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At some point, just about every law student or new lawyer must choose between trial or transactional work.

Attorney Sarah Troupis is taking the year off.

Hashtags, or those strange little “pound signs” to some of you, are popping up across cyberspace.

Not long after Judge Carl Ashley took the bench, he was at a church festival when a man approached saying the judge had sent him to prison.

When St. Mary’s Hospital about two years ago needed to restructure its medical staff responsibilities and the corresponding bylaws, it tapped attorneys Sarah Coyne and Kevin Eldridge to help.

One afternoon in the late ’90s, Peter Fox decided to check out a distant relative’s law office.

As a new lawyer, Bruce Huibregtse’s first file was defending a claim from a plaintiff who slipped on a banana peel.

Tom Nichols, most often an advisor and transactional attorney, ventured into litigation in 2004 on behalf of a long-term client facing insider-trading charges brought by the SEC.

John Rothstein typically represents large entities in high-profile, high-stakes litigation.

As a 3L, Eido Walny dreamed of starting an estate planning boutique firm.

The journey of 1,000 miles really does begin with a single step.

Attorneys can profit in many ways from service on the boards of nonprofit organizations.

When searching for something on Google, most people don’t click on anything past the third “organic” or nonsponsored result on the first page.

For Hudson attorney Mark Gherty, who’s completed the American Birkebeiner 24 times, it’s always been all about the skiing — and winning isn’t as important as succeeding.

The client sends an email or card saying thanks for a job well done.

A Winnebago County couple has filed a lawsuit alleging that the side effects of Zoloft/sertraline use during pregnancy caused their infant to develop severe birth defects and die after birth.

Few pieces of federal legislation will have a more wide-ranging effect on the practice of law in 2013 than the Affordable Care Act.

Succeeding as a solo or small-firm attorney means being not only an effective lawyer, but also a savvy businessperson.

A vacation with Jennifer Devitt and Dan Manna would leave many people yearning for a vacation.

Analytical. Skeptical. A high degree of urgency. A preference for autonomy. A lower need for social interaction. Resistant to change. Thin-skinned.

You can get good help these days.

A few years ago, opposing counsel in closing arguments called J. Michael Riley a “gun for hire,” likening the Axley Brynelson LLP lawyer to the character of Paladin in “Have Gun — Will Travel.”

When all else fails, mediator Marinus “Rick” J.W. Petri isn’t afraid to throw the rule book out the window.

Most evenings for veteran insurance defense litigator Mark Pennow are spent preparing for the next day’s mediation.

Although she’s trained as a mediator, it was an interest in litigation that got Marta Meyers started in law.

After the new year some lawyers engaging in debt collection will now be supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pursuant to a new rule promulgated by the agency.

The city of Milwaukee filed a petition Tuesday to intervene in a lawsuit alleging Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law is unconstitutional.

Because I’m over the age of 40 and, like many Midwesterners, generally thrifty, coupons intrigue me.

Like growing a family, expanding a firm via a new practice group can be an exciting proposition, especially for first-timers.

Brewing beer leads to drinking beer.