In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Carroll

¶ 1. The Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (the Board) 1 has appealed from the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and disciplinary recommendation of a referee that the license to practice law in Wisconsin of Attorney John Miller Carroll be suspended for six months.

¶ 2. The referee's findings and conclusions addressed ten separate counts of professional misconduct set forth in the Board's complaint in this proceeding. One count was dismissed on stipulation of the parties and the referee found that misconduct had occurred with respect to seven of the remaining nine counts,…