Recent Articles from Erika Strebel, [email protected]
ABA names 34th Annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards honorees
Commission is honoring five outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way for other women in the legal profession.
Replevin-Lost Dog
Clarion Bannach appeals from the judgment in replevin that returned possession of a dog to Leola Voegtline, who filed a small claims action for replevin.
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Eligibility
For fourteen years, Jonathan Todd Morris was the vice president of finance and operations for his employer, Bredan Mechanical Systems, Inc. (Bredan).
Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act
After a workplace accident in 2012—for which Graef received worker’s compensation benefits—he continued to suffer from both physical injuries as well as depression.
Sentence Modification-New Factor
Gilliam was convicted, upon a jury’s verdict, of first-degree intentional homicide while armed in December 1997.
Petitions for Guardianship and Protective Placement
Sarah appeals circuit court orders granting My Choice Wisconsin’s petitions for guardianship and protective placement.
Insurance Coverage-Definition of “Occurrence”
Meress & Associates LLC (“Meress”) appeals orders of the circuit court denying its motion for summary judgment, granting the cross-motion for summary judgment of West Bend Mutual Insurance Company (“West Bend”), and entering judgment in West Bend’s favor.
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Steven Seekamp appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of methamphetamine, as a repeater, and maintaining a drug trafficking place.
Tax-Injunction
Bradley Olson and Shirley Olson had been conducting their business, Affordable Sewer Service, without paying federal taxes for a decade.
Suppression of Evidence-Validity of Search
Harold McGhee was convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking.
Resentencing
Christopher Yates and Shawn Connelly were found guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Macomb, Illinois, spanning thirteen months from January 2019 to February 2020.
Remand to State Court
Following the Highland Park, IL shooting perpetrated by Robert Eugene Crimo III, who used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle to take the lives of seven individuals and injure 48 others, the victims and their estates collectively filed several lawsuits against Crimo, his father, the gun shops where he obtained the rifle, and the manufacturer of the weapon, Smith & Wesson.
Legal News
- Congress to formally investigate Secret Service
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- 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
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