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Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday appointed 18 members to his Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Waukesha plumbing company is not entitled to direct payment for work done in 2008 because there was no breach of contract by the insurance company that hired the contractor.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday will determine how billboard owners get paid when the state condemns property to make room for highway projects.

A Milwaukee attorney now living in California lost his law license for one year after defaulting on 14 disciplinary charges filed against him by the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation.

The first of four Wisconsin Supreme Court justices asked to step aside in the pending ethics case against Justice David Prosser has agreed to do so.

Failure to file a timely challenge could cost the city of Kaukauna its right to provide sewer service to 89 acres of land in the town of Harrison, according to a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision issued Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to decide Thursday whether a Waukesha plumbing contractor is entitled to direct payment from an insurance company for work at a vacant rental property.

Madison attorney Pat Fiedler, of Axley Brynelson LLP, won the race for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Milwaukee attorney John Loew received a public reprimand from the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday for two counts of professional misconduct, including failure to notify a client of suspension.

Wisconsin lawyers and judges will educate students throughout the state Tuesday on various aspects of the legal profession in recognition of Law Day.

Sixteen years after agreeing to a permanent revocation of his law license, Madison attorney Stanley Woodard has returned to practice.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and county officials are in dispute over who should pay more than $55,000 in private legal fees racked up as a result of an ongoing rift between the public official and the county.

On the surface, a minor dog bite case does not seem like a logical instance in which electronic discovery of evidence is necessary.

Defending lawyers accused of professional misconduct isn’t glamorous, but Milwaukee attorney Richard Cayo, of Halling Cayo SC, said he loves it anyway.

A Wednesday afternoon boycott staged by four state justices enhanced the fractured image of the Supreme Court and could happen again if its leader doesn’t conform to a new protocol.

As a summer tourism hot spot in Wisconsin, Sauk County is synonymous with waterslides and campfires.

Appellate court judges in Wisconsin on Wednesday denied an appeal to overturn an injunction on the state’s voter identification law.

Felony judges in Milwaukee are considering consolidation of preliminary hearings in response to a new law that largely gutted the value of those proceedings.

Cutting costs while balancing workload is an ongoing struggle for most solo and small firm owners.

The majority of justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court have been asked to step aside in the pending disciplinary case against their colleague, Justice David Prosser.

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is tapping a rarely used judicial process to bring criminal charges against a man who threatened a Madison radio talk show host.

Treatment court judges serve as both enforcers of the law and collaborators with defendants; a unique dichotomy that can test ethical boundaries.

Kevin Martin’s phone won’t stop ringing.

Waukesha attorney Don Murn has always enjoyed being his own boss.

A Mequon-based marine construction company is suing an Illinois contractor for more than $350,000 after a contract between the two fell apart during a Lake Michigan shoreline project near Chicago.

Many attorneys in state don’t realize how much they pay in annual bar dues and are dealing with challenges of pressure and work-life balance, according to the results of a State Bar of Wisconsin study.

State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.

The prospect of paying to practice law after age 70 is something emeritus lawyers in Wisconsin are willing to accept, so long as they are not mandated to take continuing legal education.

State Bar of Wisconsin leaders are considering approval of a budget that drains reserve money, contingent on a future dues increase, to financially sustain the organization going forward.

While attorneys could pay $35 more per year to remain members of the State Bar of Wisconsin starting in Fiscal Year 2014, the price of continuing legal education through the bar may increase much sooner.