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Court Error – Damages
Curtis Hestad and Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC, appeal a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, awarding damages to DeEtte and Ernest “Pat” Fankhauser for the destruction of a bridge on the Fankhausers’ property.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Kevin A. Taylor appeals a judgment entered after he pled guilty to second-degree recklessly endangering safety as a repeat offender and causing soft tissue injury to a police officer while resisting the officer.
Evidentiary Hearing
Deray J. Shaffale appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to void a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (VPA).
Court Error – Burden of Proof
The State appeals an order of the trial court granting Andre David Nash’s motion to suppress identification evidence obtained in a lineup.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Lanard Hollenquest appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of two counts of causing great bodily harm by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and one count of causing injury by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, as a second offense.
Plea Withdrawal
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), upset what was once a seemingly settled question of federal law.
‘Gaming the system’? Branch 5 candidates debate Milwaukee County residency
At a debate among three candidates for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 5 judge on Monday, much of the discussion was about whether two of them can truly be called Milwaukee residents.
OLR charges Milwaukee attorney for paying witnesses against client
A Milwaukee attorney may see her license suspended for paying potential witnesses against her client in a homicide case dating to 2016.
Qualified Immunity
Terrell Day died tragically while in police custody on September 26, 2015.
Habeas Corpus – Extradition
Nicolas Subdiaz‐Osorio stabbed his brother to death during a drunken fight.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Defendant Carlos Vasquez-Abarca appeals his sentence for reentering the United States illegally after a prior deportation following a felony conviction, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).
Statute of Limitations – Habeas Corpus
Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.
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- Wisconsin GOP-led Senate votes to override nine Evers vetoes in mostly symbolic action
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- Second defendant convicted in Fond du Lac 2016 firebombing
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
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