City, property owner to face off before high court over roundabout assessment
Should a landowner have to pay extra taxes for a nearby public project even though it has had no effect on the value of his property?
LEGAL CENTS: The marketing trick you probably haven’t tried
Content marketing isn’t new, but if you’re not doing it yet, you’re missing out.
LEGAL CENTS: Marketing in a mobile world
For many people, the smartphone has become almost a new appendage.
LEGAL CENTS: The ins and outs of family leave
I am almost always late. So 13 years ago, when my obstetrician told me the due date for my first baby, I assumed she would take after her mother and show up late. Instead, she came a week early.
LEGAL CENTS: Don’t be too quick to dis the discount
Offering clients a discount at the conclusion of representation, in exchange for a lump sum payment in full, can be a smart business strategy.
LEGAL CENTS: Foxwordy falls short for my networking needs
Foxwordy, launched this past February, is a private platform, built “by lawyers for lawyers.”
LEGAL CENTS: Put these on your summer reading list
Summer. It’s the perfect time to take a break from reading opinions, statutes and codes, horn books and the ever-popular correspondence from opposing counsel expressing consternation at your client’s actions/position.
LEGAL CENTS: Public speaking does not have to be terrifying
Wausau attorney Brenda Sunby remembers being so terrified of being called on in one particular law school class that she used to dig her fingernails into her hands until they bled.
LEGAL CENTS: Finding ways to earn CLE on the cheap
I’m going to pass on the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Ultimate Pass” for continuing legal education.
LEGAL CENTS: How to handle cash-only clients
Cash is king in most arenas, except the law office.
LEGAL CENTS: Take Google+ a step further to increase traffic
A little over a year ago, I wrote about the plusses of Google+, but also observed that it didn’t seem like many Wisconsin lawyers had embraced the platform for marketing.
LEGAL CENTS: A niche practice with heart
If you’re looking for a niche practice, my sincere hope is you’ll consider the one taken on by Minneapolis attorney Emily Cooper.
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