Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Company loses challenge to city odor ordinance
The city enacted the ordinance in 2019.
Racine attorney who defended drug, child abuse, sex crimes has license suspended indefinitely
Patton's practice ranged from defending sex offenders and domestic violence offenders to defending those accused of drug crimes and child abuse.
Misappropriation of clients’ money prompts disbarment
A petition for disciplinary action was filed in January 2023.
Ex-romantic partner of governor wins high court seat
“Recusal is something that I take very seriously,” she said last week.
Disbarment petition resubmitted for lawyer who killed ex-wife
Odegaard has 20 days to answer the disbarment petition.
Chicago’s top cop says police are getting training to manage protests during the DNC
Republicans are holding their convention a month earlier in Milwaukee.
Seven states and events miles apart: How the Trump and Biden campaigns approach a rematch
Biden’s campaign has hired leadership teams of three to five people in Wisconsin and other states.
Feds investigating suspected smuggling at Wisconsin prison, 11 workers suspended in probe
Four inmates have died at Waupun since June.
Second man sentenced for Dodgeville murder
The victim was found deceased in her Dodgeville, Wis., home back in 2021.
Another inmate found dead at troubled Wisconsin prison
Evers is searching for someone to replace Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr.
Evers signs bill authorizing new UW building, dorms that were part of deal with GOP
The governor signed the bill privately on Wednesday morning.
Combined reward in case of missing Wisconsin boy rises to $25,000
The Crime Stoppers reward is in addition to an FBI reward.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- 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
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