Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Association for Women Lawyers offering scholarships
For the fourth year, the Association for Women Lawyers Foundation is awarding scholarships to law students enrolled in Marquette University Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Brown sentenced for 2022 Fond du Lac intentional homicide
This case was investigated by the City of Fond du Lac Police Department.
Wisconsin man arrested for producing AI-generated images of minors
The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.
WisGOP to open new regional field office in Waukesha
The new office is just one of 30 facilities across Wisconsin that will be opened by early June.
Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings
A Wisconsin man convicted in the fatal stabbings of two women found dead in a home last year has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms without any chance for parole.
For 20 years, RCS has been bringing trial visuals to life
RCS works with attorneys on their visuals and technology needs for the past 20 years.
Justices reject appeal from former Guantanamo detainee
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee.
Lawyers burn midnight oil studying Title IX revisions
Attorneys representing colleges and universities face the prospect of shelving summer vacation plans to ensure that their clients are in compliance with the reams of Title IX rule amendments recently released by the U.S. Department of Education.
70 years after Brown, school integration stymied
Seventy years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional.
Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for seven felony counts related to the death of two people in a Door County bar fire, according to court documents obtained by the Wisconsin Law Journal.
Involuntary Medication Order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted the petition for review filed by D.E.W. in his case against Winnebago County concerning his involuntary medication order.
Class Certification- Portal-to-Portal Act
The Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s order certifying a class of current and former Department of Corrections (DOC) employees seeking compensation for time spent undergoing security checks and walking to and from their work posts.
Legal News
- 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
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
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