THE DARK SIDE: I can play with any of ’em
People say I’m crazy because I’ve gone back to practicing law full time out of my basement. Actually, people say I’m crazy for lots of reason[...]
THE DARK SIDE: Why bother with law review articles
I was having lunch last month with a friend who happens to be a law professor, when I remarked that I was finally going to write a law review article that I have been contemplating for some time.
THE DARK SIDE: Shoot a gun outside your house and I’ll take your house
When you are a friendly neighborhood lawyer, you never know what sort of advice or representation your clients may need.
THE DARK SIDE: The personal really is political
There is an expression that goes, “The personal is political.”
THE DARK SIDE: Don’t trust your soul to no union lawyer
When I was a child, a song by Vickie Lawrence reached number one on the charts, about an innocent man hung for murder, entitled “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.” The song warned, “Don’t trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer.”
THE DARK SIDE: Divorced lawyers are a very powerful lobby group
The first thing attorneys learn in law school is not really a legal principle, but rather a historical fact: back in the day, railroads were really important.
THE DARK SIDE: ‘We’ already know the solution to obesity
Wisconsin is going to receive $27.5 million from the federal government to hector the citizenry into losing weight.
THE DARK SIDE: The primates are howling for new legislation
The latest cause de jour is passage of what its proponents call “Caylee’s Law,” which would make it a federal crime for a parent not to report a missing child within 24 hours.
THE DARK SIDE: Lawyers need to be more like carnies
Hanging out with some of the carnies who came to town this year, I was astonished at how, in a mere 10 years, the carnival industry had become so professional. And they did it without even spending mandatory carnie dues on a public image campaign.
THE DARK SIDE: My lungs are full of asbestos and I’m fine
Back in the day, there was a tavern near 29th and Cleveland in Milwaukee called, “The Duke of York.”
THE DARK SIDE: My favorite words in the English language: ‘Not guilty’
The two most beautiful words in the English language are: “Not guilty.”
THE DARK SIDE: Reflections on the protests at the Capitol
The Takings Clause provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Legal News
- Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
- Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
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