2010 WI 119
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Notice This order is subject to further editing and modification. The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports. |
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In the matter of the petition to amend Supreme Court Rules 12.02(6) and 12.03(7) concerning the Lawyers Assistance Corporation.
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FILED OCT 6, 2010 A. John Voelker Acting Clerk of Supreme Court |
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On June 29, 2010, the State Bar of
The court held a public hearing and administrative conference on October 4, 2010, on the petition.
IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order,
Supreme Court Rules 12.02(6)
and 12.03(7) are amended as follows:
SECTION 1. SCR 12.02 (6) of the Supreme Court
Rules is amended to read:
SCR 12.02 (6) The trustee attorney
appointed under sub.(1)(a) shall be an employee of the Lawyers Assistance
Corporation, a nonstock, nonprofit corporation created by the state bar of
Wisconsin. That corporation shall procure and maintain professional liability
insurance coverage through a Wisconsin-admitted legal malpractice insurance
carrier, which coverage shall insure all trustee attorneys acting under this
section. In addition, each trustee attorney shall have his or her own
professional liability coverage with a carrier admitted to do insurance
business in this state and whose coverage language clearly covers the work of
the trustee attorney acting under this section, which individual coverage
shall act as secondary coverage only.
SECTION 2. SCR 12.03 (7) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:
SCR 12.03 (7)
The trustee attorney appointed under sub. (1)(a) or (2)(a) shall be an
employee of the Lawyers Assistance Corporation, a nonstock, nonprofit
corporation created by the state bar of Wisconsin. That corporation shall
procure and maintain professional liability insurance coverage through a
Wisconsin-admitted legal malpractice insurance carrier, which coverage shall
insure all trustee attorneys acting under this section. In addition, each
trustee attorney shall have his or her own professional liability coverage
with a carrier admitted to do insurance business in this state and whose
coverage language clearly covers the work of the trustee attorney acting under
this section, which individual coverage shall act as secondary coverage only.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of this amendment of Supreme Court Rules 12.02(6) and 12.03(7) be given by a single publication of a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Dated at
BY THE COURT:
A. John Voelker
Acting Clerk of Supreme Court