Thomas-Conners keeps CH Coakley on the move
A self-described “customer service girl at heart,” Lazelle Thomas-Conners quickly rose through the ranks at CH Coakley after joining the company as a temporary receptionist and accounts-payable clerk seven years ago.
Suit accuses Fox Valley contractor of shorting workers on lunch breaks; company denies claim
A lawsuit filed this week accuses a Fox Valley construction company of failing to give its employees a full lunch break, effectively "shaving" hours from workers' weekly earnings — a claim the company denies.
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
Attorney Kathleen Anna Wagner has appealed a report filed by Referee James C. Boll, concluding that Attorney Wagner committed two counts of professional misconduct and recommending that she be privately reprimanded.
Unreasonable Seizure – Blood Test
A police officer arrested Jessica M. Randall for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Property Valuation
Hanning Regency LLC asserts that the Town of Brookfield Board of Review improperly disregarded the statutory standard for real property valuations when it sustained an assessor’s valuations that were nearly twice the amount of a recent arm’s-length purchase of two properties.
LIRC Review – Sufficiency of Evidence
Karen Rosneck appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) which dismissed Rosneck’s employment discrimination complaint in favor of her employer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System (UW).
Court Error – Other Acts Evidence
David Gutierrez appeals from his conviction for three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen, three counts of incest with a child by a stepparent, and three counts of child enticement.
Menard, lawyer for the ‘average Joe,’ accused of stealing $700,000
The Milwaukee attorney Robert Menard, who billed himself as a lawyer for the "average Joe," is accused in a 14-count criminal complaint of stealing from his former law partner, his uncle and various clients.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Asmar M. Young entered pleas to four crimes committed over five days.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Christopher Bunten appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault of an intoxicated person incapable of giving consent.
Abuse of Discretion – Plea Withdrawal
Eric Woller appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of third-degree sexual assault, and an order denying postconviction relief.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Anthony Gagliano & Co., Inc. (“Gagliano Co.”) appeals an order of the trial court denying its postverdict motions and entering judgment in favor of Robert Kraft and New Electronic Printing Systems, LLC (“New EPS”).
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula