consideration.

We review, pursuant to our original jurisdiction in bar admission matters, the determination of the Board of Attorneys Professional Competence (Board) that the applicant, Ms. Marilyn Townsend, does not qualify for admission to practice law in Wisconsin on proof of practice elsewhere under the court’s bar admission rules, SCR Chapter 40. The Board determined that Ms. Townsend’s legal work did not constitute “the active practice of law,” as that term is used in SCR 40.05(1)…