(The Center Square) – Former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan didn’t receive jail time for her felony obstruction conviction but her law license is now being contested.
The state’s Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a motion on Wednesday to have Dugan’s law license suspended because she was convicted of a “serious crime.”
“The OLR states that this felony conviction satisfies the standard for a summary suspension,” the motion stated.
Dugan has 20 days to respond and prove that the law license suspension is not necessary.
Dugan was fined $5,000 but avoided prison at her July 8 sentencing after she was found guilty of obstruction by a jury in December. She was accused of obstructing the arrest of a defendant in her court by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside of her courtroom.
Dugan resigned from her Milwaukee County judge role after her conviction. Her resignation came after Wisconsin Assembly leaders threatened to impeach her.
The jury found Dugan not guilty of a misdemeanor charge of concealing related to defendant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was later arrested on the street outside the courthouse and has since been deported.
The obstruction conviction could have led to up to five years in prison.
