Minneapolis attorney suspended by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin after being transferred to disability inactive status Minnesota

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin suspended attorney Tracy R. Eichhorn-Hicks due to his medical incapacity.

The case is entitled “In the Matter of Tracy R. Eichhorn-Hicks,” and was brought by the Office of Lawyer Regulation with case no. 2022AP304-D.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation has filed a complaint asking the court to indefinitely suspend the license of the respondent due to his medical incapacity. This is a form of reciprocal discipline after an order was issued by the Supreme Court of Minnesota in a pending disciplinary proceeding.

The filing states:

“In addition to the continuing disciplinary suspension, Attorney Eichhorn – Hicks’s license to practice law in Wisconsin is also currently subject to a number of administrative suspensions. In October 2018, Attorney Eichhorn – Hicks’s Wisconsin license was administratively suspended due to his failure to pay his State Bar dues and to submit a signed client trust account certification. In June 2019, Attorney Eichhorn – Hicks’s Wisconsin license was also administratively suspended for failure to comply with mandatory continuing legal education (CLE) reporting requirements. Those administrative suspensions have not been lifted.”

The filing continues:

“Consequently, although there was no separate proceeding in Minnesota comparable to a medical incapacity proceeding under SCRs 22.34 – 22.341 and although there is no pending disciplinary proceeding in this state comparable to the disciplinary proceeding pending in Minnesota to which we could apply SCR 22.16(4)(d), we are satisfied that, in light of Attorney Eichhorn – Hicks’s stipulation to the transfer of his Minnesota license to inactive disability status, it is proper to suspend Attorney Eichhorn – Hicks’s Wisconsin license indefinitely due to his medical incapacity.”

The court argued that whether the medical incapacity suspension occurs in a pending disciplinary proceeding or in a separate medical incapacity case, the suspension will continue indefinitely until a petition for reinstatement is granted by the court. For this reason, the court decided to suspend the respondent.

The order states:

“IT IS ORDERED that Hicks practice law for an indefinite period, commencing the license of Tracy R. Eichhorn— Wisconsin is suspended for a date of this order and until further order of the court. Hicks seeks to terminate the petition for reinstatement under that rule. If at some point Attorney Eichhorn- this suspension, he shall file an under SCR 22. 36 and shall proceed.”

Mr. Eichhorn-Hicks attended the University of Minnesota Law School, graduating in 1975. He practices in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is licensed in Minneapolis. His info can be found on lawyer.com.

A copy of the original filing can be found here.