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Referee: Lawyer ‘thumbing his nose’ at high court
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court revoke a Green Bay attorney’s license and order him to pay $40,000 worth of restitution.
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Read More »Criminal defense bar wants judge to apologize, vacate contempt finding
The state’s criminal defense bar is calling out a Milwaukee trial court judge for his behavior at a hearing last week.
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Read More »Milwaukee attorney agrees to give up law license
A Milwaukee attorney charged with 19 ethics violations wants to surrender his law license.
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Read More »WHO’S DOING WHAT: AWL hands out awards; Mitich to lead new group at Husch Blackwell
The Association of Women Lawyers recently honored the recipients of its annual awards and its foundation’s scholarships.
Tagged with: Association of Women Lawyers Brianna Meyer DeWitt Ross & Stevens Godfrey & Kahn Husch Blackwell Max Stephenson Quarles & Brady
Read More »Defense attorney cuffed, chained at hearing
A Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge on Friday had a defense attorney handcuffed and chained during a hearing on Friday for contempt of court.
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Read More »Stipulation could mean less discipline for Oshkosh attorney
An Oshkosh attorney and the Office of Lawyer Regulation have reached an agreement that could mean she might get a shorter license suspension.
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Read More »Justices to grill lawyers for retired DA, rejected bar applicant
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments on Monday in three cases, including one challenging the state’s Board of Bar Examiners’ rejection of a man’s application seeking admission to practice in Wisconsin.
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Read More »Weekly Case Digests – October 22 – October 26, 2018
Weekly Case Digests - October 22 - October 26, 2018
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Read More »High court publicly reprimands Milwaukee attorney
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Milwaukee lawyer for improperly billing a client.
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Read More »USPS asks judge to toss developer’s suit seeking eviction from downtown Milwaukee building
The U.S. Postal Service has asked a federal judge to toss out a developer’s lawsuit seeking to evict the USPS from the sprawling building it occupies in downtown Milwaukee.
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Read More »Federal appeals court decision could reverse employees’ $10M arbitration award
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision Monday clarifying that disputes over the interpretation of class-action waivers in employment agreements must be decided by a district court – not an arbitrator.
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Read More »Termination of Parental Rights
L.H. seeks reversal of the order terminating her parental rights to S.H. L.H. argues that the circuit court erroneously determined that the Rock County Department of Human Services met its burden of proving that there was a substantial likelihood that L.H. would not meet the conditions for the safe return of S.H. within nine months because, as L.H. asserts, the court found that “[it] did not know whether L.H. would meet the conditions.”
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Read More »Postconviction Motion Denied
Kevin Williams appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
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Read More »No-merit Report
Jason P. Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction for repeated sexual assault of a child.
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Read More »Contempt of Court – Imposed Sanctions
Robert Hutchinson appeals after the circuit court found him in contempt and imposed sanctions for violation of court orders not to publicly disclose confidential customer information.
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Read More »Sentencing Guidelines
Conrad Kudelka, Jr., appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of attempted child enticement.
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Read More »Court Error – Sufficiency of Evidence
Ryan Hobbick appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of one count of burglary, as a party to the crime.
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Read More »Revocable Trust – Testamentary Capacity
Emil L. Wiesman (“Bud”) appeals a judgment, entered following a bench trial, voiding amendments made by his parents, Emil O. and Irma Wiesman, to their individual revocable living trusts.
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Read More »Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Hector Rafael Rodriguez appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen.
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Read More »Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
This case was resolved on the merits last August.
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Read More »Title VII Claim
Vicki Barbera claims she did not get the same chance to resign with severance pay that three men got.
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Read More »1st and 8th Amendment Violations
Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center.
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Read More »Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitrator’s Award
Brian Knox got into a heated argument with his supervisor at work.
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Read More »Referee recommends less discipline for Milwaukee attorney
A referee is recommending that a Milwaukee attorney be privately reprimanded for a third time instead of being publicly reprimanded.
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Read More »Petition for Rehearing
The petition for rehearing en banc is granted.
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Read More »1st Amendment Violation
St. Augustine School, along with Joseph and Amy Forro, sued Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and Friess Lake School District for refusing to provide school transportation (or equivalent cash benefits) to the Forros’ children.
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Read More »Statutory Interpretation – ADEA
Traditionally, Oakton Community College employed retired state employees as part‐time and adjunct faculty.
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Read More »14th Amendment Violation – Commercial and Industrial Property Tax
Robbie J. Perry and James Rex Dukeman, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, sued Coles County, Illinois for placing a disproportionate tax on commercial and industrial properties in Mattoon Township in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Read More »Employment Contract – Wrongful Termination
Plaintiff-appellant Nicholas Webb sued defendant-appellee Michael Frawley for tortiously interfering with his employment contract and for knowingly misrepresenting company policy, both of which resulted in Webb’s termination.
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