Johanna R. Kirk
Johanna R. Kirk is three-for-three before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals — in just four years.
Byron C. Lichstein
When attorney Byron C. Lichstein joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School at the beginning of 2004, he was the youngest clinical professor at the Frank J. Remington Center.
Steven C. McGaver
Steven C. McGaver didn’t want to follow his father in the law enforcement profession, or take his grandfather’s advice to attend the United States Naval Academy.
Erin K. Murphy
Erin K. Murphy’s journey toward practicing immigration law began with a year of teaching special education classes in Quito, Ecuador.
Jacob R. Reis
Jacob R. Reis’ decision to become a personal injury lawyer arose from a very personal family experience. When he was starting high school, his grandfather was killed in a car accident.
Christine M. Rice
When she goes to CLE programs, an appellate decision Christine M. Rice often hears discussed is a case she helped take to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The court in Rosario v. Acuity found that the statute of repose barred a claim against a building owner for an injury due to a step that was built 40 years earlier in an unsafe manner.
Marissa L. Santiago
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jean DiMotto enthusiastically nominated assistant district attorney Marissa Santiago as an Up and Coming lawyer.
Katherine D. Spitz
Foley & Lardner may call its litigation department the “Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution” practice. But although Kate Spitz only joined the firm in 2007, she would likely have fit in well in the days before “alternative dispute resolution” entered the lexicon.
Amalia Levit Todryk
Amalia Levit Todryk says the best aspect of being a trusts and estates attorney is the “trust” part.
Geoffrey S. Trotier
As a sixth year associate, attorney Geoffrey S. Trotier got the chance many never get in their entire legal careers — a chance to argue a case before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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