The Wisconsin State Bar dodged a budgetary bullet this week when the Wisconsin Supreme Court voted, 4-3, Monday against a potential performance audit of the organization.
For the second time in less than a year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court shot down a proposal to create a voluntary State Bar.
Attorneys Steve Levine and Jim Thiel are petitioning the state Supreme Court again to make the State Bar of Wisconsin voluntary. Justices on June 1, with a 4-3 ruling, nixed the attorneys’ latest petition after deciding it lacked the detail necessary to warrant a public hearing. But on June 30, Levine and Thiel filed an [...]
A switch to a voluntary State Bar will take more than a few deletions to the current rules governing membership.
The push to abolish the mandatory State Bar suffered a setback Wednesday when the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a petition to make the organization voluntary. By a 4-3 vote, the court decided that the proposal submitted Feb. 11 by attorneys Steve Levine and Jim Thiel lacked enough detail to warrant a public hearing. “Where are [...]
