Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Toran (In Re Toran)

¶1 Attorney James Toran appeals a report filed by Referee John A. Fiorenza concluding that Attorney Toran committed three counts of professional misconduct and recommending that Attorney Toran should be ordered to pay restitution and that his license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for one year. Attorney Toran entered into a stipulation whereby he admitted to the alleged misconduct and agrees to pay restitution. He argues that a lesser sanction is warranted.

¶2 We adopt the referee's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation regarding restitution, but we conclude that…