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Apr 27, 2015

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.

Apr 27, 2015

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.

Apr 27, 2015

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.

Apr 27, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

Judge Maxine White appointed chief judge

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed a replacement for outgoing Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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.

Apr 24, 2015

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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