SCR 22.09

(1) An agreement between the director and an attorney to the

imposition of a private or public reprimand shall be in a writing dated

and signed by the respondent and the director and shall contain a

summary of the factual nature of the misconduct and an enumeration of

the rules of professional conduct for attorneys that were violated.

(2) The director shall request the appointment of a referee by

providing in confidence to the clerk of the supreme court the names of

the grievant and respondent, the address of the respondent's principal

office, and the date of the consent agreement. An available referee

should be selected from the panel provided in SCR 21.08, based on the

location of the respondent's principal office. The chief justice or, in his

or her absence, the chief justice's delegee shall appoint the referee. The

director shall submit the agreement, accompanied by the respondent's

public and private disciplinary history, to the appointed referee for

review and approval. The director shall send a copy of the agreement

to the grievant. The grievant may submit a written response to the

director within 30 days after being notified of the agreement, and the

director shall submit the response to the referee. The respondent and

the director may submit comments to the referee regarding the

grievant's response. The agreement, the grievant's response, and the

comments of the respondent and director shall be considered by the

referee in confidence.

(3) If the referee approves the agreement, the referee shall issue

the reprimand in writing to the respondent and send a copy to the

director. A private reprimand shall be confidential.

(4) If the referee determines that the agreement is not supported

by sufficient facts or that the sanction falls outside the range of

sanctions appropriate in similar cases, the referee shall not approve the

agreement. The referee shall, in those cases, inform the director, the

grievant, and the respondent in writing, stating the basis and reasons for

disapproval. The director shall then proceed in the matter as the

director may consider appropriate.

(5) If the respondent does not consent to a reprimand offered by

the director or the respondent's consent is unacceptable to the director,

the director may file a complaint with the supreme court alleging the

same factual misconduct and seeking the same reprimand to which

consent was sought.