Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Guenther

¶ 1. We review the report and recommendation of the referee, Reserve Judge John B. Murphy. Based on a stipulation between the parties, the referee found that Attorney Arik Guenther had committed three violations of the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. As discipline for those violations, the referee recommended that Attorney Guenther's license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for a period of nine months, that he be required, as a condition of any reinstatement of his license, to pay restitution to a former client in the amount of $3,227.27, and that he pay…