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By Michaela Paukner Keith Sellen, the first and so far only director of Wisconsin’s Office of Lawyer Regulation, is feeling mixed emotions as he prepares for retirement in August. “I think I will feel a sense of loss when I ...

Even before the Milwaukee Bucks made history by winning the 2021 NBA title, the franchise was already making history in the digital world.

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Two attorneys from Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee office celebrated a client's successful acquisition deal at the New York Stock Exchange.

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A Milwaukee criminal-defense attorney could lose his law license for two years as a result of his felony convictions for stalking and threatening an ex-girlfriend.

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Ninth Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Gregory Huber has been selected as chair of the Committee of Chief Judges.

A Mequon attorney charged for spitting in the face of a teenager will not have a hate-crime enhancer added to her disorderly conduct charge.

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A new bill is seeking to allow some victims of sexual assault to petition the court for a lifetime restraining order against their abusers.

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Milwaukee County has established a new pilot program to provide no-cost legal representation to residents who are faced with eviction or foreclosure.

Gov. Tony Evers has signed "Ethan's Law," a law that tightens out-home-home placement restrictions in an effort to protect children from abusive guardians.

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An Illinois cat breeder's Fourth Amendment rights were not violated when authorities seized her home and her 37 cats, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

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Timothy Samuelson, a U.S. assistant attorney and former Dane County circuit court judge, has been appointed as the new director of the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

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A Winnebago County circuit court judge has been suspended from office for seven days after making inappropriate comments during several hearings and showing his handgun in the courtroom.

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A Winnebago County attorney could see her law license suspended for the third time in four years.

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A Winnebago County judge will soon find out if he'll be suspended for making inappropriate comments during several hearings and displaying his handgun in court on two occasions.

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Filing search-warrant applications and officiating weddings are now a little easier for judges, thanks to two new state laws.

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Weekly Case Digests – July 5, 2021 – July 9, 2021

An Ozaukee County village must pay at least part of its former trustee's attorney fees, costs and statutory damages in an open-records lawsuit, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.

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Anyone who has applied for a passport, filed for Social Security benefits, or sought a license understands the government’s affinity for forms.

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In 2009, an Alaska jury convicted Sean Wright of 13 counts of sexual abuse of a minor.

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The Court entered the following order on this date: On March 15, 2021, Attorney Laura Waite filed a request pursuant to SCR 22.34(11), for indefinite suspension of her license to practice law in this state due to her medical incapacity.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraphs 1 and 39 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on April 29, 2021.

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Ronald J. Greenwood appeals from a judgment of replevin requiring him to return a dog to Shawna Hathaway.

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J.J.K. appeals an involuntary commitment order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20 and an involuntary medication order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.61(1)(g)3.

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Tyler Mueller was injured while hunting when a gun he was holding discharged.

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Aquilla Jessie appeals a circuit court order dismissing his petition for declaratory judgment.

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Approximately nine years after Janelle Casey and Mark Schimke divorced, Casey petitioned for a constructive trust, alleging that Schimke had failed to make required financial disclosures under WIS. STAT. § 767.127 (2019-20) at the time of divorce.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has started a new litigation center to challenge race discrimination, quotas and Critical Race Theory.

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Brady appeals from a delinquency order and the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained following law enforcement officers’ warrantless entry into his apartment.

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Scott William Forrett challenges his judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, seventh offense (OWI), and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Alex Premo seeks review of a suppression ruling that led him to plead guilty on a drug charge.

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