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
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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