Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Hammis (In Re Disciplinary Proceedings Against James Edward Hammis)

¶1 Attorney James Edward Hammis has appealed a report filed by Referee Lisa C. Goldman accepting concessions Attorney Hammis made in a stipulation with the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) that he committed 40 counts of professional misconduct and recommending that his license to practice to law in Wisconsin be revoked. In his appeal, Attorney Hammis primarily challenges the sanction recommendation and asserts that an appropriate sanction would be a suspension of his license to practice law in the range of one year.

¶2 Upon careful review of this matter, we uphold all of the referee's…