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ATTORNEY disciplinary
proceeding. Attorney's license
suspended.
¶1 PER CURIAM. This is a reciprocal
discipline matter. On February 11, 2014,
the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) filed
a complaint and motion pursuant to Supreme
Court Rule (SCR) 22.22 requesting that this
court suspend the license of Attorney
Rebekah Mariya Nett for a period of one year
as reciprocal discipline identical to that
imposed by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
¶2 Attorney Nett was admitted to
practice law in Wisconsin in 2002. She is
also admitted to practice law in Minnesota.
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¶3 The OLR's complaint noted that on
November 27, 2013, the Minnesota Supreme
Court indefinitely suspended Attorney Nett's
Minnesota law license with no right to
petition for reinstatement for a minimum of
nine months for engaging in a pattern of bad
faith litigation, including making false and
harassing statements toward judges and
others involved in litigation against her
clients. The Minnesota Supreme Court found
that these actions violated Rules 3.1, 4.4
(a), 8.2(a), and 8.4(d) of the Minnesota
Rules of Professional Conduct.
¶4 On March 19, 2014, this court issued
an order directing Attorney Nett to show
cause why the imposition of discipline
identical to that imposed by the Minnesota
Supreme Court would be unwarranted.
Although Attorney Nett failed to file a
timely response to the order to show cause,
on May 6, 2014, she sent a letter to the OLR
stating that she did not contest the OLR's
complaint.
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¶5 Under SCR 22.22(3), in reciprocal
discipline matters, this court shall impose
the identical discipline unless one of the
enumerated exceptions is shown. There is no
indication that any of those exceptions
apply in this case.
¶6 IT IS ORDERED that the license of
Rebekah Mariya Nett to practice law in
Wisconsin is suspended for a period of one
year, effective the date of this order.
¶7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Rebekah
Mariya Nett shall comply with the
requirements of SCR 22.26 pertaining to the
duties of a person whose license to practice
law in Wisconsin is suspended.
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