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I think I may have found the oddest entry ever put into a court record. And it’s in Milwaukee County.
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AG’s office obtains $65K judgement in water pollution complaint
An Adams County judge ordered a Saukville heifer company to pay $65,000 for violating state water pollution laws, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office.
Read More »PSC fined for pollution from power plant
The Wisconsin Public Service Corp. has been ordered to pay $80,000 in forfeitures and court costs for excessively polluting the area surrounding its coal power plant in Rothschild.
Read More »State agency seeks to revoke ex-New Berlin mayor’s law license
A former New Berlin mayor and real estate developer who allegedly mishandled hundreds of thousands of dollars of client money is at risk of losing his law license.
Tagged with: James Gatzke OLR
Read More »Future of Access to Justice Commission in question
Money is running out for the Access to Justice Commission, a Wisconsin Supreme Court-mandated group tasked with advocating for legal services for indigent people.
Tagged with: Access to Justice Commission George Brown Gregg Moore Hannah Dugan State Bar Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Former judge proposes 12-person jury bill
A Milwaukee assemblyman has introduced legislation requiring all criminal juries to have 12 members because of the six-member jury that heard George Zimmerman’s case in Florida.
Tagged with: Fred Kessler John Barrett Jury
Read More »COURT GESTURES: Location, location, location
Wait, where exactly did I move? I guess close enough to a place where a dead body was hidden by alleged prostitutes before being found several days later.
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Read More »COURT GESTURES: A TAD on the technical side
The takeaway from Friday’s treatment alternatives and diversion symposium in Madison was pretty clear: there needs to be a better way to prevent those who are arrested from coming back.
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Read More »State to help courts establish treatment programs
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced a grant program Friday that will divvy $1.5 million between county court systems in Wisconsin that do not have a treatment or diversion program for defendants.
Tagged with: J.B. Van Hollen TAD
Read More »Justices hold off on revoking Wynn’s law license
A West Allis debt collection lawyer facing criminal charges for misappropriating more than $780,000 from clients is suspended from practicing law in Wisconsin.
Tagged with: Ann Walsh Bradley OLR Randy Wynn Shirley Abrahamson State Bar Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Reduced collections leave Sheboygan clerk’s office stretched thin
The Sheboygan County Clerk of Circuit Court’s Office is at a tipping point.
Tagged with: Inside Courthouses Sheboygan County Circuit Court
Read More »Construction company settles O’Donnell Park lawsuit
A settlement has been reached between J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., Madison, and the families affected by the June 24, 2010, incident in which a concrete panel fell off the O’Donnell Park parking garage and killed 15-year-old Jared Kellner and injured two others.
Tagged with: Christopher Foley J.H. Findorff & Son Jared Kellner O'Donnell Park parking garage
Read More »‘Light Hero’ attorney ordered to refund clients (UPDATE)
A suspended Milwaukee bankruptcy attorney who deemed himself “The Light Hero” in advertisements was ordered by a federal judge Tuesday to pay thousands of dollars for defrauding multiple clients in the poorest areas of Milwaukee.
Tagged with: CLE J.P. Stadtmueller OLR
Read More »Kagan: Court hasn’t really ‘gotten to’ email
The members of the Supreme Court continue to communicate with one another through memos printed on ivory paper even as they face the prospect of hearing cases related to emerging technology and electronic snooping in the years to come, Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday.
Tagged with: Elena Kagan U.S. Supreme Court
Read More »Couple files suit against Milwaukee County DA (UPDATE)
An Orthodox Jewish couple from Milwaukee who has been investigated multiple times on allegations of child abuse is suing local prosecutors and child-welfare investigators for what they see as wrongdoing in court and investigation proceedings.
Tagged with: Charles Clevert Eastern District of Wisconsin John Chisholm
Read More »Assembly bill moves to pay wrongfully convicted man
The Assembly version of a bill designed to pay thousands to a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was introduced Tuesday.
Tagged with: Dale Kooyenga Glenn Grothman Lena Taylor Robert Stinson wrongful conviction
Read More »Milwaukee senator takes up ‘Ban the Box’ effort
A Senate bill proposed Friday seeks to give a leg up to convicted felons applying for jobs.
Tagged with: Krukowski & Costello Lena Taylor
Read More »Legislation would require 12-person juries
A Milwaukee assemblyman proposed a bill Tuesday that would require all juries in criminal cases to consist of 12 people.
Tagged with: Jury
Read More »Kenosha co. fined 49K for violating environmental laws
A Kenosha company was ordered Tuesday to pay nearly $49,000 in fines and court costs for violating state environmental laws, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office.
Tagged with: Bruce Schroeder environment
Read More »Bill proposes employers wait on conviction information
A Senate bill proposed Friday would prohibit employers from asking job applicants for information about a criminal conviction before the applicant has been selected for an interview.
Tagged with: Lena Taylor prior convictions
Read More »COURT GESTURES: Welcome to Court Gestures, please approach the bench
Hello, and welcome to Court Gestures. If you are reading this, it means that the blog is up and running following a few weeks of newsroom debates about what it should be called, how it should look and what is worthy of a post.
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Read More »Attorney, landlord wage 12-year fight
A case that began as a landlord-tenant dispute has erupted into a 12-year battle in the Milwaukee courts system with allegations of aggressive prosecution and evading a debt by any means necessary.
Tagged with: Godfrey & Kahn Karen Christenson Milwaukee County Circuit Court Richard Sankovitz
Read More »Suspended attorney faces more misconduct allegations
A Hubertus attorney currently serving a six-month suspension is now facing several more allegations of misconduct from the Office of Lawyer Regulation.
Tagged with: OLR Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Appeals court overturns marijuana conviction in traffic stop
A Green Bay man’s marijuana conviction was overturned after the Court of Appeals said a police officer unlawfully searched the man’s car and found evidence during a traffic stop that was already completed.
Tagged with: Court of Appeals marijuana
Read More »Rhinelander in search of general counsel
The city of Rhinelander is looking to retain attorneys to serve as general counsel, as well as to prosecute municipal code and aid in labor relations, according to a post on its website.
Read More »Minn. attorneys face disciplinary action in Wis.
Two Minneapolis attorneys who were disciplined for several infractions in separate cases earlier this year are now facing disciplinary proceedings in Wisconsin.
Tagged with: OLR Wisconsin Supreme Court
Read More »Insanity defenses face long odds
Despite a few recent cases in which a mental defense was raised, local judges, attorneys and court observers say there has been a decline in the frequency of the defense.
Tagged with: Darius Simmons Donna Kuchler insanity plea Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Wagner John DiMotto John Spooner Kent Lovern Kuchler & Cotton mental illness
Read More »Judge grants Sebena parole eligibility
A former Marine who shot and killed his Wauwatosa police officer wife on Christmas Eve will be eligible for parole in 35 years, a Milwaukee County judge ruled Friday.
Tagged with: Ben Sebena David Borowski homicide Jennifer Sebena Mark Williams Michael Steinle
Read More »Disbarred Ariz. attorney may see same fate in Wis.
An Arizona personal-injury lawyer who was disbarred for misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars of client trust fund money may now have his Wisconsin law license revoked, according to an Office of Lawyer Regulation complaint filed Monday.
Tagged with: OLR
Read More »Legislators again seek to reimburse wrongly convicted man
After last year’s failed attempt, a new Senate bill again seeks to take money from the state’s general fund to pay a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit.
Tagged with: Glenn Grothman homicide Lena Taylor Robert Stinson
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