Timothy J. Pierce has been Ethics Counsel for the State Bar of Wisconsin since 2004. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Pierce was previously a Deputy Director at the Office of Lawyer Regulation in Milwaukee and Madison. He has also been employed as the Ethics Administrator for Milbank, Hadley, Tweed & McCloy, in New York, and as an Assistant State Public Defender in Racine. He is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin. He is a frequent speaker on matters of professional ethics and has given hundreds of CLE presentations to a wide variety of groups on professional responsibility law. He serves as reporter for the State Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics and writes the monthly “Ethical Dilemmas” column for the State Bar of Wisconsin. He has also taught Professional Responsibilities at the University of Wisconsin Law School since 2011 and currently serves as a Volunteer Subject Matter Expert for the MPRE.

Stacie H. Rosenzweig is a shareholder at Halling & Cayo, S.C., in Milwaukee. Her practice emphasizes representation of regulated professionals, including lawyers and health care professionals, facing possible disciplinary action by licensing authorities, as well as ethics and compliance counseling. Stacie graduated second in her class from Marquette University Law School and received an English degree with middle and high school teacher certification from Beloit College.

Timothy C. Samuelson is the Director of the Office of Lawyer Regulation. The Wisconsin Supreme Court appointed Samuelson to serve as OLR Director in August 2021. He was formerly the Civil Chief Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Wisconsin, an Assistant Attorney General with the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and a Dane County Circuit Court Judge. At the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Samuelson led the civil division and represented the United States government in civil litigation. During his tenure with the state DOJ, Samuelson worked as Director of the Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse Unit and Deputy Director of the Special Litigation and Appeals Unit. He also handled criminal appeals. Before joining DOJ, Samuelson worked in private practice as a civil litigator in Chicago, handling a range of complex civil cases in federal and state courts across the country. Samuelson served as a Dane County Circuit Court judge from 2017 to 2018. Samuelson graduated from Valparaiso University (B.A., 1995) and Indiana University McKinney School of Law (J.D., 1998). He lives in Middleton with his wife and daughter.

• Know what measures to take if you’re contacted by the Office of Lawyer Regulation
• Understand the OLR process and learn how to respond to a grievance

• All lawyers

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Wisconsin Ethics Opinions

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