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Rock re-selected to Trial Lawyers 40 Under 40
Attorney Stephanie Rock of Birdsall Obear & Associates has been re-selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, the firm announced earlier this week.
Network Health announces Lappin as chief legal and strategy officer
Attorney Mike Lappin is joining the senior leadership team at Network Health, the health insurer announced Wednesday.
Gableman being fined $2K daily for contempt, could face disciplinary action
A judge on Wednesday ordered the investigator hired by Republicans to look into the 2020 election in Wisconsin be fined $2,000 a day until he complies with court orders related to open records requests.
Ban on conversion therapy stands in La Crosse
The mayor of La Crosse has refused to veto the city's ban on conversion therapy, despite pressure from a coalition group.
High court affirms probable cause warrant in OWI case
A warrant allowing law enforcement officers to draw a fourth-time OWI offender's blood was affirmed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wednesday.
‘Set up for failure,’ student debt forgiveness not likely to lighten debt load
As the federal government contemplates $10,000 in student debt forgiveness, lawyers say it won't make much difference to their high loan balances.
US Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court, which can result in longer sentences.
Justices rule against detained immigrants seeking release
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders.
Funeral services set for D. Michael Guerin
Services for D. Michael Guerin, who died on June 1, will begin with a visitation gathering at 1 p.m. with a funeral mass at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 24, at the Church of the Gesu located on the Marquette University campus (1145 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee).
After lawsuits, new PFAS standards to take effect
Wisconsin Republicans will allow regulations Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration developed to control pollution from a group of chemicals known as PFAS to take effect, a spokesman for the lawmaker who controls the Legislature's rules committee said Monday.
Elections commission picks Millis as new chair
The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday selected a Republican attorney to be its new chairman, passing over another GOP member who tried to cast an Electoral College vote for Donald Trump even though Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
Head of Wisconsin parole agency quits at behest of governor
Wisconsin Parole Commission Chairman John Tate resigned Friday, a month after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers made a hasty appeal to Tate in the midst of Republican criticism over parole plans for a convicted murderer.
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- Congress to formally investigate Secret Service
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
