The End Of A Monumental Struggle

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of an attorney with a record of prior discipline.

The court noted the referee’s evaluation of the attorney’s credibility

The referee vigorously rejected Attorney Grogan’s defenses to the OLR’s allegations.  The referee variously described Attorney Grogan’s defenses as “entirely incredible,” “riddled with inconsistency,” “baseless,” and “advanced without a shred of supporting documentary evidence . . . , and in the face of a mountain of contemporaneous written evidence to the contrary.”  The referee wrote that one of Attorney Grogan’s arguments during the six-day disciplinary hearing “literally destroyed any remaining credibility he possessed.”  The referee also commented that Attorney Grogan’s noncooperation with the disciplinary process rose “to a level never before seen by this referee.  [Attorney Grogan] has made engaging in basic communication with him a monumental struggle.  The jobs of OLR investigators, Court clerks, and even this referee were needlessly magnified by his avoidance behavior.”

As mentioned above, the referee ultimately recommended the revocation of Attorney Grogan’s law license.  The referee wrote that “[w]hile it is almost unfathomable to think that an attorney would risk censure over such trifling amounts as [Attorney Grogan] took in this case, it is the blatant nature of the violations, combined with a long pattern of unremorseful behavior, which tips the scale.”

The attorney has been suspended since 2011. (Mike Frisch)