Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Ermert

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney's license suspended.

We review the recommendation of the referee that the license of Attorney James J. Ermert to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for 60 days as discipline for professional misconduct. That misconduct consisted of failing to file an action for which he had been retained to do and misrepresenting to that client that the action had been filed and that hearing dates had been obtained. We determine that the seriousness of the misconduct, in light of discipline imposed on Attorney Ermert on three prior occasions, warrants, the…