Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
IRS delays rules for payment apps’ users
Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a tax reprieve this year.
Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin’s sons
A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions.
Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court
Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against incumbent Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in 2025.
Attorney’s financial fraud victims angrily confront him before he’s sentenced
Those clients got to look the attorney in the eye Tuesday and tell him how he had destroyed their trust, as the disgraced lawyer was sentenced to 27 years in prison for stealing about $12 million.
Kenosha man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing his father, stepmother with a machete in 2021
A Kenosha man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting to fatally stabbing his father and stepmother with a machete after they stopped him from sexually assaulting a teenager.
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown welcomes attorney Eric Schanowski to its criminal defense group
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin based trial and litigation law firm of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP (GRGB) is pleased to announce the addition of Attorney Eric Schanowski to the firm’s criminal defense team. Eric graduated from Northwestern School of Law in 2018 and the University of Michigan in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, Eric […]
Official who posted ‘ballot selfie’ in Wisconsin has felony charge dismissed
Paul Buzzell, 52, of Mequon had faced maximum penalties of 3 1/2 years behind bars and $10,000 in fines.
Federal court rules brokerage firm breached 1994 contract
U.S. District Court recently found that it breached the contract.
County sued over death of pet dog shot by police
Allegedly, police officers illegally entered their apartment without a warrant, detained them at gunpoint without justification and unnecessarily shot their pet dog, which was left paralyzed and ultimately euthanized.
Illinois taxpayers to foot $160 million bill to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that Illinois will funnel an additional $160 million to help migrants arriving in Chicago to resettle, i
Report says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used alternate email under name of Hall of Fame pitcher
Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said he was troubled about the use of what he called “phantom email addresses.”
Rehabilitation Act-Disability Discrimination
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) oversees schools dedicated to military families, and since 2004, Smithson has been employed as a science teacher within this organization.
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