Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Resolution honoring Women’s History Month passes Wisconsin Assembly
Resolution introduced honors the many achievements that Wisconsin women have made throughout the state's history.
Racine County Sheriffs arrest driver after hit-and-run sends We Energies flagger to hospital
The Racine County Sheriff's Office arrested Bob Daniel Slominski, 42, for allegedly striking a We Energies flagger near the Town of Burlington on Tuesday.
Wisconsin Attorney General Kaul Advocates for DCI Funding in Crime Fighting Budget
Request would add 19 special agents and criminal analysts to DCI. DCI Agents investigate homicides, drug trafficking, internet crimes against children, and other serious crimes.
Wisconsin Assembly set to vote on parole commission bill
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s parole commission would be forced to meet in public and post its decisions online under a Republican-authored bill the state Assembly is set to take up Wednesday. Republicans have heaped criticism on the commission after it decided to parole convicted murderer Douglas Balsewicz last May. He had served 25 years of an 80-year sentence […]
Wisconsin Republicans set to clarify cash bail amendment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is set Wednesday to clarify when a proposed constitutional amendment to make it harder for people to go free on bail before trial would apply. Both chambers of the Legislature are expected to pass a bill specifying which offenses would fall under the proposed amendment that, if approved by […]
Wisconsin Assembly set to vote on tougher riot penalties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anyone who encourages a riot or engages in violence during a riot would face felony charges under a bill Wisconsin’s Assembly is poised to take up Wednesday. The Republican-backed measure would make urging, promoting or organizing a riot a felony punishable by up to three years and six months in prison. […]
Lawmakers to vote on tougher reckless driving penalties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Penalties for reckless driving would dramatically increase under a pair of Republican-backed bills that Wisconsin lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday. The bills’ chief authors, Rep. Bob Donovan and Sen. Duey Stroebel, said they introduced the legislation in response to what they say are rising incidents of reckless driving in […]
10 Tips for Lawyers Starting Their Own Solo Practice
Starting a solo law practice can be a daunting task, but it can also be an incredibly rewarding experience. We’ve compiled a list of 10 Tips for Lawyers Starting Their Own Solo Practice.
Dan Kelly’s Deleted Blog posts
Below is a list of some of the recovered blog posts Kelly authored. Click on each title to open each respective post. A people who has a government, or a government that has a people? 9/5/2012 We Remember 9/11/2012 Where we are going and who is joining us? 9/11/2012 Thanksgiving….9/15/2012 Of Activist Courts and Self-Governance […]
Wis. Democrats, Gov. Tony Evers call for end of 1849 abortion ban with new legislation
Gov. Tony Evers announced on Tuesday legislation to repeal Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Sparks fly at Tuesday’s battleground state’s swing seat Supreme Court debate
Protasiewicz accuses Kelly of being a "true threat to our democracy." Kelly accuses Protasiewicz of lying and slander.
Milwaukee Municipal Court Branch 2 Candidate Molly Gena speaks at Milwaukee Bar Association Event
Molly Gena currently is the managing attorney at Legal Action of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and her opponent Sen. Lena Taylor is serving her fourth term in the Wisconsin State Senate.
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