Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Postconviction Motion-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Mario Earl Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession with intent to deliver cocaine, with use of a dangerous weapon and as a second or subsequent offense, and felon in possession of a firearm.
Postconviction Motion-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Gilmer appeals the judgment convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide while using a dangerous weapon and of possessing a firearm as a felon.
False Claims Act-Anti-retaliation
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe in northwestern Wisconsin, employed Mestek as the Director of Health Information at their Community Health Center in 2013.
Supplemental Security Income Application
Martinez applied for supplemental security income, and an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that Martinez had severe impairments but could still perform certain unskilled occupations.
Entrapment
FBI agents set up a fake profile for a fictitious individual named "Clay" on the dating app "Grindr."
Social Security Benefits Application
After Hohman, aged 53, applied for Social Security benefits due to her inability to work, a vocational expert testified that despite her limitations caused by fibromyalgia, PTSD, depression, and anxiety, she could still perform jobs such as a photocopy machine operator, small products assembler, or mail clerk.
Fourth Amendment – Excessive Force
While staying at a hotel, Snowden received a call instructing him to visit the lobby to pay for his room.
Social Security Benefits
Leisgang, who suffers from various mental health conditions, applied for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits.
Discrimination
Emad, a longstanding member of Milwaukee's Islamic community, follows the practice of Salah, praying five times a day in a state of physical purity.
Employment Law-Evidence
In 2017, Deputy Deeren announced his candidacy for the position of Sheriff of Trempealeau County.
Breach of Contract
n 2006, Ubiquity, a California-based company, entered into a contract with Associates, a firm based in Illinois and represented by North.
Product Liability – MDL
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) centralized cases related to alleged defects in Cook's inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. Many plaintiffs in the MDL claimed that Cook's filters caused various injuries and damages.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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