Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

News

Apr 27, 2015

Man gets more than 18 years in shooting gas station clerk

A man must serve more than 18 years in prison following his conviction for shooting a gas station clerk during a 2013 holdup.

Apr 24, 2015

Judge Maxine White appointed chief judge

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed a replacement for outgoing Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers.

Apr 24, 2015

DOJ files motion to dismiss right-to-work lawsuit

State attorneys are asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's right-to-work law.

Apr 24, 2015

Attorney’s license suspended for drunk driving, domestic violence convictions

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an attorney who had been arrested and convicted multiple times for drunken driving and domestic violence.

Apr 24, 2015

Legal community mourns death of retired judge

One of state Attorney General Brad Schimel’s fondest memories of Patrick Snyder, a retired Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge who died Wednesday, comes from a retirement party held at the Waukesha County Courthouse in 2010. There were two cakes, and at the end of the festivities, one was left untouched.

Apr 24, 2015

Mungenast uses unique background to help business clients

It’s rare to find an attorney fluent in Chinese and even more rare to find an attorney in Wisconsin who studied law in China, but David Mungenast of Hansen Reynolds Dickinson Crueger LLC in Milwaukee falls into both categories.

Apr 24, 2015

Man accused of trying to join terrorists pleads not guilty (UPDATE)

A Wisconsin man pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal charge that he tried to join the Islamic State terror group.

Apr 24, 2015

Judge limits information introduced in ex-officer’s trial

The trial for a former police officer accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a suitcase along a rural Wisconsin highway won't include information on another woman he's suspected of killing, a judge ruled Friday.

Apr 24, 2015

Court documents: Argument over boyfriend before killings

A Wisconsin teen accused of killing her mother and stepfather carried out the slayings the same day they warned her 22-year-old boyfriend to stay away from her, according to court documents made public Friday.

Apr 24, 2015

Slender Man suspect won’t be moved for psychiatric treatment (UPDATE)

A judge denied a request Friday to move a 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man to a psychiatric treatment center, but admitted her long-term placement needed to be considered.

Apr 24, 2015

Hearing set for rule to protect personal information in court records

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be holding a public hearing on a petition to create a new statute that protects personal information in circuit court records.

Apr 23, 2015

Former Waukesha County judge Snyder dies

Former Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Snyder has died, sources have confirmed.

Polls

Should Steven Avery be granted a new evidentiary hearing?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests