IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST EVANS

No. 99-1011-D.

239 Wis.2d 279 (2000)

2000 WI 124

618 N.W.2d 873

IN the MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST Reesa EVANS, Attorney at Law. BOARD OF ATTORNEYS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, Complainant-Respondent, v. Reesa EVANS, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant there were briefs by Hal Harlowe and Hal Harlowe and Associates, S.C., Madison.

For the complainant-respondent there was a brief by Robert G. Krohn and Roethe, Krohn, Pope, McCarthy & Haas, LLP, Edgerton.


¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

Attorney Reesa Evans appealed from a single finding of the referee, that she fabricated a letter to a client dated March 24, 1997. Attorney Evans also appealed from the referee's recommendation that her license to practice law be suspended for two years.

¶ 2. We determine that the referee's finding of fact that Attorney Evans fabricated the letter is supported by satisfactory and convincing evidence. We determine further that the...

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