35 days?
On October 5th the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a piece talking about the backlog of cases in the Office of Lawyer Regulation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"The average agency investigation of a Wisconsin lawyer takes about 400 days, and it is not unusual for cases to drag on for several years."
They also noted in the piece about cases that have been later brought by the OLR after initially deciding not to take action
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Justice David Prosser noted in a June opinion that the agency took 13 months to complete an investigation of former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz.
The Kratz investigation was launched after the agency initially decided to take no action against him, despite allegations that Kratz tried to start a sexual relationship with a 25-year-old victim in a domestic violence case he was prosecuting. Following a storm of criticism, the case was revived, and the court suspended Kratz's license for four months.
So here we have the OLR dismissing after only 35 days? Sounds a little fishy to me. Doesn't sound like they did any real investigating to come to that conclusion.
On top of it, Right Wisconsin is reporting that the Investigator who signed off to dismiss the complaint signed the petition to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker.
Right Wisconsin
The Intake Investigator listed on the letter from OLR is Cathe Hahn, who appears to have signed the Scott Walker recall petition in November of 2011. Why didn't OLR take the initiative to screen off a known partisan in a case involving a Democrat running for statewide office?
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