Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Person dies following exchange of gunfire after Green Bay police respond to disturbance
Green Bay police Chief Chris Davis said officers were sent to the scene Friday afternoon.
Chiefs parade shooting could be a new test of expanded ‘stand your ground’ protections
The issue was raised when Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of killing two people during a 2020 protest in Kenosha.
Milwaukee Police investigating battery of officer on Wisconsin Ave. downtown
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360.
Wis. Attorney General Kaul petitions Wis. Supreme Court to take abortion case
A Dane County Circuit Court ruled Wis. Stat. § 940.04 does not criminalize abortion.
Wisconsin State Patrol to conduct special enforcement to stop risky driving in Racine County
Speeding, distracted driving, and driving recklessly endangers everyone on our roads, according to the State Patrol.
Spotted Cow beer security fraud allegations dismissed by Court of Appeals
The appellate court ruled the original court was correct in determining plaintiffs’ failed to state a claim in which relief could be granted.
Evers urges lawmakers to support compromise to release $125 Million to fight PFAS contaminants
Residents of communities affected by PFAS, conservationists, clean water advocates, and Evers have repeatedly raised concerns about the provision designed to benefit polluters at taxpayers’ expense.
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts two cases, denies several others
The Court denied to review more than a dozen cases out of Milwaukee County.
The Koch network, the Brewers, Kwik Trip: here’s who spent the most on lobbying in Wisconsin last year
Many organizations spend hundreds of thousands to influence government action.
Family Dollar Stores LLC pleads guilty to holding consumer products under unsanitary conditions over rodent-infested warehouse
Company agrees to pay $41.675 Million in largest ever monetary criminal penalty in food safety matter
Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate Hovde launches first campaign ad
Hovde, a multimillionaire businessman, is running to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
Legal News
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- 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
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