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Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a conservative legal organization, is continuing to add to its litigation team in anticipation of the likelihood that it will challenge policies adopted under Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.

Louis Butler, the first black man to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, announced on Monday that he plans to retire from full-time legal practice by the end of July.

Abbey DeSiato always wanted to use the law to help protect those who can least protect themselves.

Plenty of lawyers can say they set their sights on a legal career at a young age.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, both Democrats, demanded  on Thursday that federal military officials review Wisconsin National Guard protocols for reporting and investigating sexual assault after Guard members alleged harassment, assault and retaliation for reporting incidents. The U.S. Air Force is already investigating allegations of sexual assault and harassment ...

Wisconsin liberals hope to take a step this spring toward breaking a long conservative stranglehold on the state's Supreme Court, in an election that could also serve as a barometer of the political mood in a key presidential swing state.

A paralegal and legal assistant at Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols in Milwaukee, Lewandowski works directly for the firm shareholder Mark Malloy. Lewandowski’s colleague, Jan Szczepanski, said Malloy may very well be the hardest-driving lawyer at the firm.

Jason Abraham finds that a lot of people assume that the workforce — if merely given enough time — will become more diverse on its own.

When Jorge Leon and his colleagues at Michael Best & Friedrich look back at their firm’s work this year to engender a more diverse and inclusive legal profession, they can take special pride in a couple of big accomplishments.

By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faced a crucial vote on Friday as a Senate panel decides whether to move his nomination on to the full Senate a day after he adamantly denied sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, who insisted she’s “100 percent” certain he did. Meanwhile, ...

The pilot who died in a weekend plane crash in Michigan has been identified as a Wisconsin man who was a Milwaukee-area prosecutor.

Milwaukee leaders are trying to convince Democratic National Committee members that the city would be the best place to hold the party’s convention in two years.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission ordered on Wednesday that a recall election be carried out for Trempealeau County District Attorney Taavi McMahon.

An appeals court has rejected attempts by a group of landowners to block a proposed frack-sand operation in western Wisconsin.

A man accused of choking a Shawano County sheriff's deputy who had pulled him over on suspicion of driving drunk is charged with attempted homicide.

Peg Lautenschlager, the first woman to serve as attorney general of Wisconsin, died on Saturday at 62 following a battle with cancer.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers finished their push on Thursday to close the state’s troubled youth prison and enact Gov. Scott Walker’s child-tax rebate, sending bills that would accomplish both goals on to the governor for his signature. The $80 million prison bill calls for closing the Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake Schools outside Irma by 2021 ...

A former sheriff's deputy in Texas faces up to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a child-pornography investigation with ties to Wisconsin.

Long-time Milwaukee County judge John DiMotto plans to retire in February, court officials announced Thursday.

Michael Neimon sees the court system as the glue that holds society together.

As a longtime employee working in the federal court system in Milwaukee, Kris Wrobel is constantly called to stay on top of emerging situations and think on her feet.

The state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the agency is over-regulating large livestock operations.

Matt Flynn, a retired partner at Quarles & Brady and former chairman of the state Democratic Party, will announce plans Tuesday to enter the already crowded race to secure his party’s nomination to take on Gov. Scott Walker next year.

A group of Republican legislators introduced a bill Tuesday that would relax restrictions on the micro-brewing industry, allowing wineries to stay open longer and municipalities to issue more liquor licenses.

Although a court decision dealt a serious blow this week to two unions’ attempt to have Wisconsin’s right-to-work law overturned, the fight is not over.

Lawyers for a man charged in a mass-shooting plot in downtown Milwaukee say their client refused to participate when urged by FBI informants they say harassed him for months.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly plans to vote Wednesday on a bill that would give legislators the power to reject new administrative rules that might prove expensive for businesses. Under the measure, any new rules that would cost an industry or business more than $10 million over two years would need legislative approval within 70 days or automatically ...

Meghan Shannon has often walked into a corporate meeting to discover she’s the only woman present. Most men — for the simple fact they are men — will not be able to fully understand what that’s like.

Melissa Schaller always thought she would be a writer one day.

In nominating Kristin Sederholm for a Women in the Law award, David Krekeler, of Krekeler Strother, called the path that brought her to the legal profession the “epitome of the uncommon.”