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The Indiana Supreme Court has disciplined four attorneys for misconduct this month.
The law license of former Martinsville City Council member James Wisco, 43, was suspended indefinitely for failure to cooperate with the state disciplinary commission.
This follows a 90-day suspension which was issued after he was arrested in April arrested in April and charged with 22 felonies.
Wisco was charged with theft, counterfeiting and corrupt business practice. The charges allege that Wisco was stealing money from his clients and forging checks.
Wisco worked for the law firm Foley Peden & Wisco P.A.
According to online court records, a final pre-trial hearing is set for Jan. 17 in Wisco’s criminal case and a week-long jury trial is set to start on Feb. 25.
Wisco did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The law license of Gary attorney Alger Boswell III also has been suspended indefinitely for failing to cooperate with the disciplinary commission concerning a undisclosed grievance filed against him.
Boswell worked at The Boswell Law Office LLC. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Last week, Fishers attorney Cherie Ramage received an interim suspension after the disciplinary commission received notice of a guilty finding against her in a criminal case..
Ramage was found guilty of Level 6 felony Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated. She was sentenced by Marion Superior Court Judge Clayton Graham on June 3.
Her driver’s license was suspended for 180 days. She was sentenced to 545 days in jail, with 540 days suspended.
Ramage’s attorney Kairi Lynch did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Florida attorney Michael Meyer received an interim suspension on Friday due to being found guilty of federal crimes of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and tax evasion.
Justice Geoffrey Slaughter voted to decline imposing the interim suspension since Meyer has already resigned from the Indiana Bar. According to the Indiana Roll of Attorneys, Meyer resigned from the bar in 2021.
Meyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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