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Jun 10, 2022

North Dakota man convicted of shooting 2 police officers

A jury has convicted a North Dakota man of shooting two Wisconsin police officers.

Jun 10, 2022

Man gets 40 months for starting fire during Kenosha protest

A federal judge has sentenced a Racine man to 40 months in prison for starting a fire that destroyed a furniture store during protests over a police shooting in Kenosha in 2020.

Jun 10, 2022

Proudfit completes first month with Probst Law

Probst Law Offices added a new attorney to its team last month. Jenna Proudfit joined the firm's Wauwatosa office on May 10, according to the release. 

Jun 9, 2022

California man gets 5 years for money laundering

A federal judge in Madison has sentenced a California man to five years in prison for his role in a money laundering scheme.

Jun 9, 2022

Reinhart’s Eskra elected to Board of Governors

Malinda Eskra, a shareholder with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Seventh Circuit Bar Association.

Jun 9, 2022

High court limits suing officials over rights violations

The Supreme Court on Wednesday limited when people can sue federal officials for a violation of their rights, siding with the government in a case involving the owner of a notorious inn on the U.S.-Canada border.

Jun 9, 2022

Rideout moves practice to Wisconsin, joins Murphy Desmond

Attorney Lane Rideout has joined Murphy Desmond, the firm announced this week.

Jun 9, 2022

Michael Best welcomes Valentyn to Madison office

Brett Valentyn has joined the Corporate & Transactional Practice Group at Michael Best & Friedrich's Madison office.

Jun 9, 2022

Affidavit: Agents thought they heard shots before firing

Newly unsealed court documents indicate state agents thought they heard shots before they opened fire during a traffic stop that left a Black man wounded.

Jun 8, 2022

GOP attorney appointed to elections commission, again

A Republican attorney appointed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission to fill a key vacancy Wednesday won praise both from a Democratic member of the panel and the GOP-hired investigator looking into the 2020 election.

Jun 8, 2022

Judge refuses to bar 3 Wisconsin incumbents from 2022 ballot

A federal judge in Milwaukee has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany as well as Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson from the 2022 ballot because they supported Donald Trump leading up to the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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Jun 8, 2022

Lawyer loses license over physically assaulting, threatening ex-girlfriend

A criminal-defense attorney is losing his law license after threatening to use former criminal defendants to cause harm to an ex-girlfriend, physically assaulting her, making hundreds of unwanted phone calls to her and threatening to send harmful information to her employer, among other things.

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