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The state office that oversees lawyer conduct is requesting the suspension of former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan's law license, following her conviction for obstructing federal immigration agents.
The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed the motion on July 21 with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which will decide the matter.
The move is routine after a Wisconsin lawyer is convicted of a "serious crime," said Stephen Kelly, spokesman for the office, which reports to the Supreme Court.
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The high court defines a serious crime as "a felony or any lesser crime which, in the opinion of the court, reflects adversely on the attorney's fitness to be licensed to practice law."
The order gives Dugan 20 days to respond. Dugan's legal team said a response will be filed.
No timeline has been set for when the state Supreme Court will decide whether to suspend Dugan, and if so for how long. Dugan, 67, has been a lawyer since 1987. She was elected as a judge in 2016.
The state Supreme Court suspended Dugan from the bench with pay after she was indicted. She resigned after the trial.
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A jury found Dugan guilty of obstructing a federal immigration proceeding, a felony, and not guilty of concealing a fugitive whom ICE agents were seeking to arrest, a misdemeanor. It was a first-of-its-kind trial.
At her sentencing in federal court on July 8, Dugan said, "I have been cast as both a scofflaw and a hero. I am neither. I am just a person who was trying to do my job."
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman fined Dugan $5,000 but gave her no prison time or probation.
Dugan faced a maximum of five years in prison. Federal sentencing guidelines, which are not mandatory, called for 15 to 20 months behind bars.
Adelman said Dugan was a good person who made bad decisions over a few minutes.
Dugan's team is appealing the conviction to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Hannah Dugan's law license may be suspended after conviction
