Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Court: City violated order in dispute over fire departments
The court has ordered the city to pay a fine of $2,000 for each instance of any future contact for recruitment purposes.
Judge bars media cameras in slayings case, but the court will livestream
Court will operate a livestream, on its YouTube channel.
$2 million awarded by Federal jury for MPD excessive force, officers’ failure to intervene
$1 million awarded for excessive force and another $1 million awarded for failure to intervene.
Wisconsin Attorney General joins multistate Amicus Brief to uphold laws restricting gun magazine capacity
A coalition of 20 attorneys general argue large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment because they are not commonly used for self-defense.
Lawyer with ties to Brookfield, Wis. sentenced to four Years in Federal Prison
Browndorf also owned subsidiary law firms across the United States, including BP Peterman, which was based in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
O'Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Gov. Evers appoints Toni L. Young to the Racine County Circuit Court
Young is currently the local attorney manager for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office in Janesville.
Gov. Evers appoints Frank Gagliardi to the Kenosha County Circuit Court
Gagliardi has been a partner at Gagliardi Law LLP since 2006, where he focuses on personal injury and family law litigation.
Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others
Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees.
Courtroom outbursts justified exclusion of mother from parental rights trial
A mother contested a district court’s order terminating her parental rights.
OSHA fines two Wisconsin construction companies after Lambeau Field carpenter’s death
Federal labor inspectors have levied fines against two construction companies in connection with a worker's death at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, earlier this year.
Vehicle wanted in Chicago homicide crashes into Milwaukee school bus during police pursuit
A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago crashed into a school bus during a police chase in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property