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Unsung Heroes – Law Library Staff
Law Library Staff Bev Butula Assistant Director of Library Services, Davis & Kuelthau, s.c. “Beverly is one of the best librarians I have every worked with in any library setting. She has a wonderful attitude, excels at training people in using print and online resources, generously volunteers for any project, and gives 100 percent of […]
Unsung Heroes – Legal Secretary
Legal Secretary Becky McClure Legal Secretary, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. “Becky is incredibly warm and committed to her job. She has excellent skills as an assistant and keeps the practices of her attorneys humming along beautifully. She is a real asset to the firm,” writes Laura F. Straus, Associate, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. […]
Unsung Heroes – Lifetime Achievement
Lifetime Achievement Margaret Burdette Legal Assistant, Brennan, Steil & Basting, S.C. “It would be difficult to find anyone with a better work ethic, or professional standards with absolute respect and confidentiality. … She has always presented a professional appearance, and if a new staff member did not do likewise initially, she would observe the appearance […]
Unsung Heroes – Paralegal
Paralegal Ginny Janssen Paralegal, McCarty Law Firm LLP “I have worked with Ginny for over 23 years in many various aspects of real estate law…. Her knowledge has never ceased to amaze me and many times I felt she could be an attorney herself!… She has always been very prompt in answering even difficult questions… […]
Unsung Heroes make important contributions
For the second year in a row, we’re delighted to honor all of the amazing people who work hard behind the scenes and contribute immensely to the operation of our courts and law firms throughout the state. “Lawyers and judges in Wisconsin do terrific work, but where would they be without the members of their […]
Law Journal recognizes Unsung Heroes
For the second year in a row, the Wisconsin Law Journal celebrated the efforts of law firm and court support staff during its Unsung Heroes awards luncheon. The newspaper recognized the contributions of 61 honorees from law firms and courts across the state. Each honoree received a certificate identifying them as an Unsung Hero of […]
Real property intersects with IP, health, criminal law
The reach of property law is expanding into other areas. Did you know, for instance, that intellectual property law is becoming “propertized?” As property rights become stronger in other ways — a process termed “propertization” — real property tends to provide helpful analogies for other types of property claims, says a Marquette University Law School […]
Beware: The economic loss doctrine is lurking
The recent expansion of a judicially created rule, originally meant to apply to product liability claims, has crossed over to real estate transactions, and lawyers need to understand its nuances. The economic loss doctrine, or ELD, precludes tort recovery for economic losses when there is a contract, economic losses being those damages resulting from the […]
Eminent domain case leaves unanswered questions
Perhaps the only certainty regarding a city’s eminent domain power and responsibility to provide comparable replacement property is that more litigation will ensue. So say a handful of practitioners dissecting the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s ruling in City of Janesville v. CC Midwest Inc. In the July 11 decision, the city was allowed to take the […]
Real Property Update 2007
Wisconsin Supreme Court Eminent domain; comparable replacement property In satisfying its statutory obligation to make available a comparable replacement property, pursuant to sec. 32.05(8)(b)-(c), a condemnor must identify one or more properties that meet the parameters of sec. 32.19(2)(c) to serve as a comparable replacement business. 2004AP267 City of Janesville v. CC Midwest Inc. Eminent [&hel[...]
Surveying the real estate landscape
What do Henry David Thoreau, Walt Disney, Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boone, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have in common? All were surveyors. Surveying is a profession with a lengthy and noble history, says Daniel V. Birrenkott, of Birrenkott Surveying in Sun Prairie. Of that group, consider just the last two, Washington and Jefferson. “Our Founding […]
Real Estate/Development Listing
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Joshua L. Gimbel 100 E. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: 414-271-6520 Fax: 414-277-0656 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.michaelbest.com Michael Best is a full-service corporate law firm. Our Real Estate practice includes all areas of planning, development and transactions – from zoning applications to sophisticat- ed financing of hi[...]
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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)
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