Husch Blackwell wins award for legal innovation in operations
The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium has named a Husch Blackwell project designed to manage a portfolio of litigation as one of its inaugural Legal Innovation in Operations Project award winners.
‘Filled with shame’: Court hears from former construction exec guilty of child porn charges
The former Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos told a judge he was "filled with shame" at his sentencing hearing for two federal child-pornography charges.
Court suspends Milwaukee attorney’s license for keeping doctor’s payment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is suspending the Milwaukee attorney Diane Caspari's law license for keeping payments that should have gone to a doctor hired in two State Public Defender cases.
Death of Jackson County Jail inmate investigated
The death of an inmate in the Jackson County Jail is under investigation.
Worker’s comp lawyer Menard’s law license revoked for ‘far-reaching, deplorable conduct’
The Milwaukee worker's compensation attorney Robert Menard is seeing his law license revoked for what has been described as "far-reaching deplorable conduct" tied to ongoing federal felony-theft lawsuits.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS? Owners grapple with legal doubts as Wisconsin re-opens
For much of Wisconsin, the economic re-opening this month came abruptly.
Wisconsin joins states, cities challenging Trump mileage standards rollback
Nearly two dozen states and several cities on Wednesday filed a legal challenge to the Trump administration's rollback of Obama-era mileage standards, saying science backed up the old regulations developed with the help of the nation's car makers.
Teen charged in crash that ejected passenger into river
A 17-year-old girl admitted to having six shots of alcohol before crashing her car on a Green Bay bridge, which caused one passenger to be thrown from the vehicle and into the Fox River below, according to prosecutors.
Wisconsin State Fair canceled for first time since 1945
The Wisconsin State Fair was canceled Thursday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first time since 1945 that the 169-year-old annual tradition will not take place.
Wisconsin agrees to broad mailing of absentee applications
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted Wednesday to mail absentee ballot applications to most voters in the battleground state ahead of November's presidential election.
Daniels, new State Bar president-elect, ready to listen, lead (VIDEO)
The Madison attorney Cheryl Daniels is the newest member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s leadership team in what has proved to be a historic election for the organization. Daniels defeated Michael May, Madison city attorney, in the April race for president-elect. Her victory marked the first time in State Bar history that three women […]
Former von Briesen co-chair joins Husch Blackwell as partner
Jason Fathallah, a former insurance coverage co-chair at von Briesen & Roper, has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee firm as a partner.
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- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
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- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
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- 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