Legal Opinion

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Michael B. Padden

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 2025No. 2024AP002110-DPublished

1Opinion of the Court

2025 WI 47

IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MICHAEL B. PADDEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW OFFICE OF LAWYER REGULATION, Complainant, v. MICHAEL B. PADDEN, Respondent. No. 2024AP2110-D Decided November 12, 2025 ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING ¶1 PER CURIAM. In this reciprocal discipline matter, we consider what sanction we should impose on Attorney Michael B. Padden as discipline reciprocal to the disbarment ordered by the Minnesota Supreme Court in August 2024. For the reasons discussed below, we determine that revocation of Attorney Padden’s Wisconsin law license is appropriate…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Attorney Grievance Commission v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006
  2. Matter of Reinstatement of WegnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
  3. Disciplinary Proceedings Against MoreeWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  4. In Re Reinstatement of TrygstadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
  5. In Re Reinstatement to the Practice of Law of AnderleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005

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