Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Joseph Lombardo is serving a life sentence on his convictions for racketeering, murder, and obstruction of justice.
Title VII Violation
From 2008 to 2012, Kevin Stuckey worked as a sales manager for the auto-parts retailer Auto- Zone, Inc.
Conditional Writ of Habeas Corpus
For more than a decade, Anthony Barnett has been trying to set aside his Indiana convictions for felony battery, felony burglary, felony intimidation, and being a habitual criminal.
Civil Rights Liberty Violation
James Owens, an Illinois state prisoner, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because he believes that nearly two dozen prison employees deliberately ignored his medical needs and retaliated against him for filing grievances and lawsuits.
Court Error – Testimony and Jury Instruction
On May 30, 2012, Defendant-appellant Robert Lunn was charged with five counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344.
Court Error – Testimony
Defendant Avalon Betts‐Gaston was convicted at trial on two counts of wire fraud.
Court Error – Telephone Consumer Protection Act
Our putative class representative, Fulton Dental, LLC, received an unsolicited fax from Bisco, Inc., and it has sued for damages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq.
Labor Board Error – Abuse of Discretion
Thirty‐seven employees of an Indiana employer voted in a union‐representation election.
Court Error – Sufficiency of Evidence
Peoria police officer Donna Nicholson appeals from a judgment against her in this discrimination and retaliation case.
Statue of Limitations – Constitutional Violation
Amin Ijbara owned a strip mall in the Village of Oak Lawn, Illinois, but defaulted on his mortgage payments, precipitating a foreclosure.
Wrongful Termination – Title VII Violation
Pamela Ferrill was hired as the principal of Edgewood Elementary School in the Oak Creek- Franklin Joint School District for an initial two-year term with an automatic third-year rollover unless the Board of Education opted out.
Wrongful Termination – FMLA
Autumn Tibbs worked as an administrative assistant in the Illinois court system.
Legal News
- Wisconsin leads 26 Governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- 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
- 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
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