A committee convened by the Wisconsin Supreme Court is proposing various changes to the state’s lawyer-discipline procedures and rules, such as letting referees dole out license suspensions in certain circumstances without cases having to go before the high court.

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The State Bar of Wisconsin is looking into whether it should respond to an incident in October when a Milwaukee County trial court judge had a government defense attorney handcuffed and belly-chained at a hearing.

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Justice Rebecca Dallet will be making remarks at the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governor’s meeting on Friday.

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On the heels of unanimously amending its policy for calculating Keller-dues reductions, the Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors also approved a new Keller dues amount.

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Wisconsin lawyers may not see an increase this year in their annual mandatory dues. The State Bar Board of Governors discussed a proposed budget for the next fiscal year at its meeting Friday. The budget, which is balanced, does not ...

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The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors has adopted revisions to its policies in response to a former bar president’s request for more restrictions on how the organization spends members’ mandatory dues.

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The Board of Governors has a full agenda for its meeting Friday. A 52-member body elected by the state’s lawyers, the board oversees the Wisconsin State Bar’s policies and operations. Its meeting scheduled for Friday starts at 10 a.m. at the Wisconsin State Bar Center, 5302 Eastpark Blvd., Madison.

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The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors will get one step closer to selecting a new leader.

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The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors will meet Friday to vote on replacing a governor and decide whether to back changes proposed for conditional-admission policies, among other things.

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The state’s Board of Governors got down to business last weekend by preparing to search for a new executive director of the State Bar, discussing possible legislative proposals and considering proposed Wisconsin Supreme Court rules changes.

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Leaders of the State Bar of Wisconsin will meet Friday to, among other things, consider whether to back certain proposals for court rules changes and whether to change the venue for its 2019 annual meeting.

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A Minocqua family attorney and Oshkosh bankruptcy lawyer are competing for one of the top spots at the State Bar of Wisconsin.

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The State Bar’s Board of Governors is scheduled to hold a discussion in closed session concerning the bar’s decision to hire an attorney to represent the organization in front of the state Supreme Court.

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Only two of 40 State Bar governors in June voted against a bylaw that tramples members’ First Amendment rights.

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Madison attorney Steve Levine is asking state justices to review and reject a measure granting the State Bar’s Board of Governors power to remove a BOG member from office.

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At its meeting June 12 at the Marriott West in Madison, the State Bar’s Board of Governors took a number of breathtaking steps which you had to witness to fully understand.

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Chuck Hanson, after nearly 40 years as an attorney, says he measures himself not by his legal accomplishments but by his work outside the office.

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Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.

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Many attorneys in state don’t realize how much they pay in annual bar dues and are dealing with challenges of pressure and work-life balance, according to the results of a State Bar of Wisconsin study.

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To practice in Wisconsin, lawyers are required to pay $224 a year in State Bar dues, but that doesn’t buy them a meaningful look into how bar leaders spend the money.

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A member of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors is arguing a series of statewide listening sessions is really just a prelude to a dues increase.

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For the third time in the last four years, the State Bar of Wisconsin elected another president-elect who supports a voluntary bar. Phillips attorney Kevin Klein won the election for president-elect, defeating Janesville lawyer Jim Carney, a mandatory bar supporter, ...

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Laws are passing at a rapid clip under the new state Legislature, forcing the slow-moving State Bar to pick up its pace, or risk being left behind.

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Attorneys who want to keep up with Board of Governors' meetings have no choice currently but to attend in person.

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Over the last five years, Wisconsin lawyers have paid an average of about $16 a year into the Wisconsin Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection.

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The State Bar of Wisconsin's Board of Governors has officially declared its opposition to attempts to get rid of Wisconsin's diploma privilege.

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