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The State Bar of Wisconsin’s annual meeting and conference will include two key speakers.

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The top employee at the State Bar of Wisconsin will be stepping down next June.

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Of the nearly 60 cases submitted for review, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to take up only one: a double-homicide case out of La Crosse County.

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The Milwaukee Bar Association is organizing a seminar in which members and nonmembers may earn one free credit of continuing legal education.

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Milwaukee attorney Peter Earle has been trying for nearly a decade to get his client’s lead-paint case in front of a jury. Yet, despite the passage of so much time, his goal remains as elusive as ever.

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The top employee at the State Bar of Wisconsin will be stepping down next June.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an Eau Claire attorney’s license over his mishandling of a tax appeals case.

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The Director of State Courts office is accepting applications for a two-day interpreter training session in Wisconsin Rapids.

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A former law student who lied about his grades on an internship application has set his sights on becoming a lawyer for the federal government.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is preparing to take up long-sought changes to the state's so-called dead man's statutes, which prevent from witnesses from testifying in civil cases about communications they had with a person who has since died.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that a former law student who lied about his grades may practice law in Wisconsin. Wednesday’s decision stems from an appeal of a Board of Bar Examiners decision declining to admit Joshua Jarrett to ...

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A state Court of Appeals judge has announced that he will not run for another term.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Chicago attorney’s Wisconsin license over misconduct in an Illinois malpractice case.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Menomonee Falls attorney’s license for using his trust account to avoid paying income taxes.

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Although the CUNA Mutual Group has been offering pro bono legal services since 2013, it has never been clear whether Wisconsin Supreme Court rules let every lawyer there participate.

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A Milwaukee attorney is offering a reward for information about the deadly shooting of a 9-year-old girl in Milwaukee.

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Three attorneys have left the Milwaukee office of national law firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP to open their own firm.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former New Berlin mayor and real estate developer for mishandling thousands of dollars of client money.

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Waukesha County will be the first populous county in the state moving to electronic filing.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the State Bar of Wisconsin's seven-year-old request for a rule change that would have allowed people charged with a crime but never convicted to remove those charges from online court records.

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A University of Wisconsin law professor will give a lecture at the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules require all lawyers in the state to provide legal services voluntarily to those who cannot afford them in order to expand access to justice. But, often, that work comes full circle, offering attorneys opportunities to advance their careers while expanding personal development. Here are the stories of three attorneys and how pro bono work took them on different paths in their careers and personal lives.

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Three attorneys have launched a boutique law firm specializing in the medical and bioscience industries.

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A state appeals court has found that the developers of a Milwaukee townhouse project could not sign away their right to appear before a jury in a lawsuit against the bank that had provided loans for the project.

Tagged with: Brunton v. Nuvell Credit Corp. IRS Jeffrey Conen

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended an attorney’s license for 60 days over misconduct he committed in Minnesota.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has disciplined an Arizona attorney for misconduct in his home state.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans on Thursday to again take up a nearly decade-old petition calling for online legal records to be taken down if they deal with people who were charged with a particular crime but never actually convicted.

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Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants for vacancies on the benches in Dane and Rock County Circuit Court.

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An appeals court has ruled that a condo association could not pull its former manager into a lawsuit involving the association and the condo’s developer.

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Before a recent rule change, the chances were slim that the parties in a divorce case could find lawyers to represent them pro bono.

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