Eastern District requires masks for entry to Milwaukee courthouse
The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin is requiring everyone who enters the federal courthouse in Milwaukee to wear a mask in public areas of the building.
Eastern District swears in new clerk of court
Gina Colletti has been sworn in as the Eastern District of Wisconsin's new clerk of court.
Dries appointed as Eastern District magistrate judge
Stephen Caffrey Dries is the newest magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Man sentenced for threatening mail carrier who sprayed dog
A Milwaukee man convicted for pointing a gun at a mail carrier who had earlier pepper-sprayed his pit bull has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Another legal win for transgender high school student
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A transgender student heads back to high school in Kenosha with the court’s permission to use bathrooms consistent with his gender identity. A federal judge’s ruling Tuesday is the second legal victory in as many days for Ashton Whitaker. The Tremper High senior has gone to court with accusations the school […]
Transgender student’s suit against school district advances
A federal judge has declined to dismiss a transgender student's lawsuit against a Wisconsin school district over its bathroom-use rules.
All the world’s a stage for Eastern District’s Pepper
Pamela Pepper grew up in the middle of nowhere — the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta to be exact.
Pepper becomes first female Eastern District judge
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Pamela Pepper to be a new Eastern District of Wisconsin judge.
Obama nominates Pepper for federal judge
Pamela Pepper has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Judges, attorney nominated to fill Eastern District spot
Two Milwaukee judges and one attorney have been recommended to the White House to fill a vacant seat in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Clerk competition fierce for positions with federal judges
Judge Pamela Pepper had to bite her tongue when she read in the cover letter for a clerkship position that the applicant was excited about working in “Seattle, one of my favorite cities.”
Pepper’s passion for the law is no act
Pamela Pepper isn’t villainous by nature, but she wouldn’t mind stepping into the shoes of an infamous literary scoundrel for a day.
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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