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Monica Hall has been appointed as Jefferson County’s new district attorney. Hall is currently an assistant district attorney in Jefferson County and has been a prosecutor for nearly 15 years. She’s also involved with the county’s alcohol and drug treatment ...

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Albert S. Orr is the new chief executive officer of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.

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Seventh Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Robert P. VanDeHey has been elected chairman of the Committee of Chief Judges.

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The Marsy's Law for Wisconsin outreach director Nela Kalpic has been appointed to the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board.

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Suzanne O'Neill, a Wisconsin State Public Defender of nearly 30 years, has been appointed as a Marathon County Circuit Court judge.

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Retired Quarles & Brady partner James D. Friedman has been appointed as a referee for lawyer disciplinary matters.

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Attorneys Thomas Ryan Boyd and Vanja Pemac have joined Lindner & Marsack's worker's compensation defense team.

Baird vice president and associate general counsel Isioma Nwabuzor and SoftwareONE regional general counsel Jascha Beck Walter have been elected to the Association of Corporate Counsel-Wisconsin's Board of Directors.

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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Democratic State Representative Chris Taylor to the Dane County Circuit Court.

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The Boardman & Clark partner Jacob Frost has been appointed a Dane County Circuit Court judge. Gov. Tony Evers announced Frost’s appointment on Friday. Frost fills a vacancy opened up by Judge Richard Niess’ retirement. Frost specializes in civil litigation ...

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The Legal Action Wisconsin attorney Kori Ashley has been named a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge.

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Milwaukee-based law firm O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing has hired a 2020 Marquette University Law School graduate to its team.

The Madison attorney Amy Bogost has been appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

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CJ Szafir, the former executive vice president of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, has been named president of the conservative nonprofit group Institute for Reforming Government.

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The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium has named a Husch Blackwell project designed to manage a portfolio of litigation as one of its inaugural Legal Innovation in Operations Project award winners.

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The von Briesen attorney Courtney Hollander has received the investment adviser certified compliance professional designation, the firm announced on Wednesday. The Investment Adviser Association and National Regulatory Services sponsor the certification program. The program designates people with knowledge and experience ...

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Attorney Brian Pfeil has been named as the chair of Davis|Kuelthau’s construction industry team.  Pfeil joined the firm’s Milwaukee office in 2016. His practice focuses on disputes involving real property, including boundary disputes, water rights, easements, partition actions and complex ...

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The Madison attorney Cheryl Daniels is the newest member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s leadership team in what has proved to be a historic election for the organization. Daniels defeated Michael May, Madison city attorney, in the April race ...

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Jason Fathallah, a former insurance coverage co-chair at von Briesen & Roper, has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee firm as a partner.

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Former Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Michael Haas has been named as Madison's new city attorney.

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Christa Wittenberg has been elected shareholder of the Milwaukee firm O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.

Madison attorney Cheryl Daniels has been elected the State Bar of Wisconsin president-elect, marking the first time in State Bar history that three women will serve as the organization’s top leaders. The State Bar announced Daniels’ election on Friday. Daniels, ...

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A Wood County assistant district attorney is getting a promotion. Laura Waite will serve as Waushara County's new district attorney.

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Racine attorney John W. Knuteson has died of COVID-19. The 70 year old died at his home, according to an obituary posted on Maresh-Meredith & Acklam Funeral Home's website.

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Voters elected Tearman Spencer as Milwaukee’s new city attorney, ending Grant Langley’s nearly four decades in the role.

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Gov. Tony Evers has named Jack L. Dávila the newest Milwaukee County circuit court judge. Dávila fills a vacancy made by Judge Maxine White's appointment to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

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Milwaukee Municipal Court Presiding Judge Derek Mosley said he's in the hospital recovering from COVID-19.

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Stephen Caffrey Dries is the newest magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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Habush Habush & Rottier shareholder Benjamin Wagner has joined the Board of Directors of Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee.

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“I always thought that I saw a little bit of myself and my family in the sufferings of people who came before us.”

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