Gleisner earns President’s Award from State Bar
Brookfield attorney William Gleisner is the recipient of the 2022 President's Award presented by the State Bar of Wisconsin.
‘Quarrel with the Legislature’: Accusations fly with open-records request to Judicial Council
An open-records request the business group Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce has made to the Wisconsin Judicial Council is coming with a series of accusations alleging poor procedure and misrepresentation.
Wisconsin Judicial Council seeks ways to stay relevant
As fewer projects from outside committees and agencies come to the Wisconsin Judicial Council, its members are debating ways to keep the committee relevant.
Group’s memo to lawmakers slams council; members, plaintiff’s bar responds
In a recent memo, an organization of business and professional groups are calling on lawmakers to oppose any proposals to channel resources to the Judicial Council, calling the council an "arm of the plaintiff's bar."
Judicial Council mulling open-record request
The Judicial Council has received a wide-ranging open-records request from the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council concerning recent changes to the state's civil-litigation rules.
Attorneys from Habush, DeWitt to face off for State Bar president
Attorneys from two Madison firms will be squaring off for the bar’s top leadership position.
Changes could be coming to state class actions
A group of lawyers, judges and lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal that would have the state’s class-action procedures revised to mirror federal rules.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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