Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility v. Baehr

¶ 1. We review the recommendation of the referee that the license of Thomas Baehr to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for 90 days as discipline for professional misconduct. Attorney Baehr failed to take any action on behalf of an incarcerated client he was appointed by the State Public Defender to represent on appeal and on a claim of ineffective assistance of his previous counsel, did not communicate in any way with that client, and failed to respond to numerous requests for information from the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Board) and the district professional…