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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing dueling perspectives on Monday on a proposal to spread the use of digital audio recording as an alternative to standard court reporting.

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Two University of Wisconsin Law School graduates will be arguing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court later this month.

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State Assembly lawmakers are scheduled to hear public testimony on legislation that would both require drunken drivers to appear in court and make a first-time drunken driving offense a crime.

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In the three contested races for state judge positions, the victorious candidates include a Milwaukee public defender, a Cedarburg litigator and a former Milwaukee civil litigator.

A committee of state lawmakers recently moved forward a piece of legislation aimed at expanding the state’s expungement laws.

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Your state judicial election guide.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is seeking to hear from the public on two of nine proposed changes to the state’s lawyer-regulation system.

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Wisconsin’s business-court project will soon begin accepting more cases from around the state.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently issued an order creating an appeals process for bar applicants whose requests for special accommodations during the state’s bar exam are rejected. The court, on its own motion earlier this term, proposed the change. The ...

A committee recently gave its blessing to proposed legislation that would expand Wisconsin’s expungement law.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer fared better than her opponent, Brian Hagedorn, in a survey of Milwaukee Bar Association members.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently declined to add to the types of the non-clients who can sue lawyers for legal malpractice.

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A bill that would make changes to Wisconsin’s expungement law will go before a panel of Wisconsin lawmakers this week for a vote.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently gave back a former Milton attorney’s law license.

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Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn herself from three more cases pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee lawyer over four misconduct allegations.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended the license of a Neenah attorney. Thursday’s discipline stems from charges the Office of Lawyer Regulation filed last year against the solo-practitioner David Templeton, alleging that Templeton had committed three counts of misconduct. According ...

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Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.

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Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn from another three cases scheduled for oral argument.

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von Briesen attorney appointed leader association of school lawyers von Briesen & Roper’s Christine Hamiel has been appointed president of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association. Hamiel, who works in the firm’s Milwaukee office, is a shareholder and leader of the ...

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A state agency has dismissed an Eau Claire attorney’s tax appeal because he failed to respond to discovery requests and failed to appear at status conferences.

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Long-time Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson has suddenly withdrawn from participating in three cases.

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The Wisconsin Senate version of proposed legislation to expand the state’s expungement process is up for a public hearing next week.

The Milwaukee Bar Association is holding a forum next week for the two candidates running for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 40, the seat once held by Justice Rebecca Dallet.

Just four days after the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court face off at the State Bar Center in Madison, they will debate each other again, this time in Milwaukee.

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An Appleton lawyer has started a new firm.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has issued an order eliminating requirements that call for certain court employees to disclose financial relationships.

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The Director of State Courts Office will be holding a training session for court interpreters in Milwaukee.

The U.S. Attorneys’ offices in the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin collected more than $50 million dollars in civil and criminal actions in the 2018 fiscal year.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be holding public hearings in April on both a pilot project introducing mandatory electronic filing to the state’s appellate courts and a plan to allow alternatives to stenographic court reporting.