Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Powerlist – Shannon Corallo – Karp/Iancu S.C
After 12 years of working as a public defender in the Milwaukee Trial Division, Shannon Corallo transitioned into family law, seeking to maintain her direct, personal contact with clients. “I like advocating for clients but I also enjoy helping to empower them so they advocate for themselves,” said Corallo, an attorney with Karp/Iancu S.C. That […]
Democrat Congressman apologizes for using racial slur
He claims he confused the word he used with another one as he spoke about tax rates.
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?
The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 as a safe and effective way to end early pregnancies.
3 indicted in straw purchase of gun linked to slaying
The gun was one of two bought in straw purchases Jan. 20 at a gun show.
UPDATED: Gov. Evers takes action on 98 bills
Bills range from property taxes to capital gains.
Liberal Wisconsin justice won’t recuse herself from case on voting legality case
A Racine County judge ruled this past January that state law doesn't allow mobile voting sites.
Republican Wisconsin prosecutors decline to charge Trump committee, lawmaker
Ultimately, the state attorney general, Democrat Josh Kaul, could be asked to prosecute the cases.
Wisconsin’s diploma privilege expanding to other states
Wisconsin's diploma privilege is trending in other states.
Wisconsin joins FEDs in suing Apple over iPhone monopoly
Apple predicts that it will collect nearly $1 billion in worldwide revenue on Apple Pay fees by 2025.
Wisconsin man receives 30-month sentence over construction equipment theft from Menominee Indian High School
Merwin Wynos (36), a former resident of Keshena who is an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, received a sentence of 30 months in federal prison following a conviction for theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 661 and 1153(a), according to Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for […]
Cops sentenced for torturing and abusing Black men
Police kicked in the door of a home where two Black men were residing, handcuffed and arrested them without probable cause.
Gov. Evers taps Alex Seifert as Forest County District Attorney
Seifert joined the National Guard and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Legal News
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property