'Here we go again': Supreme Court disciplines Milwaukee attorney for 6th time.

Byline: Michaela Paukner, mpaukner@wislawjournal.com

TheWisconsin Supreme Court has disciplined a Milwaukee lawyer for a sixth time for attorney-ethics violations.

Benjamin J. Harris, a solo practitioner, received a 60-day suspension of his law license on Tuesday for four counts of misconduct. A complaint from the Office of Lawyer Regulation said he failed to communicate with two of his clients and didn't take appropriate action in their cases.

The court's opinion said Harris pleaded no contest to the charges in a stipulation with the OLR. A referee then weighed the appropriate punishment for the misconduct.

The refereeconsidered Harris' disciplinary history in his decision.Harris was privately reprimanded in 2007 and publicly reprimanded in 2008. He lost his law license for 60 days in 2010 and was privately reprimanded again in 2012. The state Supreme Court then suspended his law license for five months in 2013.

The referee pointed out that those previous violations were, in part, also due to Harris failing to keep his clients informed about their cases.

"The referee said, 'Here we go again,'" the opinion said.

The referee said although Harris failed his clients, he cooperated with the OLR proceeding and took responsibility for his actions. The...