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The pandemic this year has brought change not only to court operations in many parts of Wisconsin but also to the makeup of the courts themselves.
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Tokaji assumes UW Law dean post amid pandemic, racial-injustice concerns
Daniel Tokaji, who started as dean of UW Law School on Aug. 1, has inherited a situation that many of his predecessors could never have imagined.
Read More »Daniels, new State Bar president-elect, ready to listen, lead (VIDEO)
The Madison attorney Cheryl Daniels is the newest member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s leadership team in what has proved to be a historic election for the organization. Daniels defeated Michael May, Madison city attorney, in the April race ...
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Read More »Foley lawyer starts international network of compliance law firms
As lead of Foley & Lardner’s Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations International Practice group, David Simon can’t think of the law as something that stops at the U.S. border.
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Read More »Husch Blackwell expands Madison health care team
Husch Blackwell has more than doubled its Wisconsin health care team, adding 12 attorneys and a paralegal to its Madison office in the first weeks of 2020. The new hires are the local result of the firm’s national strategy to expand its health-care practice.
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Read More »Kamenick founds firm to fight for open records
From the shores of Lake Michigan, a new law firm is shining light onto Wisconsin’s open-records and open-meetings laws.
Read More »Thomsen aims to right institutional wrongs in high-profile civil rights cases
Mark Thomsen has thought a lot about how to make the legal process more fair — especially this year. Thomsen and his firm, Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, have taken up a number of high-profile civil rights cases in recent months.
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Read More »Dassey isn’t on Gov. Evers’ latest list of pardons. Here’s why Barry Scheck says he should be
Gov. Tony Evers issued another round of pardons over the weekend. Missing among the list of those pardoned — Brendan Dassey.
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Read More »Attorneys work to give Dassey hope of life outside prison
Brendan Dassey’s legal team is advocating for what they are calling Dassey’s best chance at a life outside prison.
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Read More »AGC general counsel uses litigation experience to help members avoid legal entanglements
Derek Allen, the new general counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, is using his decade of litigation experience to keep AGC members on job sites rather than in courtrooms.
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Read More »Former justice Butler looks back at tumultuous time on high court
Louis Butler is reluctant to say his attempt in 2008 to retain his seat on the state Supreme Court came amid a new low point in Wisconsin judicial elections.
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Read More »Mitich helps developers with ins-and-outs of real estate incentives
To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.
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Read More »Benedict, Dorman look back with fondness on years at SPD
Sam Benedict and Robin Dorman started their legal career on the exact same day in 1979 as two of five attorneys in the Waukesha County office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender.
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Read More »Sankovitz dives back into complex commercial cases
One of the things Richard Sankovitz misses most about being a judge is being in court.
Read More »Amid busy schedule, Fulton oversees expansion at DeWitt
Brad Fulton started at the bottom at DeWitt.
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Read More »Platt questions common notions about management-side employment lawyers
Sarah Platt’s work as a management-side employment lawyer looks quite different now than it did five years ago.
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Read More »Federal prosecutor’s work touches lives beyond U.S. borders
For litigators, putting appearances on the record is a requirement.
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Read More »Nothing routine about Fleming’s approach to legal practice
Casey Fleming makes her living as a tax lawyer, a job that may strike many as being regimented and rules-bound as they come.
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Read More »After real estate and business, Nudo moves on to legal career
Anthony Nudo may be new to the practice of law, but he brings with him a wealth of experience in business and real estate.
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Read More »Gionis saw law degree as path to own business
Kathleen Gionis went to law school to do more than become a lawyer—she wanted work for herself.
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Read More »Varied experiences ultimately led Goudie to paralegal work
Before John Goudie found his niche in paralegal work, he had a variety of experiences.
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Read More »HAVING THEIR BACKS: Reeves works to protect fund assets
Working with employee-benefits clients and institutional investors clients, Tiffany R. Reeves finds every day is different and she always has more to learn.
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Read More »Kalmer helps clients with multi-employer plans, ACA
The saying “timing is everything” could have been originally written about Stacie Kalmer and the way she ended up with a successful employee benefits practice at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.
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Read More »Zielinski provides divorcing couples with financial options
Grant Zielinski knows he needs to do a little explaining when responding to the question: What do you do for a living?
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Read More »Case diversity keeps practice interesting for MacArdy
One of the things Amy MacArdy enjoys most about her work is that no two cases are the same.
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Read More »Gardner strives to ease employers’ concerns
John Gardner, a partner at DeWitt, Ross & Stevens in Madison, rarely has a dull day.
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Read More »Lawyer a problem-solver for schools, businesses
Robert Burns did not plan to specialize in employment law for public-sector employers. As is often true for many things in life, his career came about gradually.
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Read More »Robinson helps clients through estate, probate matters
Juscha Robinson believes she makes a difference by providing her clients with peace of mind about the future.
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Read More »Love for public service fuels DiMotto’s decades-long career
Before starting law school, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge John DiMotto thought his legal career would mostly entail practicing law from behind a desk.
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Read More »Sahar’s legal career has her following in footsteps of her father
For Leila Nadim Sahar, strategy plays a big role in the business-litigation cases she handles at Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk.
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