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For as long as she can remember, Evann Derus has wanted to be a lawyer.

On its face, sea kayaking doesn’t have much in common with Milwaukee’s start-up scene.

State officials are weighing how a legal opinion requiring fire sprinklers in apartment buildings could affect how state agencies enforce and adopt new administrative rules.

Tagged with: Brad Schimel fire sprinklers Josh Kaul Tetra Tech v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Even in normal situations, Alma Inger’s workload is intense.

Allison Reimann never expected to become a lawyer.

John Sobotik thinks of himself as a generalist.

At first, Justin Webb wanted to become a doctor.

A judge on Wednesday ordered the owner of the long-dilapidated Northridge Mall to tear the property down, siding with Milwaukee officials who had called for the former shopping center to be razed more than a year ago. The mall has ...

Tagged with: City of Milwaukee Tom Barrett

Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos was sentenced to serve six-and-a-half years in prison on Monday for orchestrating a decade-long scheme that exploited programs used to help minority companies win construction contracts.

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These days, there’s a lot that a spiffy website, a sharp social-media presence and a keen eye for the hot topics of the day can do for your law firm.

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is suing a Cedarburg contractor for failing to perform nearly $250,000 worth of remodeling work at his home.

A bill that would make it a felony to trespass on the site of a pipeline project won approval from a Legislative committee on Wednesday.

Tagged with: ALEC American Legislative Exchange Council

A new bill in the state Legislature would supplement federal tax incentives by offering a state tax break to those that invest in opportunity zones.

Tagged with: Opportunity Zones

As a “born tinkerer,” Erica Liabo-VanDerPol has always been drawn to new technology.

Bryan Kroes didn’t take a direct path to a legal career.

If drywall and flooring could talk, it'd probably have a dark story to tell about Wisconsin's ongoing construction boom.

Tagged with: fraud

A lawsuit filed this week accuses a Fox Valley construction company of failing to give its employees a full lunch break, effectively "shaving" hours from workers' weekly earnings — a claim the company denies.

Tagged with: wages

The Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused in a 14-count criminal complaint of stealing from his former law partner, his uncle and various clients.

Tagged with: Derzon & Menard office of lawyer regulation OLR Robert Menard

Eau Claire is faced with yet another legal challenge from familiar plaintiffs over its use of a development district after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld its right to pay developers cash incentives last summer.

A new report confirms what advocates of replacing Green Bay's maximum-security institution have long been arguing: the prison is overcrowded, out-of-date and dangerous.

Tagged with: Green Bay Correctional Institution Tony Evers

A lawsuit accuses the Milwaukee Brewers of establishing a “wheelchair ghetto” in Miller Park where disabled fans aren’t able to have a clear view of the ball field from their seats and are prevented entirely from getting to some parts of the stadium.

Tagged with: Americans with Disabilities Act Miler Park

There are encyclopedias, and then there’s Deborah Moser.

For Patty Siekert, there’s never been any doubt that her job makes a difference.

General construction contractor Mortenson tries to do more than simply check the box when it comes to hiring women- and minority-owned businesses.

Since Shannon Jefferson founded Gibraltar Industries, a commercial and residential cleaning business, after a bittersweet layoff in 2007, she has had a series of revelations.

Tweet Garot has striven hard to work with local businesses, encouraging both the formation of a diverse workforce and giving to charities.

For Melissa Goins, new vice president of development at J. Jeffers & Co., this year brought the culmination of various projects that are expected to prompt further change in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville neighborhood, the historic economic center of the city’s African-American community.

Through company-wide work groups, a promotion policy and assistance to homebuyers, Green Bay-based Associated Bank is seeking to foster inclusiveness both inside and outside its doors.

The U.S. Postal Service has asked a federal judge to toss out a developer’s lawsuit seeking to evict the USPS from the sprawling building it occupies in downtown Milwaukee.

Tagged with: Quarles & Brady

A developer's lawsuit seeking to evict the U.S. Postal Service from its office in downtown Milwaukee has landed in federal court.

Tagged with: Milwaukee County Circuit Court Quarles & Brady