In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Martinez
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Per curiam
¶ 1. We review the recommendation of the referee that the license of Mario M. Martinez to practice law in Wisconsin be revoked as discipline for professional misconduct. That misconduct consisted of his conversions to his own use of some $158,000 of funds held in trust for 27 different clients, failing to maintain appropriate trust account records and falsely certifying on his State Bar dues statements that he maintained those records, failing to deliver funds to third persons entitled to them, misstating material facts to a client and to a third person regarding the status of legal…
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