Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Sufficiency of Evidence
White was convicted by a jury of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a felon.
Zoning- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)
A Catholic high school in Madison sued the city and other parties, alleging that the city's refusal to grant permission for installing lights for nighttime athletic events violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Powerlist – Mari R. Zimmermann – Zimmermann Law Office
Milwaukee Attorney and Marquette Law School alum Mari R. Zimmermann has been practicing family law in the Badger State for more than a decade, putting children first. “If there are children, the goal is to not just meet my client’s interest but do so in a way that puts their children first,” Zimmermann said. Graduating […]
Officer disciplined over Floyd post can’t claim free speech
He took the post down approximately two hours later.
Powerlist – Karen Zimmermann – Zimmermann Law Office
Since 1982, Karen Zimmermann has focused exclusively on family law. Whether representing a client in a divorce, custody dispute or a support and property division, Zimmermann said, “Kids always come first.” “It’s all about the client,” she said, noting that her children, Mari and Nathan, also work at the Milwaukee family law firm. Mari Zimmermann […]
Powerlist – Michael S. Winter – Attorney Michael S. Winter
Michael S. Winter has navigated the emotionally taxing and complex areas of family law estate planning for over 40 years. Milwaukee based, he operates his private practice firm, dividing his caseload between Family Law, Criminal and Traffic Defense, and litigation in commercial and probate cases. He earned his bachelor’s in finance from the University of […]
Powerlist – Carol J. Wessels – Wessels & Liebau
Carol J. Wessels said her estate planning practice grew naturally from her work in elder and special needs law, and seeing firsthand what can happen when people do not have an estate plan in place. “I’ve handled guardianship cases, as well as probates when a person did not have adequate estate planning done and things […]
Powerlist – Eido Walny – Walny Legal Group
Eido Walny’s boutique Bayside law practice has grown a national client-base. “We have been very fortunate to build a practice with a national footprint,” said Walny, noting, “We have developed contacts and clients across the country.” In 2020, Walny was elected as president of the village of Bayside. In his free time, Walny serves on […]
Powerlist – Carlton D. Stansbury – Burbach & Stansbury S.C.
Carlton D. Stansbury decided to practice family law for a simple reason: He wanted to help people. “I realized early in my career that when legal issues and personal issues overlap, the legal and personal decisions made at that time can impact not only the clients, but also their families for many years,” said Stansbury, […]
Powerlist – Mark Shiller – Certus Legal Group
When Mark Shiller’s children were young, he tried to find a way to describe what he did for a living as an estate planner. “The best I came up with is that I helped people take care of their kids and their money and I think that’s still not a bad answer to what it […]
Powerlist – Heather Poster – Becker, Hickey and Poster S.C.
With mentors like attorneys Margaret Hickey and Barbara Becker, joining an estate planning firm was a natural fit for Heather Poster. Poster joined the firm as a law clerk and eventually as an associate. That was 22 years ago for the now-partner at Milwaukee’s Becker, Hickey and Poster S.C. Poster specializes in elder and special […]
Powerlist – Jared Potter – Stafford Rosenbaum
Drawing inspiration from the cranberry marshes of his family’s multi-generational business, Jared Potter is motivated to aid others in transitioning businesses and their estates to the next generation. Potter is a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum’s Milwaukee office, specializing in estate planning and family law. In serving his clients, he believes that informed decision-making and education [&he[...]
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