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Milwaukee litigator Emile Banks is comfortable on either side of the courtroom.
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Read More »Switch hitters: Attorneys differ on whether working both sides leaves some off base
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.
Tagged with: Axley Brynelson Daniel Moeser John Shabaz John Voelker Patrick Fiedler Sarah O’Brien State Bar William Dyke
Read More »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.
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Read More »The lawyers’ lawyers: Attorneys seek peer assistance to fight malpractice claims, understand ethics rules
A lawyer can make a tough client.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
Tagged with: Darlene Wink David Hansher Frank Gimbel John Doe investigation Kelly Rindfleisch Scott Walker Tim Russell
Read More »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.
Tagged with: Deep Tunnel Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District MMSD Rebecca Frihart Kennedy Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »Justice Ziegler recuses herself from Prosser ethics case
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler has stepped out of fellow Justice David Prosser’s ethics case. If two more justices do so, the case is unlikely to proceed.
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Read More »Prosser switches campaign account to legal defense fund
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is almost $230,000 in debt and has switched his campaign account to a legal defense fund, according to a report filed Friday with the Government Accountability Board.
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Read More »Federal Judge Curran dies at 88
Wisconsin’s judicial community lost one of its lights this week.
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Read More »Lien machines: Sovereign citizens make their marks on easily manipulated state system
Steven Magritz won’t leave Ozaukee County corporation counsel Dennis Kenealy alone.
Read More »State’s high court suspends attorney’s license for 6 months
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday retroactively suspended attorney Daynel Hooker’s license for six months, effective March 1, 2011.
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Read More »Police officials call for tougher background checks for guns
Wisconsin police leaders are calling for more extensive background checks on gun buyers.
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Read More »Democrats take control of Senate, elect lawyer Risser as president
Democrats officially took control of the state Senate on Tuesday, electing Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, president. Risser, the longest serving state lawmaker in the country, has served 56 years in the Legislature.
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Read More »Wis. high court reinstates former prosecutor’s license
After a seven-year hiatus, John Chavez can practice law again in Wisconsin.
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Read More »State’s high court won’t rehear dairy case despite Justice Gableman, law firm ties
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Justice Michael Gableman won’t have to recuse himself from a case involving attorneys from Michael Best & Friedrich, a law firm that gave him thousands of dollars of legal counsel in a campaign ethics case.
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Read More »Driller settles with DNR over well violations
The Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit related to a complaint by the Department of Natural Resources against Wisconsin well driller Todd Huemann and his company, T. Huemann Well & Pump Inc., according to a news release from the DOJ.
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Read More »A slow fade: Problems arise as lawyers drop from the Legislature
Robert Kovach, chief of staff for state Sen. Frank Lasee, falls silent to consider the consequences of confusing wording in a major new landlord-tenant law.
Tagged with: Anthony Staskunas Foley & Lardner Frank Lasee George Brown Glenn Grothman Government Accountability Board legislature Lena Taylor Scott Walker State Bar
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