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Retired Milwaukee County judge wins State Bar award
A former Milwaukee Circuit Court judge has been named 2016 Lifetime Jurist by the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Grant County judge wins State Bar award
A Grant County Circuit Court judge has been named the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Judge of the Year.
Former Sheboygan County Clerk appointed to new elections commission
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a former Sheboygan County Clerk to one of the new entities that will replace the board that oversees elections.
High court suspends Hartland attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a former Hartland attorney’s license for two years for misappropriating money from his employer to benefit a company he opened for his son.
Life in prison for man who killed wife, her boyfriend
A Green Lake County man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Lawyers: Appalachian Trail was client’s ‘road to redemption’
Attorneys for a Kentucky accountant who embezzled $8.7 million before going on the run said Friday that hiking the Appalachian Trail for six years as a fugitive put him on "the road to redemption."
Dodge County launches e-filing, seven others to follow by September
Dodge County is the latest to launch a mandatory e-filing pilot program after the state’s highest court approved a rule mandating electronic e-filing across Wisconsin.
Minnesota man ordered to face homicide trial in Wisconsin
A judge in eastern Wisconsin has ordered a Minnesota man to face trial after a detective testified the defendant's DNA was found on the trigger of a gun used in a homicide.
Wisconsin’s newest export: Criminal-defense system
If criminal defendants can’t afford a lawyer in the U.S., the usual assumption is that the government will provide one.
Feds seek 7-year term for Milwaukee-native fugitive
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they want a prison term of more than seven years for an embezzling accountant from Kentucky who spent six years as a fugitive, much of it hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Judge refuses to restart Highway 23 expansion project
State officials are appealing a federal judge’s refusal to let work proceed on a long-planned expansion of Highway 23 between Plymouth and Fond du Lac.
Appeals court: Sheriff’s lawsuit demanding more deputies properly dismissed
A state appeals court says a judge properly dismissed Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's lawsuit demanding more deputies.
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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.
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- 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
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- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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