Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Thomas O. Mulligan

¶ 58. (concurring). OLR sought a two-year suspension. The referee recommended an 18-month suspension. After a contested proceeding, the court imposes a nine-month suspension for repeated significant violations of trust accounting rules (not merely "technical" violations).

¶ 59. This is Attorney Mulligan's fourth brush with OLR. In 1997, Attorney Mulligan received a private reprimand. In 2005, he received a private reprimand. In 2009, he received a public reprimand.

¶ 60. Attorney James T. Runyon also violated substantive trust accounting rules. OLR v Runyon, 2015 WI 95, 365 Wis. 2d 32, 870…