Recent Articles from Joe Petrie
Chad Schoen – Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department
The Sheboygan County sheriff deputy Chad Schoen wants to make a difference every day he comes to work.
Anne Peterson – Falk Legal Group
Anne Peterson views her job at Falk Legal Group as requiring her to do whatever is necessary to help attorneys and staff employees there achieve or maintain their standard of excellence.
Hoffer brings clarity to law in Eau Claire
Douglas Hoffer’s pursuit of a legal career has always been a lifelong dream.
Insurance defense with a side of Rice
Christine Rice was on her way to a career in nursing when an internship on risk management at a local hospital changed her life’s course.
Williams finds secret to successful career
When Pauline Williams got out of college, she wanted to work in the legal field, but didn’t want to be a lawyer.
The ‘captain’ charts a course for success
For Kimberly Finnigan, a legal career came about through sheer happenstance.
Ford Bennett makes the grade at UW Law School
When Jane Ford Bennett saw an opportunity to join the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1997, she became eager to do just that after learning from a friend about the support offered by the department.
Daun leading the charge for a diverse legal field
As a Milwaukee native, Margaret Daun received firsthand experience in the difference diversity can make.
Nelson a trailblazer for women in the law
When Heather Nelson was in sixth grade, she and her classmates performed a staged jury trial that saw them pretending to litigate a case involving an accident between a car and a bicycle.
Ballenger quick to recognize injustices
Jesica Ballenger’s love of the law came when she was in high school and taking part in a mock trial in civics class.
The ‘mom mentor’ always knows best
Farrah N.W. Rifelj isn’t sure why she was always drawn to the law, but growing up she knew it’s what she wanted to do.
Lewand breaking ground and diversity barriers
Porchia Lewand’s love of the law started when she was a child and discovered a hero in the fictional judge Amy Gray on the TV show “Judging Amy.”
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies