Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Kristela Cervera to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of Brett Blomme. She will serve a term ending July 31.
Tagged with: Brett Blomme Kristela Cervera Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Read More »A man who smuggled heroin into the Manitowoc County Jail and gave to an inmate who died of an overdose has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Read More »
Jury selection starts Monday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois man accused of killing two people at a police brutality protest last year. Rittenhouse's trial is expected to last at least two weeks.
Tagged with: Bruce Schroeder Kyle Rittenhouse Mark Richards Michael Cicchini Paul Bucher Thomas Binger
Read More »
Two neo-Nazi group members were sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison each in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists.
Tagged with: terrorism
Read More »State and federal laws did not prevent Madison election officials from providing auditors access to election records, according to a memo by the Legislative Reference Bureau released Thursday by Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu.
Tagged with: Elections
Read More »
When Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial Monday for shooting three men during street protests in Wisconsin that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, he'll argue that he fired in self-defense.
Tagged with: Bruce Schroeder Kyle Rittenhouse Paul Bucher
Read More »
The Wisconsin Association for Justice, Wisconsin's largest voluntary bar association, will recognize Benjamin Wagner of Habush Habush & Rottier with the 2021 Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.
Tagged with: Benjamin Wagner Habush Habush & Rottier
Read More »Opponents of Wisconsin redistricting plans that would keep solid GOP majorities in place for another decade railed against the proposals Thursday, promising to fight the maps in the Legislature and beyond.
Read More »The University of Wisconsin System said Wednesday that it will comply with an executive order issued by President Joe Biden that requires federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Tagged with: coronavirus UW System
Read More »
Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch downplayed threats against school board members, saying recently that she would "love" for those targeted with anger during the pandemic to have experienced what she and former Gov. Scott Walker did during the Act 10 union protests a decade ago.
Tagged with: Act 10 Rebecca Kleefisch
Read More »The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was poised to give final approval Wednesday to a package of anti-abortion bills that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is all-but certain to veto.
Tagged with: Gov. Tony Evers Robin Vos
Read More »The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly, who ordered an investigation into the 2020 presidential election, said Tuesday that more subpoenas may be needed and that the work could stretch into 2022.
Tagged with: Elections Robin Vos
Read More »
A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality, ruling he'll permit testimony from the defense's use-of-force expert and on how police welcomed Rittenhouse and others carrying guns during the demonstration.
Tagged with: Kenosha Kyle Rittenhouse
Read More »Wisconsin Republicans plan to launch another investigation of 2020 election administration, GOP leaders announced Monday.
Read More »
A judge may decide at a hearing Monday whether use-of-force experts can testify at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Tagged with: Kenosha Kyle Rittenhouse
Read More »MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Monday set a December hearing on whether to block a subpoena demanding records from state elections officials. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman sent subpoenas earlier this month to the Wisconsin Elections ...
Tagged with: Michael Gableman Robin Vos
Read More »
A highly anticipated nonpartisan audit of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin released Friday did not identify any widespread fraud in the battleground state, which a key Republican legislative leader said shows its elections are "safe and secure."
Tagged with: Donald Trump election Joe Biden Rob Cowles
Read More »
A judge last week halted Wisconsin's fall wolf season two weeks before hunters were set to take to the woods, siding with wildlife advocacy groups who argued that holding the hunt would be unconstitutional.
Tagged with: DNR Gov. Tony Evers Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Read More »
Michael Hupy has received the 2021 National Board of Trial Advocacy President’s Award.
Tagged with: Hupy and Abraham Michael Hupy
Read More »
Davis|Kuelthau has announced that the Board of Directors has approved Michael Bendel as a shareholder of the firm.
Tagged with: Davis & Kuelthau Michael Bendel
Read More »A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Tagged with: Child Pornography David Kruchten James Peterson
Read More »
Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Karl Hayes to serve as Vilas County district attorney.
Tagged with: Karl Hayes Vilas County
Read More »
A judge appeared on the verge Thursday of granting wildlife advocates' request to halt the Wisconsin fall wolf season after hearing arguments that the hunt is illegal.
Tagged with: DNR Hannah Jurss Jacob Frost
Read More »
Former Republican state Rep. Adam Jarchow is running for attorney general, setting up a primary with Fond du Lac District Attorney Eric Toney.
Tagged with: Adam Jarchow Eric Toney Josh Kaul
Read More »
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul asked a court to block subpoenas issued by an attorney hired by Republicans to lead an investigation into the 2020 presidential election that was won by President Joe Biden.
Tagged with: election Josh Kaul Michael Gableman
Read More »President Joe Biden on Thursday tied his legislative priorities on voting rights, police reform and climate change to Martin Luther King Jr.'s push for racial justice as he marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of the civil rights leader's memorial on the National Mall.
Tagged with: Joe Biden
Read More »Fourteen people from southeastern Wisconsin have been arrested and charged with selling cocaine and crack cocaine in high volumes.
Read More »The Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature released their redistricting plans on Wednesday, maps that were immediately blasted as "rigged" because they are based largely on existing districts the GOP drew a decade ago and that solidified their majorities.
Tagged with: election Gov. Tony Evers state Legislature
Read More »The WMC Litigation Center -- an affiliate of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce -- announced on Wednesday it has acquired the Great Lakes Legal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit law firm.
Tagged with: Scott Rosenow Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Read More »Three people are dead and two others critically wounded following a shooting at a home in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha, police said.
Read More »
Wisconsin Law Journal – WI Legal News & Resources Wisconsin Legal News & Resources