Recent Articles from Amy Karon, [email protected]
Switch hitters: Attorneys differ on whether working both sides leaves some off base
Milwaukee litigator Emile Banks is comfortable on either side of the courtroom.
Passing the gavel: Judicial retirements leave gaps in state, federal court systems
Iowa County Circuit Judge William Dyke is 82, but has no plans to step down from the bench and said he is disappointed when he sees aging colleagues do so.
Williams earns State Bar’s Scales of Justice award
The State Bar of Wisconsin on Friday gave Rep. Mary Williams, R-Medford, its Scales of Justice award for helping block Assembly Bill 54 last session.
The lawyers’ lawyers: Attorneys seek peer assistance to fight malpractice claims, understand ethics rules
A lawyer can make a tough client.
State committee discusses Chapter 51 alternatives
Elected officials and members of the public met Wednesday to discuss changing Wisconsin laws related to advanced Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Appeals court denies motion to dismiss charges in John Doe investigation
The felony misconduct case against Kelly Rindfleisch advanced Tuesday when a District I Appeals Court denied her motion to dismiss charges.
State’s high court digs into Milwaukee’s deep tunnel (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court on Thursday took up ground-water seepage, rotting timber pilings and years of court battles over whether a public entity can be held liable for millions of dollars of alleged private property damages.
Milwaukee man arrested in lien scheme against attorneys, judges
A Milwaukee man who for months eluded arrest after allegedly filing bogus liens has been apprehended and released on bail, according to a media release Wednesday from Attorney General J.B. Hollen.
Yackel named to Lincoln County Circuit Court
Gov. Scott Walker tapped attorney John Yackel to be the new Lincoln County Circuit Court Judge in Branch II, according to an announcement Thursday.
Screen crime: Spam texts foil regulators, lure class-action attorneys
Federal and Wisconsin laws prohibit most unsolicited texts and other promotional messages. But so far, regulators have failed to reverse the boom in text spam, leading frustrated cell phone owners to file a slew of class-action lawsuits.
State’s high court revokes Madison attorney’s license for fraud
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday revoked the license of David Stokes, a Madison attorney convicted in 2011 of felony theft by fraud.
Settlement reached in wetlands violation
An Illinois resident who illegally filled wetlands during three separate years in Oneida County has agreed to pay $30,000 plus the cost of environmental restoration, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday.
Legal News
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
- Brewers have American Family Field escalators inspected after malfunction results in 11 injuries
- US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say
- GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin appeal ruling allowing disabled people to obtain ballots electronically
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies