The Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day

Sept. 8, 2004

Lawyer Released From Federal Prison Claims Its Unfair For Me To Warn You


I've been advised that Attorney Charles J. Hausmann claims that it is unfair for me to warn you that he went to Federal prison for sixty days for mail and wire fraud and conspiracy involving a secret kickback scheme with a chiropractor to whom he referred numerous clients. He claims it is unfair for me to tell uninformed accident victims that when they receive a brochure from a law firm telling them 51 times they should hire a trusted lawyer, it is from the same law firm whose senior partner went to Federal prison.

Hausmann claims that it is not civil for one lawyer to say this about another lawyer and that, because he is an ex-convict, public policy is that he should not be restrained from making a living. He claims that he shouldn't be discriminated against because of his criminal record.

I am not discriminating against him. Public policy in this state is that lawyers not betray the trust and confidence of their clients. In order to keep society fair and balanced, the U.S. and Wisconsin Constitutions guarantee us all free speech, and, when a lawyer tells uninformed clients that he should be hired because he is a "trusted lawyer", the public is entitled to know the full story.

I'm not accusing twenty thousand lawyers in Wisconsin of being missing in action when one of our own pled guilty to mail and wire fraud and conspiracy over two years ago. I may not be the Bill O'Reilly of the legal profession in Wisconsin, but I have to wonder how and why Hausmann has kept his law license after being convicted of the above conduct over two years ago. In the meantime . . .

I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU.

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