Attorney’s death or disappearance without

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules

Rule: SCR 12.01

Jurisdiction: WI

Bluebook Citation: Wis. SCR SCR 12.01

compliance with license suspension or revocation order. If an attorney whose license is suspended or revoked disappears or dies and has failed to comply with SCR 22.26 and no partner, personal representative or other responsible party capable of conducting the attorney's affairs is known to exist, a judge of a court of record in a county in which the attorney maintained an office shall appoint an attorney to enter the former offices of the attorney or other location as may be necessary for the sole purpose of protecting clients' rights, files and property and delivering the files and property to the clients or to their successor counsel. The appointed attorney may be compensated in an amount approved by the judge out of the assets of the attorney who has disappeared or died.

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