If Tyler Wilkinson had decided to be a John Deere salesman or auctioneer, he never would have landed nine not-guilty verdicts for a client who was facing nine felony charges.

Traditional employee offerings such as 401k, health insurance and vacation time might not be enough anymore.

Plaintiffs Rockwell Automation Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc., an Ohio corporation, filed a lawsuit Nov. 16, 2010, in federal court against defendants Germantown-based WAGO Corp. and its German parent company, WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG.

The State Bar of Wisconsin has a new president.

By a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court removed a hurdle to writing appellate briefs in criminal cases.

John Mitby lets one sentence guide his work in and out of the courtroom: Lawyers solve problems.

Few pieces of federal legislation will have a more wide-ranging effect on the practice of law in 2013 than the Affordable Care Act.

Iowa County Circuit Judge William Dyke is 82, but has no plans to step down from the bench and said he is disappointed when he sees aging colleagues do so.

Occasionally, Milwaukee lawyer Mitch Moser receives a demand letter that’s too demanding.

A medical examiner’s testimony can be the turning point in many cases, but how and whether to employ MEs depends on which side of the table you’re sitting.

A law firm has charged the University of Wisconsin-Madison about $43,700 to investigate an athletic official who resigned amid a sexual-assault investigation.

Madison attorney Pat Fiedler, of Axley Brynelson LLP, won the race for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Waukesha attorney Don Murn has always enjoyed being his own boss.

Madison-based Axley Brynelson LLP has combined with Murn & Martin SC, a four-attorney Waukesha law firm.

Thomas Burmeister, Nicholas Castronovo, Ryan Gehrke and Eileen Kelley joined von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee.

Employees at the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP did more than socialize at this year’s holiday party – they put on a show.

Marney Hoefer has joined Stafford Rosenbaum LLP as a senior associate. Hoefer’s practice focuses on environmental law and governmental affairs. She received her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2000.

Randall Erickson has joined Godfrey & Kahn SC in the firm's securities practice group in Milwaukee.

Attorney Eric Maassen plans to use a lot less paper clips and Post-its in the near future.

Former Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Fiedler has joined Madison-based firm Axley Brynelson LLP.

By Adam Wise A Winneconne contractor must pay $60,000 as part of a settlement with the state for illegal grading and construction of a seawall and riprap in Lake Butte des Morts, according to the Wisconsin attorney general‘s office. Radtke Contractors Inc. also must remove rock riprap in some places and deconstruct portions of an estimated 166-foot lakeside seawall, according ...

• Corneille Law Group LLC announces that Attorney Jacqueline Lorenz Sehloff has joined the firm’s Green Bay office. Sehloff graduated from Marquette University Law School in 2006. The Corneille Law Group focuses on personal injury and medical negligence defense. • Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators announces the election of the following individuals to its Board of Directors for the 2011-2012 ...

By Jack Zemlicka Construction industry representatives are greeting with skepticism a state law that lets the Department of Workforce Development crack down on worker misclassification. The law, which went into effect at the start of the year, strengthens DWD’s authority by, for instance, letting agency representatives visit job sites to investigate alleged violations, such as companies misclassifying employees as independent ...

By Jack Zemlicka Attorneys trying to take clients to lunch near the state Capitol this week haven’t had much success. Protesters, numbering in the thousands, have descended on the square during the last three days in opposition of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill that would strip collective bargaining power from most of the state’s public employees. While the protests ...

Total attorneys (in Wisconsin): 52 Addresses in Wisconsin: 2 E. Mifflin St., Suite 200, Madison, WI 53703 Office phone: 800-368-5661, 608-257-5661 Firm’s website: www.axley.com Managing partner: John C. Mitby Hiring partner: Lori M. Lubinsky Marketing manager: Kate Scoptur Firm administrator: Bruce A. Wichmann Information services: Dharma X. Singh New practice areas: Bicycle accident injury team, rail and transportation team Niche ...

If the federally financed high-speed rail project in Wisconsin dies, so too will the expected increase in work for many attorneys.

A law firm teaming up with the Department of Natural Resources may seem like an odd partnership.