Gay marriage arguments set for Tuesday at Supreme Court
Tuesday is a potential watershed moment for America's gay and lesbian couples. After rapid changes that have made same-sex marriage legal in all but 14 states, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should be the law of the land.
Legal sparring continues over voter ID (UPDATE)
With two special elections looming next month and one to fill a vacancy in the state Senate coming later this year, opponents of Wisconsin's new voter identification law want a federal court to expand the number of IDs that voters can show at the polls.
Milwaukee trial lawyer to lead State Bar board
A Milwaukee trial lawyer will be the next president-elect of the State Bar Board of Governors.
Man gets more than 18 years in shooting gas station clerk
A man must serve more than 18 years in prison following his conviction for shooting a gas station clerk during a 2013 holdup.
Judge Maxine White appointed chief judge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed a replacement for outgoing Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers.
DOJ files motion to dismiss right-to-work lawsuit
State attorneys are asking a judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's right-to-work law.
Attorney’s license suspended for drunk driving, domestic violence convictions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of an attorney who had been arrested and convicted multiple times for drunken driving and domestic violence.
Legal community mourns death of retired judge
One of state Attorney General Brad Schimel’s fondest memories of Patrick Snyder, a retired Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge who died Wednesday, comes from a retirement party held at the Waukesha County Courthouse in 2010. There were two cakes, and at the end of the festivities, one was left untouched.
Mungenast uses unique background to help business clients
It’s rare to find an attorney fluent in Chinese and even more rare to find an attorney in Wisconsin who studied law in China, but David Mungenast of Hansen Reynolds Dickinson Crueger LLC in Milwaukee falls into both categories.
Man accused of trying to join terrorists pleads not guilty (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin man pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal charge that he tried to join the Islamic State terror group.
Judge limits information introduced in ex-officer’s trial
The trial for a former police officer accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a suitcase along a rural Wisconsin highway won't include information on another woman he's suspected of killing, a judge ruled Friday.
Court documents: Argument over boyfriend before killings
A Wisconsin teen accused of killing her mother and stepfather carried out the slayings the same day they warned her 22-year-old boyfriend to stay away from her, according to court documents made public Friday.
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- 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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