Attorney Michael Bauer of Madison, WI; ethical troll

The state of Wisconsin presented Michael R. Bauer with a law license in 1988 after he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

The Office of Lawyer Registration (OLR) found Mikey guilty of the following misconduct.

• Misused funds he was holding in trust on behalf of seven clients
• Mismanaged his trust account
• Frequently transferred client funds from one account to another without the client’s permission
• Failed to keep appropriate records of the transfers
• Transferred trust account funds to other client accounts to avoid shortfalls being detected
• Transferred funds from his trust account to his office account and to the account of his subsidiary business
• Borrowed money to bring trust accounts up to their correct balances.
• Engaged in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary 1-year suspension of his law license and assessed costs of $15,727.40.

As we speak (ca. November 2018), Mikey practices with Sports Advisors Inc. at 309 West Johnson Street in Madison, Wisconsin.