Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Casey M. Fisher appeals from an order denying without a hearing his February 2, 2017 postconviction motion for a new trial.
Ordinance Interpretation
Henry Dombrowicki, pro se, appeals an order finding him in violation of certain City of Green Bay ordinances.
Motion for Reflief Denied
John and Helen Shiely (the Shielys), as successors in interest to Michael Doran and Theodore Waldon (collectively the Dorans), appeal an order denying them relief from a judgment entered in 1995.
Child Custody Modification
Jill Irene Riley (f/k/a Jill Irene Glidewell) appeals the order dismissing, on the merits, her motion for review of the family court commissioner’s decision denying her request to modify child custody and placement.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
George Schertz appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated as a fifth offense, and of hit-and-run, both counts as a repeater.
Summary Judgment – Constructive Trust
Steven Tikalsky is one of four children. During the later years of his parents’ lives, he became estranged from them and other extended family members, leading his parents to exclude him from having any inheritance.
Postconviction Motion Denied
Howard Grady appeals from a judgment convicting him of aggravated battery with use of a dangerous weapon, as a repeater and as an act of domestic violence.
4th Amendement Violation
James J. Kaufman, pro se, appeals an order dismissing his action challenging the constitutionality of the statute requiring global positioning system (GPS) tracking for sex offenders.
Due Process Violation
Orlin Root-Thalman and Craig Root-Thalman (collectively, the Root-Thalmans) appeal a circuit court order voiding a quitclaim deed.
Divorce – Child Placement
Amanda Burgraff appeals the child custody, child placement, and property division portions of a judgment dissolving her marriage to Robert Burgraff.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Mark Stevens appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen, contrary to WIS.STAT. § 948.02(1)(e) (2015-16).
Malpractice – Breach of Ficuicary Duties
Tracy Barnett and Mogul Enterprises, LLC (collectively, Barnett) sued Mark McGinnis and his former law firm, Herrling Clark, for malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of contract.
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