Attorney Patrick Cooper of Milwaukee; check bouncer, repeat offender
The state of Wisconsin presented Patrick Michael Cooper with a law license in 1993 after he graduated from Duquesne University Law School.
The Wisconsin found Patty guilty of the following misconduct.
Patty’s 1st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
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Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty and misrepresentation
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Issued at least 17 checks for $25,657 on insufficient funds count (rubber)
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Converted to his own use $4,425 belonging to a client (thief)
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Made misrepresentations (lied) to client
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Lied about status of client’s case
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Failed to hold client funds in client trust accounts
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Failed to advise clients of receipt of client funds
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Failed to deliver funds owing to clients to several individual clients
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Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Patty!)
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Failed to deliver client’s file to successor counsel for weeks
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Failed to keep client’s informed of status of legal matters
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Failed to respond to clients’ information requests
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Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Patty by gifting him with a complimentary 3-year suspension of his law license.
Patty’s 2nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
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Engaged in 42 separate instances of misconduct
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Failed to respond to repeated requests for medical records involving a workers’ compensation matter
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Never returned promised calls to client
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Lied to client he had received settlement offer
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Failed to keep client’s informed of status of legal matters
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Failed to respond to clients’ information requests
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Failed to provide client file to client upon request
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Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
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Failed to explain matters to client and to consult with client regarding means of pursuing objectives of representation
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Engaged in conduct involving fraud, deceit, dishonesty and misrepresentation
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Engaged in illegal practice of law while license suspended
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Failed to fully cooperate with ethics investigators (Up yours, said Patty!)
As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Patty by gifting him with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.
As we speak (ca. May 2018), Patty practices the Cooper Law Group SC at 250 East Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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