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Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 4:06:58 GMT -6
A Milwaukee-area lawyer has been banned from practicing law for two years after regulators determined he took nearly $460,000 from his employer and used some of that money to support a business inspired by his then 9-year-old son. The state Supreme Court on Friday suspended Matthew MacLean's law license after the Hartland attorney pleaded no contest to the ethics violations for scamming Red Granite Advisors LLC, a money management firm that has since been sold. The scheme ran from 2006 to 2013, according to the 2015 complaint filed last year by the Office of Lawyer Regulation. MacLean, who was Red Granite's general counsel and chief compliance officer, has repaid $458,000 and blamed his actions on bipolar disorder, which was diagnosed after his wrongdoing was discovered. He said he is on medication and is participating in the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program. "It's great to feel better after 15 years," MacLean said Saturday. "It's horrible to look back and see what I did — it's humiliating." Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/attorney-who-took-458000-loses-license-for-2-years-b99738062z1-381874491.htmlI have to call bullshit on this attorney. Blaming bipolar disorder for his crimes is unfair to those who suffer from mental health issues who don't get involved with crimes of this magnitude.
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