IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST KALAL

No. 00-1070-D.

252 Wis.2d 261 (2002)

2002 WI 45

643 N.W.2d 466

IN the MATTER OF DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST Ralph A. KALAL, Attorney at Law: BOARD OF ATTORNEYS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, Complainant-Respondent, v. Ralph A. KALAL, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant there were briefs by Steven M. Glynn and Glynn, Fitzgerald & Albee, S.C., Milwaukee, and Ralph A. Kalal and Kalal & Associates, Madison.

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


¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

This attorney disciplinary matter involves an attorney's misrepresentation of fact during oral argument to this court, in violation of SCR 20:3.3,1 which imposes upon attorneys the obligation of candor toward the tribunal. We emphasize at the outset that an attorney's duty of candor toward the tribunal is central to the truth-seeking function of any court, including, obviously, this one. Oral argument is not an opportunity...

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