Supreme Court of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

No.   04-05

 

 

In the matter of the Petition of the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc. for a Rule Assessing Members of the State Bar of Wisconsin for an Annual Sum to Support Organizations that Provide Civil Legal Services to the Indigent of this State

 

AMENDED

 

FILED

 

OCT 5, 2004

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

 

 

 

 

 


On June 2, 2004, the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation, Inc. (WisTAF) filed a Petition proposing creation of a Rule to establish an annual assessment of each member of the State Bar of Wisconsin in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to augment the insufficient funds received from Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) for the support of civil legal services for persons who cannot afford a lawyer.

IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on January 12, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's conference in the matter shall be held promptly following the public hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by a single publication of a copy of this order and of the petition in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

 

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 5th day of October, 2004.

 

BY THE COURT:

 

 

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Cour