Disciplinary Proceedings Against Winch

¶ 1. We review a stipulation executed by Attorney James T. Winch and the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) pursuant to SCR 22.12. In the stipulation, Attorney Winch admits that he committed 11 counts of professional misconduct. The parties jointly request that the court impose a three-year suspension of Attorney Winch's license to practice law in this state as discipline for his misconduct and require Attorney Winch to pay restitution to an estate that Attorney Winch was retained to handle.

¶ 2. After independently reviewing the matter, we accept the stipulation and adopt the stipulated facts…