Verify a Wisconsin Attorney license

liveWI State Bar / Supreme Court attorney roll · profession key attorney

Live. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.

How Wisconsin Attorney license verification works

A Attorney in Wisconsin is licensed by the WI State Bar / Supreme Court attorney roll. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: bar_number name status bar_service_class firm address phone city state aka discipline_history.

Board note: wi_bar live 2026-11-04 (plain httpx, Rails). OLR 'Lawyer status and history': GET / for authenticity_token, POST /searches (state_bar_id or name_l/name_f) 302 → /searches/<id> table, GET /attorneys/<bar#> details + compendium discipline table. No admission date published. Statuses: Good Standing / Suspended DUES|CLE|CERT|DISC / Revoked by Supreme Court / Voluntary Resignation / Deceased. No DOB so name-only >1 row = ambiguous_match. wisbar.org directory (SharePoint) is the membership directory, not the regulator.

What a Attorney license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Attorney license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a Wisconsin Attorney license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "WI", "profession": "attorney", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard

More Wisconsin license checks

Attorney license verification in nearby states

All 51 jurisdictions: license verification coverage.