Chaos marks start of Kavanaugh confirmation hearing (UPDATE)
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh promised Tuesday to be a "team player" if confirmed to the closely divided court, declaring that he will be a "pro-law judge" who won't decide cases based on his personal views.
Wisconsin prosecutor was pilot who died in Michigan crash
The pilot who died in a weekend plane crash in Michigan has been identified as a Wisconsin man who was a Milwaukee-area prosecutor.
Teen confronts addiction, attitude in drug court
Judge David Reddy's voice was now booming. "Listen to me," the Walworth County judge said. "Don't interrupt me. Do not interrupt me. Do you understand?"
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Firms add attorneys; Quarles & Brady hires former lawmaker
Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Thomas Springer has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Madison office.
Abrahamson has cancer
Longtime Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson says she has cancer.
Thinking about going in-house? Here’s what you need to know
The decision to pursue in-house work became clear for Paul Hinkfuss after reflecting on the experience of waiting to baptize his baby son because of pending patent litigation.
Vice President Pence in Wisconsin stumping for Vukmir
Vice President Mike Pence is raising money in Wisconsin for the Republican Senate candidate Leah Vukmir.
Judge: UW-Oshkosh owes $15 million for foundation debts
A federal bankruptcy judge says the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh must pay $15 million to cover the school’s private foundation’s debts arising from a financial scandal involving five building projects.
Youth prison nurses failed to detect ailing appendix
A newspaper reports that nurses at Wisconsin's youth prison didn't recognize an inmate's appendix was about to burst.
Gionis saw law degree as path to own business
Kathleen Gionis went to law school to do more than become a lawyer—she wanted work for herself.
Ex-Wisconsin inmate sues over shackles during childbirth
A former Milwaukee County Jail inmate has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was forced to wear shackles during childbirth at a hospital.
Trial ordered for fatal motorcycle crash defendant
A motorcyclist accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a passenger and injured a boy on a bicycle has been ordered to stand trial in Calumet County.
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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