Lawyer Ordered to Pay Restitution to Saginaw Chippewa Tribe

From Indianz:

“A former Madison lawyer whose efforts to represent an Indian tribe from Michigan a decade ago led to professional misconduct complaints, got a public reprimand from the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The high court ordered Carol J. Brown (Wisconsin ’93) to also pay restitution of $36,680 to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. According to the state bar’s Web site, Brown’s law license is currently suspended. She lists an Arkansas address with the Wisconsin bar.

According to the court’s order, Brown’s problems all stemmed from her firm’s work with the tribe, which was plagued by infighting that helped put Brown in the situation that led the Office of Lawyer Regulation to file a seven-count complaint against her last year.”

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Proof and Hearsay: Lawyer reprimanded over dealings with tribe (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 8/18)

And a tidbit from years past that seems to be related are here — Brown & Lacounte v Westport Insurance Co. And here (Alysia La Counte’s reprimand).

Saginaw Chippewa Tribe’s Stop the Violence Campaign

From The Morning Sun:

Purple Painted for a Cause
Friday, October 24, 2008 5:44 AM EDT
BY PATRICIA ECKER
Sun Staff Writer

In the same spirit that the color pink is used as to signify breast cancer awareness, the color purple has been the catalyst for education, discussion and unity on the Isabella Reservation.

“Paint the Rez purple” was simply an idea thrown out to the community by the members of the Domestic Violence Awareness program of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe’s Domestic as a way to show support for October’s Domestic Violence Awareness month.

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