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LinkedIn endorsements can cut both ways
Good news! Someone you went to high school with and doesn’t understand what kind of law you practice has endorsed you on LinkedIn!
‘Tis the season — to get out and network
Summer vacations and long weekends at the cabin or campground are being replaced by meetings and social events. That can mean only one thing: it’s time to start networking.
What it means to prepare a witness
Too many lawyers — including some very good ones — don’t prepare witnesses adequately because they fail to understand that being a witness is dramatically different than anything else the client has experienced.
COURT GESTURES: When pro se goes bad, Part II
Remember that defendant I wrote about on Wednesday who was representing himself in his incest trial? Well, on Thursday he threatened to call the FBI on Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Borowski.
BENCH BLOG: Job well done at Court of Appeals
In a new court of appeals case, the doctrine of mutual mistake in a home sale contract meets a motion for sanctions based on frivolous claims.
COURT GESTURES: O’Donnell Park trial expected to last 5 weeks
Five weeks. Three lawsuits. One trial.
LAWBIZ COACHES CORNER: The cost of incivility
Most lawyers take pride in zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients.
BEV BUTULA: Discover the e-Discovery Assistant app
e-Discovery Assistant is a subscription-based iPad app that was introduced in July. The application is the brainchild of former Quarles & Brady partner Kelly Twigger, who founded ESI Attorneys, a firm specializing in e-discovery and information law, in 2009.
COURT GESTURES: It’ll be hard to level manslaughter charges against Wisconsin co-sleepers
I know parents sharing a bed with their kids is a hotly contested issue. When I lived in Pensacola, Fla., the area’s medical examiner put her face on multiple billboards that essentially said “Don’t do it. It’s dangerous and I should know, I do the autopsies.”
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Manslaughter is not the answer for co-sleeping deaths
Milwaukee recently saw its 11th co-sleeping death this year. In response, County Supervisor Mark Borkowski suggested state legislators enact new laws that would permit prosecutors to bring “manslaughter” charges against parents who cause the death of a child thro[...]
Involvement, practice lead to better jury research
After almost 20 years as a jury consultant, I have seen, talked about and/or been a party to many types of jury research; some great, some terrible and a lot in between.
Only the strong survive
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, Charles Dawin said. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
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- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
- Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?
- Milwaukee Mayor speaks in D.C. Tuesday at White House water summit
- Chicago man sentenced to prison after being caught with ‘Trump Gun’
- FTC bans non-competes
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Dane County Circuit Court
- Milwaukee man charged in dismemberment death pleads not guilty
- Democratic-led states lead ban on the book ban
- UW Madison Professor: America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
- History made in Trump New York trial opening statements
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula
