2016 Alternative Dispute Resolution – Professional Directory Listings
BROOKS, CHRISTY von Briesen & Roper, s.c. 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1000 Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: 414-287-1232 Fax: 414-238-6517 Email: [email protected] Website: vonbriesen.com Practice Area: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Divorce and Family Law Service Area: Wisconsin BRADBURY, PHILIP von Briesen & Roper, s.c. 10 E. Doty St., Suite 900 Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 608-310-360[...]
Proposal in front of Supreme Court would give lawyer-mediators in family cases the ability to craft documents
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is asking practitioners and others to weigh in on a proposed rule change that would allow lawyers who mediate family law disputes to also draft legal documents that result from those negotiations.
SCOTUS could weigh in on 7th Circuit’s decision on employment agreement’s arbitration clause
Should the medical-technology firm Epic Systems and other companies be able to require that employees sign on to agreements forcing them to take labor disputes to independent arbitrators rather than court?
State’s high court to consider first case involving alternative to arbitration agreements
Even as some companies continue using arbitration clauses to push employees and consumers to resolve their cases outside court, others are finding they can achieve the same goals by avoiding going before a jury.
Inspiring trust during mediation, negotiation
When Ronald Reagan famously quoted the Russian proverb, “trust, but verify,” what he really meant was, “don’t trust at all.”
Efficient and economical form of ADR? It depends …
Although arbitration is generally regarded as an efficient and economical system of alternative dispute resolution, the standard of judicial review for arbitration awards varies from state to state.
Legal News
- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- 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
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