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IN MATTER OF ESTATE OF KONOPKA

No. 92-2317.

175 Wis.2d 100 (1993)

498 N.W.2d 853

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Francis KONOPKA, deceased: LONTKOWSKI LAW OFFICE, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Francis KONOPKA, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Edward C. Longkowski of Green Bay.

For respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Kenneth F. Rottier of Lubinski, Rottier, Reed & Klass, S.C. of Seymour.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

LaROCQUE, J.

Stanley Lontkowski appeals an order reducing his $23,533 attorney fee, computed as 4% of the gross inventory of an estate, to $7,500. The trial court found Lontkowski's fee to be unreasonable and contrary to law. The trial court made detailed findings to support its conclusion that the estate was relatively simple to administer, and Lontkowski does not challenge those findings. Lontkowski ignores sec. 851.40(2)(e), Stats., in his appellate brief. He states...

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