Quarles’ Friedman PAVEs way to success
As a new attorney, Jim Friedman heard colleagues’ stories about Charles L. Goldberg, a Marquette University Law School alumnus who went on to head the State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar and Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
State’s high court suspends attorney’s license
Illinois attorney Tommy Payne received a six-month disciplinary suspension Tuesday from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
State Supreme Court to consider 3 lawyer discipline cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday in the first of three lawyer-discipline cases scheduled for review this month.
State’s high court revokes suspended attorney’s license
James Cyril Kotz, an Illinois lawyer whose license to practice in Wisconsin has been suspended since 2006, had his license revoked Tuesday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Former Cannon & Dunphy attorney reprimanded for dispute with firm
Pewaukee attorney James J. Gende II received a public reprimand from the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday as the result of disputes with Gende’s former employer, Cannon & Dunphy SC.
Wisconsin justices weigh in on lawyers paying non-lawyer colleagues
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held recently that a law firm could pay a paralegal a percentage of the gross proceeds from cases on which the paralegal worked.
State’s high court revokes Madison attorney’s license for fraud
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday revoked the license of David Stokes, a Madison attorney convicted in 2011 of felony theft by fraud.
Report: Suspend ex-Wis. DA Kratz’s license for 4 months
A special referee is recommending a less severe punishment for a former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of sexual harassment.
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property