To write well, it helps to talk about it
I’m not sure why, but when you start writing about writing, people get nervous.
The witness’ four magic words
Witnesses have both a right and a responsibility to insist on clear and fair questions.
Beware the Ides of April: How to stay on top of tax preparation all year long
If you’re a typical small-business owner — solo attorney or otherwise — this is the time of year when the call of that shoebox full of bills, receipts and other scraps starts getting louder and more insistent.
The keys to content marketing
Journalists often live by the mantra, “content is king.” The idea is that the more information you can share with your audience, the more connections you make and trust you build. The same applies to lawyers.
Coaching witnesses: 7 steps to being relentlessly polite
Don’t just tell witnesses to be polite. Tell them to be relentlessly polite.
Law firms using Windows XP need to be wary of April 8
Come April 8, those using computers running Windows XP operating systems will face serious issues, including a total lapse in security protection.
Pulling the plug: How to avoid mistakes when it’s termination time
If you dread the thought of having to fire someone, you’re in excellent company.
Strategy looms large in noncompete arena
In an area of law where things move fast, end unpredictably, and there are multiple definitions of victory, one of the most difficult and critical decisions lawyers must make is deciding who to sue.
LEGAL CENTS: A niche practice with heart
If you’re looking for a niche practice, my sincere hope is you’ll consider the one taken on by Minneapolis attorney Emily Cooper.
The write stuff: Legal bloggers find their niche online
As more lawyers carve out specialty practices, they are taking to the Web to share their niche knowledge with the masses
Questions to consider when uprooting your practice
Whether it is out of your first college apartment or into your first retirement complex, moving is a chore.
Lawyers weigh in with their 2014 personal, professional resolutions
Are you struggling with procrastination? That elusive work-life balance? Want to reconnect with the community? Or make time to get away?
Legal News
- 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
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
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