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A Mequon attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend his license for three months.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Vladimir Gorokhovsky

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ordering lawyer-regulators to investigate whether any medical concerns are preventing the Green Bay lawyer Paul Boltz from defending himself from misconduct allegations.

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A Milwaukee intellectual-property law firm will be moving its offices to a new high-rise building.

The Milwaukee firm Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren recently opened an office in Minneapolis.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty recently announced new hires and promotions.

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A Thiensville law firm recently changed its name and got a new owner

The Judicial Council has received a wide-ranging open-records request from the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council concerning recent changes to the state's civil-litigation rules.

Tagged with: Andy Cook Bill Gleisner civil litigation Civil Procedure Judicial Council Open Records Wisconsin Civil Justice Council

Four lawyers vying for a seat on the Ozaukee County Circuit Court will face off at a candidates forum organized by the Ozaukee County Bar Association.

A Neenah attorney is agreeing to a 6-month license suspension and admitting that he broke three attorney-ethics rules.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and dozens of state courts around Wisconsin were closed Wednesday because of subzero temperatures.

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The Milwaukee Bar Association is holding a day-long conference featuring the president and founder of a firm that coaches and advises lawyers and law firms.

The Eastern District of Wisconsin’s chief judge is planning to take senior status at the end of the year.

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With subzero temperatures setting in, courts in two more Wisconsin counties are closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

In 2018, there was little change from 2017 in the rate at which the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed trial-court judges.

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Courts in several Wisconsin counties were closed on Monday because of a winter-storm warning.

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A Wisconsin trial-consulting firm will be featured in a documentary that premieres this weekend.

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Sarah Platt’s work as a management-side employment lawyer looks quite different now than it did five years ago.

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When local officials placed additional insurance requirements on Enbridge Energy Co. in 2015 as part of granting a conditional-use permit for a pipeline project in northeast Dane County, company officials were quick to file an appeal.

After the Wisconsin Senate last spring passed legislation that would give contractors further protection from certain lawsuits, the state’s plaintiffs’ attorney bar advised members in March to file lawsuits before the new law took effect that summer.

The Judicial Council recently voted to advance to the state Legislature a proposal to revise changes recently made by lawmakers to the state's rules of civil procedure.

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A Minnesota lawyer faces suspension in Wisconsin over misconduct in his home state.

Tagged with: Brian Campbell Fischer office of lawyer regulation OLR

The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended the Wisconsin law license of a Maryland attorney for committing misconduct in his home state.

Tagged with: Joseph Laumann office of lawyer regulation OLR

A large Brookfield debt-collection firm is shutting down in the midst of two pending lawsuits in Waukesha County.

Tagged with: BP Peterman Law Group

The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted in closed conference on Thursday for a change to the state's pro hac vice rule.

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A Milwaukee attorney is being faced with a 60-day license suspension.

Tagged with: Gary Grass office of lawyer regulation OLR

The American Bar Association’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section will plan to present a prestigious award to the retired University of Wisconsin Law School professor Marc Galanter.

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A Douglas County attorney faces a license suspension over allegations that he broke nine attorney-ethics rules.

Tagged with: Jesse Johansen office of lawyer regulation OLR

A Dane County attorney who once worked for Gov. Jim Doyle's administration is faced with a 90-day suspension of his law license.

Tagged with: office of lawyer regulation OLR Stanley Davis

Last week, Attorney General Brad Schimel released a legal opinion involving a county’s authority to zone shorelands within a town.

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DeWitt recently announced that it has appointed Chase Horne, Julie Nagorski and Raluca Vais-Ottosen to partner.

Tagged with: Brian Taffora DeWitt Michael Best & Friedrich Who's Doing What?