ALJ Error – Disability
John Barrett applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income based on limitations from bipolar disorder and alcohol addiction.
Statutory Interpretation – Equine Immunity
Judy Dilley and Abigail Brown were injured while horseback riding in Wisconsin.
Sentencing
Ruby Mohsin and Mohammad Khan pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drugs misbranded as incense or potpourri.
Setting Off – Liquidation
The Department of Health and Human Services owed millions of dollars to the now‐defunct Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Peter Hanson appeals a judgment, entered after a jury trial, convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide as a party to the crime.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
An Illinois jury convicted Kevin Czech of first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm for his role in a drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a fourteen-year-old bystander.
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
A jury convicted David Bradford of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related drug and firearms offenses.
Statutory Interpretation – Prisoner – Sentencing Guidelines
In Johnson v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the so‐called residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015).
Plea & Sentencing – Plea Agreement
Raul Perez‐Gonzalez pleaded guilty to first degree murder for his role in a gang‐related killing.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review the report of Referee William Eich, in which he found, based on the admissions of Attorney Michael P. Erhard, that Attorney Erhard had committed 11 counts of professional misconduct, and in which he recommended that Attorney Erhard's license to practice law in this state be suspended for a period of six months.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review the report and recommendation of Referee Jonathan V. Goodman, which approves a stipulation between Attorney Thad W. Jelinske and the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) by which Attorney Jelinske pled no contest to 15 of the 23 allegations of misconduct in the OLR's complaint.
Foreclosure
This is a foreclosure action initiated by Laurence Davies against his daughter and son-in-law, Tamera Davies Fuhrer and Todd Fuhrer.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- 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