Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Rinzel

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney’s license suspended.

On January 6, 1981, the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility filed a complaint alleging four counts of unprofessional conduct against Jerome L. Rin-zel, an attorney licensed to practice law since 1958 and who practices in Milwaukee county. It was alleged that the respondent handled a personal injury matter incompetently, neglected it and improperly delayed the prosecution on a legal malpractice claim against him by his clients by asserting improper defenses and third-party complaints against their successor counsel, all…