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When faced with an unknown reserve judge, criminal defense attorney Theodore Perlick Molinari seeks delays rather than risking an unexpected ruling.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded Massachusetts attorney Ronald Brandt for professional misconduct.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday revoked attorney Craig Hunt’s law license.

Several judges and court commissioners made their case Tuesday before the state Supreme Court for a petition to provide appointed counsel in civil cases for pro se clients.

The Hon. Patricia Curley describes her job as "industrial strength writing."

The owner of Allen Howe & Son Inc. is facing charges he embezzled more than $56,000 from employees.

A Brookfield attorney facing felony fraud charges wants to surrender his law license in Wisconsin.

Some Wisconsin legislators are working to end compensatory and punitive damages in employment discrimination cases.

The Milwaukee County court system could save upward of $250,000 annually with an electronic case filing system, but the move could mean less work for court staff members.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated Brookfield attorney Tom Warmington’s license, 14 years after he lost it for misappropriating client money.

In the face of a six-figure deficit, the State Bar of Wisconsin is juggling cutting costs with outreach efforts to its members statewide.

When Steven Biskupic stepped down as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 2009, he wasn't quite sure what he was going to do next.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week suspended the license of attorney Eric Forstrom for one year in a reciprocal discipline.

A member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors is arguing a series of statewide listening sessions is really just a prelude to a dues increase.

The Milwaukee Bar Association has pulled the plug on its second annual ‘Battle of the Barristers’ event planned for Oct. 13.

A Milwaukee man is suing two corporate titans for negligence.

Nathan A. Fishbach, a former Wisconsin Law Journal Leader in the Law, died Saturday of cancer. He was 58.

Four of the five Article III judges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be eligible for senior status by fall 2012.

Attorney Kurt Kobelt traces his union law roots to an internship with an electrical workers association while at George Washington University Law School.

Elder law attorney Steve Schultz doesn’t mind putting on his prosecutor hat, even if that means occasionally facing current or former clients.

Two state senators introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate the election of state Supreme Court justices and replace that system with an appointment process based on merit.

For attorney Donna Kuchler, the practice of law has always been a family affair.

On Thursday, the state Supreme Court breathed life into a contentious petition to abolish mandatory participation in the State Bar of Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday shot down proposals to hold private deliberations in public, but is still considering a therapeutic resolution to internal bickering that has plagued the court.

Intellectual property lawyers could get a lot more work if President Barack Obama follows through on his promise to create entrepreneurial jobs by overhauling the U.S. patent system.

Starting Nov. 1, it will cost attorneys more to be admitted to practice in the federal appellate and district courts in Wisconsin.

Gov. Scott Walker’s office is seeking applicants for two judicial vacancies in Wisconsin.

Wanted: an experienced Wisconsin lawyer to assist in prosecution of civil cases in the Western District court … and work for free.

After an exhaustive and unsuccessful attempt to unseat a justice on the state Supreme Court, attorney JoAnne Kloppenburg is going to make a run at the appellate court bench.

A legislative proposal would prevent a written or verbal admission of fault by doctors in Wisconsin from being used to determine negligence in medical malpractice cases.