Perhaps the two most common questions I am asked by people who learn that I am a divorce lawyer are: “What causes most of the divorces I handle?” and “How can I prevent becoming one of your clients?”
One of the delights of attending a bar association meeting is seeing new places.
I feel like a new mom.
A veteran Milwaukee family-law practitioner has been cleared of ethics-violation charges regarding reimbursements he sought for his attendance and service at numerous American Bar Association events.
Few articles I’ve written have resulted in as much feedback as a June 8, 2011, piece I did on a collaborative case filings in Waukesha County.
Frequently when talking to a client, I feel that I am practicing more psychology than law. In fact, in some cases, it’s a true pleasure when we get to the legal issues involved, as opposed to the emotional ones.
As a family law attorney, I prefer when the courts get it right. It makes it much easier to practice law when there is consistency.
At first blush, a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision doesn’t appear to affect family law cases at all.
Some times the lessons from caselaw could not be more obvious.
As a sports fan, it’s frustrating to watch Olympic events that have subjective scoring, such as gymnastics and my favorite, synchronized swimming (is that really a sport?). It is so much easier to determine winners and losers where the results are objective, like in swimming and track and field.
I recently gave the Wisconsin Court of Appeals credit for changing, perhaps intentionally or inadvertently, one of the sillier family law rules in Wisconsin with its decision in Tierney v. Berger, No. 2011AP565.
Smart Money Magazine recently published an article titled “10 Things Divorce Attorneys Won’t Say.” My response: If there are things divorce lawyers won’t tell their clients, it’s probably because they’re untrue.
It is bad enough that the Wisconsin Supreme Court is wrong on the public policy regarding the modifiability of child support. Now, thanks to an April decision, the justices not only continue to be wrong about the public policy involved — they also have confused what should be simple law.
A recent Wisconsin Law Journal article questioned the necessity of the Wisconsin Supreme Court rule allowing citation of certain unpublished cases.
A Connecticut judge recently ordered a divorcing couple to share their Facebook and other online social media passwords.
Listening to oral arguments is generally frustrating for me.
