Criminal defense attorneys gather for advanced training in science and trial advocacy
The course was designed to combine hard science and trial advocacy.
… And then, suddenly, it changed everything! The ‘it’ moment
The art of storytelling is the primary skill of a trial lawyer. The old paradigm that we argue cases in court is misleading. The adversarial system is a storytelling contest. Facts, science and logic inform our stories, but the story is the thing. So, what is a story?
Marital property rights, double recovery debated in front of state Supreme Court
Marital property rights and an issue of double recovery are at the center of a case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Will lawmakers find support to make first drunken driving offenses criminal?
Despite plenty of compelling arguments for making first-time drunken driving offenses a crime, Wisconsin won’t be moving in that direction anytime soon, predicts defense attorney Andrew Mishlove.
OWI ruling splits state Supreme Court
A judge’s decision to allow a doctor to testify to the intoxication of a drunken-driving defendant can be considered a “harmless error,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday, because it was not the evidence that led the jury to find him guilty.
The jagged hump still casts doubt on blood tests (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene has issued an official response to my Feb. 11 article on the jagged hump anomaly and cause for concern with the state’s blood alcohol testing.
Wisconsin lab responds to lawyers’ concerns
In response to attorney Andrew Mishlove’s Feb. 11 commentary “Cause for concern with state’s blood alcohol tests,” the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene drafted a letter, dated Feb. 13, defending its procedures and quality controls.
Cause for concern with state’s blood alcohol tests
My colleagues and I have discovered a series of abnormal blood alcohol tests done at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, which casts serious doubt about the reliability of blood alcohol tests in Wisconsin.
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- Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says
- Wisconsin Attorney General announces $100,000 water pollution settlement
- Milwaukee man sentenced to 30 year bifurcated prison term as ringleader of $9.6 million cocaine conspiracy
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- Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Association recognizes work of state prosecutors
- Madison man gets 40 years for killing ex-girlfriend, whose body was found under pile of furniture
- Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
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