Obamacare expected to keep lawyers busy in 2013
Few pieces of federal legislation will have a more wide-ranging effect on the practice of law in 2013 than the Affordable Care Act.
Passing the gavel: Judicial retirements leave gaps in state, federal court systems
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.
The dos and don’ts of demand letters
Occasionally, Milwaukee lawyer Mitch Moser receives a demand letter that’s too demanding.
Medical examiners’ popularity depends on counsel’s perspective
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.
Fiedler investigation into UW-Madison’s Chadima costs school $43,700 in lawyer fees
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.
Fiedler elected State Bar president-elect
Madison attorney Pat Fiedler, of Axley Brynelson LLP, won the race for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Murn sacrifices firm ownership for client satisfaction
Waukesha attorney Don Murn has always enjoyed being his own boss.
Axley Brynelson merges with Murn & Martin
Madison-based Axley Brynelson LLP has combined with Murn & Martin SC, a four-attorney Waukesha law firm.
Who’s Doing What: New hires at von Briesen; new partner at Axley
Thomas Burmeister, Nicholas Castronovo, Ryan Gehrke and Eileen Kelley joined von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee.
Who’s Doing What: Michael Best shows love for the stage; von Briesen announces promotions
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.
Who’s doing what
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.
Who’s Doing What: New hires
Randall Erickson has joined Godfrey & Kahn SC in the firm's securities practice group in Milwaukee.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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