'Knew what he was doing was wrong': Wausau lawyer accused of stealing $33K from client has license revoked.

Byline: Michaela Paukner, mpaukner@wislawjournal.com

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the law license of a Wausau attorney accused of stealing more than $33,000 from a client and misleading the Office of Lawyer Regulation in its investigation of the matter.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a nine-count complaint against Craig A. Knapp in September 2019. The complaint said Knapp lied to the client about how much of the $33,000 he was holding in his trust account and thenblamed the IRS and the post office for the missing money when the client asked about it. The OLR also charged Knapp with two countsof misconduct for failing to report a 2012 OWI conviction.

The state Supreme Court opinion released on Thursday said Knappentered into a stipulation with the OLR and agreed to the facts alleged in the complaint and to the license revocation as punishment. The referee in his case also found license revocation to be the appropriate punishment, noting that Knapp "obviously knew that what he was doing was wrong."

"The referee went on...