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The Respondent, Attorney James G.
Moldenhauer (“Moldenhauer”), age 62, was
admitted to the practice of law in Wisconsin
on December 23, 1982, and practices in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin.
On or about November 6, 2009, a
client hired Moldenhauer to represent her in
a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. On November 20,
2009, Moldenhauer filed the client’s
Voluntary Petition for a Chapter 7
bankruptcy.
In a March 30, 2010 Discharge of Debtor
Order, the bankruptcy judge granted a
discharge to the client. At the time of the
filing of her Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the
client had judgments against her in three
cases. The three judgments against the
client were discharged in the Chapter 7
bankruptcy.
Subsequent to the March 30, 2010 Discharge
of Debtor Order, the client paid Moldenhauer
a total fee of $115 (in addition to the fee
paid for the bankruptcy) to file a
satisfaction of judgment in each of the
three cases.
In a January 2018 telephone conversation,
nearly eight years after the Chapter 7
discharge, the client notified Moldenhauer
that a satisfaction of judgment had not been
filed in the three cases. Moldenhauer
apologized to the client and told her that
he would file the satisfactions of judgment
and send her copies.
Over the next several months, Moldenhauer
did not respond to the client’s telephone
calls requesting information and did not
keep her informed regarding any progress he
had made toward filing a satisfaction of
judgment in each of the three cases.
Ultimately, in July 2018, Moldenhauer filed
the satisfaction of judgment in each of the
three cases and sent a letter to the client
informing her of the filings and providing
her with a copy of the documents.
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