Former Wisconsin judge faces serious professional conduct investigation
State legal office targets ex-Supreme Court justice over his handling of election review process. Ten-count complaint details multiple violations of professional standards and ethics code
The Wisconsin legal oversight board has brought forward a multi-count complaint against Michael Gableman‚ who previously served on states highest court: the accusations stem from his work on the 2020 election review
The complaint (filed by the states legal regulators) outlines several serious mis-steps — including providing wrong info to a judge making false statements during his own investigation and showing poor legal judgement. The ex-justice also didnt follow his clients instructions and shared protected data without permission
The professional conduct investigation highlights Gablemans actions during his role as election reviewer where he made inappropriate comments about other legal professionals (a judge and attorney got targeted by his unfair criticism). His work quality didnt meet basic professional standards‚ and he failed to be honest with the investigating lawyer
The state board documented ten separate violations in their filing which covers events from about 3-4 years ago when Gableman was responsible for looking into election-related matters in this key mid-western state
