In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Kostich

A ttorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney publicly reprimanded.

The referee in this disciplinary proceeding recommended that Attorney Nikola P. Kostich be publicly reprimanded for having willfully and knowingly failed to file a federal individual income tax return. The referee also recommended that Attorney Kostich be ordered to pay the costs of this proceeding. We agree that a public reprimand is appropriate discipline for Attorney Kostich's misconduct.

Attorney Kostich was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin in 1970 and practices in Milwaukee. He has not previously been the subject of a…