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Oct 6, 2020

Supreme Court holds public hearings for client protection fund fee increase, judicial code updates

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering petitions to increase to the annual assessment for the Wisconsin Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection and update the state's Code of Judicial Conduct.

Mar 7, 2013

Judicial ethics code applies to social networking, ABA panel says

Judges must follow the ethics rules governing social relationships and contacts when engaged in electronic social networking, an American Bar Association committee has made clear in a new ethics opinion.

Apr 25, 2012

Commission to consider judges’ recall signatures

The Wisconsin Judicial Commission could decide Friday whether to take any action against 29 state circuit court judges who signed petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker.

Apr 23, 2012

State’s high court to consider treatment court rules

Treatment court judges serve as both enforcers of the law and collaborators with defendants; a unique dichotomy that can test ethical boundaries.

Mar 18, 2012

29 judges sign Walker recall petition

More than two dozen Wisconsin judges from 16 counties were among the tens of thousands of people who signed petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, according to a newspaper analysis.

Mar 16, 2012

Commission files complaint over choking incident (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin Judicial Commission filed a formal complaint Friday against Justice David Prosser over his physical encounter with fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley last June.

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