Disciplinary Proceedings Against Gilbert

¶ 1. We review the referee's recommendation, which was made following a stipulation entered into between the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney William J. Gilbert, that Attorney Gilbert's license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for six months for professional misconduct. The misconduct at issue consisted of entering into an unfair and unreasonable business transaction with a client, without affording the client the opportunity to seek the advice of independent counsel and without obtaining the client's written consent to the transaction; engaging in conduct involving…