Attorney Mark Ditter of KauKauna, WI; repeat offender

The state of Wisconsin presented Douglas R. Stern  with a law license in 1978 after he graduated from Marquette University School of Law.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation found Mark guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

Mark’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Failed to act with due diligence
• Failed to communicate with a client

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Mark by gifting him with a complimentary reprimand.

Mark’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Engaged in illegal practice of law while license suspended
• Failed to comply with mandatory CLE (Continuing Legal Education) requirements

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Mark by gifting him with a complimentary 60-day suspension of his law license. 

Mark’s 3^rd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• The State Public Defenders Office (SPD) appointed Mark to represent two criminal defendants in cases in Outagamie County Circuit Court
• In both cases, Mark hired an investigator to prepare presentence reports resulting in fees of $2,400 payable to the investigator
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Mark!)
• Mark failed to to deliver the $2,400 to the investigator, even after repeated requests for payment by both the investigator and the SPD,
• Mark converted the $2,400 to hiw own purposes
• Failed to hold the $2,400 into a designated trust account
• Lied to ethics investigators that he had sent a partial payment to the investigators (Up yours, said Mark!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Wisconsin Supreme Court punished Mark by gifting him with a complimentary 90-day suspension of his law license. 

As we speak (ca. September 2023), Mark practices his so-called brand of law with the Ditter Law Offices at 1901 Parkwood Drive in KauKauna, Wisconsin.