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Attorney Thomas Warmington of Brookfield, WI; ethical leprechaun  The state of Wisconsin presented Thomas E. Warmington with a law license in 1977 after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
The Office of Lawyer Registration (OLR) found Thomas guilty of the following misconduct.
In one matter, Tom was hired to represent a woman on a claim for damages. Tom reached a $15,000 settlement on the client’s behalf, which was paid by an initial payment of $10,100. Tom received two checks totaling $10,100 and illegally signed his client’s name to those checks and deposited them into the client’s trust account. However, he then wrote numerous checks from the client’s trust account to himself and/or his law firm.
Shortly thereafter, only $8.24 remained in the client’s account to cover the $5 416 the client was lawfully entitled too. It wasn’t until after the client contact the State Bar that Tom actually paid the $5,416 he owed to her.
In another matter, Tom was hired to represent a woman in a divorce. The client was to receive $18,000 from the refinancing of the couple’s home. Tommy received a check for $17,990 payable to him and the client. Tom then illegally signed the client’s name to the check (forgery) and deposited into his client trust account. Tommy subsequently wrote numerous checks from the client’s account payable to himself or his law firm. Six days after Tommy deposited the client’s check, the balance was insufficient to pay the client the $11,750 she was lawfully entitled too.
As a consequence of her misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme
Court punished Thomas by gifting him with a complimentary 180-day suspension of him law license. As we speak (ca. September 2012) Thomas practices in the Brookfield, Wisconsin area.
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