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Former Madison lawyer apologizes for ‘offensive personality’ in front of high court
A former Madison lawyer suspended for frivolously suing a judge in her foreclosure case is fighting another complaint from the Office of Lawyer Regulation. Wendy Nora could lose her license for another two years for alleged misconduct surrounding her client representation in state and federal foreclosure cases.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
Vaylan G. Morris appeals his judgment of conviction entered after he pled guilty to second-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime, and the trial court’s order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Anthony Murray, pro se, appeals the order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion without a hearing.
Court Error – Injunctions
Michael Lorentz appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, that convicted him of one count of knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 813.12(8)(a), and three counts of knowingly violating a child abuse injunction, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 813.122(11).
Statutory Interpretation – OWI
Keith Shoeder was observed operating his riding lawn mower on the shoulder of a public roadway and was subsequently arrested for fourth-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Plea Colloquy
Orlando C. Davis appeals the judgment of conviction, entered on his guilty pleas to the following three misdemeanors...
Supreme Court hears union arguments for paying workers to ‘don,’ ‘doff’ uniforms
A lawsuit in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will determine if employees at a Fort Atkinson food production factory should receive back pay for putting on work clothes before a shift and taking them off afterward.
Milwaukee lawyer pleads not guilty to battery, stalking felonies
A Milwaukee lawyer is pleading not guilty to felony charges for abusing and stalking a woman for years. Matthew Meyer of Meyer Van Severen entered the plea in Milwaukee County Court on Monday morning.
Jurisdiction – Sentencing
Cordell Collins appeals several conditions he must abide by while on supervised release.
Abuse of Discretion – Divorce – Property Division
Terry Carpenter, pro se, appeals the property division portion of a judgment dissolving his marriage to Mary Carpenter.
Sentencing Guidelines
In 1991 Michael Daniels was sentenced to 35 years in prison for drug-trafficking crimes he committed while leading the violent Brothers of the Struggle street gang in Milwaukee in the 1980s.
Equitable Estoppel
John Vergara, Carlos Ruiz, and Jose Garcia filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the City of Chicago and Chicago Police Officers John Dal Ponte, Boonserm Srisuch, and Perry Nigro.
Polls
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- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
- Questions of transparency, leadership responsibility linger over State Bar trust
- Firm demands $4.3M in dispute with Wisconsin client
- Chesebro among those charged with interfering in 2020 election
- FTC hits Williams-Sonoma with ‘record civil penalty’ for Made in America claims
- Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
- Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record minor in airplane bathroom
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
WLJ People
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