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ATTORNEY disciplinary
proceeding. Attorney's license
suspended.
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¶1 PER CURIAM. This is a reciprocal
discipline matter. On August 1, 2008, the
Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) filed a
complaint and motion pursuant to SCR 22.22
requesting that this court suspend the
license of Attorney Michelle L. Tully for
three years as reciprocal discipline
identical to that imposed by the Illinois
Supreme Court.
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¶2 Attorney Tully was admitted to
practice law in Wisconsin in 1993, and was
previously admitted to practice law in
Illinois in 1992. Effective August 2005,
this court suspended Attorney Tully's law
license for two years for multiple counts of
misconduct. See In re Disciplinary
Proceedings Against Tully, 2005 WI 100,
283 Wis. 2d 124, 699 N.W.2d 882. The
misconduct in that action included failing
to act with reasonable diligence and
promptness in representing a client,
continuing to practice law while suspended,
and trust account violations. Attorney
Tully's Wisconsin license remains suspended.-
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¶3 The OLR's complaint noted that on
September 20, 2006, the Illinois Supreme
Court ordered Attorney Tully to be disbarred
on consent for a minimum of three years.
The Illinois misconduct involved conversion
of client funds. The OLR's complaint noted
that Attorney Tully failed to notify the OLR
of the Illinois disciplinary action within
20 days of the effective date of that order,
in violation of SCR 22.22(1). The OLR first
learned of Attorney Tully's Illinois
disciplinary ruling during February of 2008
through the ABA Center for Professional
Responsibility.
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¶4 This court issued an order directing
Attorney Tully to show cause why the
imposition of the identical discipline
imposed by the Illinois Supreme Court would
be unwarranted. Attorney Tully failed to
respond to the order to show cause.
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¶5 Under SCR 22.22(3), in reciprocal
discipline matters, this court shall impose
the identical discipline unless three
exceptions are shown. There is no
indication that any of the exceptions apply
in this case.
¶6 IT IS ORDERED that the license of
Michelle L. Tully to practice law in
Wisconsin is suspended for three years,
effective the date of this order.
¶7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Michelle
L. Tully shall comply, if she has not
already done so, with the requirements of
SCR 22.26 pertaining to the duties of a
person whose license to practice law in
Wisconsin has been suspended.
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