Board of Governors

Apr 24, 2014

Board of Governors opts to hold attorney hiring discussion behind closed doors (UPDATE)

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.

Feb 3, 2014

EDITORIAL: Fight for your rights

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

Sep 11, 2013

Attorney asks for state Supreme Court review of BOG bylaws

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.

Jun 20, 2013

Questionable conduct at the State Bar’s BOG meeting

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.

Mar 8, 2013

State Bar candidate measures success by what he gives back

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.

Apr 23, 2012

Editorial: Dues debate drowns in silence

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

Apr 18, 2012

State Bar members reveal struggles with pressure, work-life balance

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.

Dec 19, 2011

State Bar’s limits on financial transparency create budgetary blind spots

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.

Sep 22, 2011

State Bar listening sessions prompt prediction of dues increase

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.

Apr 25, 2011

Klein elected as State Bar president

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, by about 500 votes. Klein will serve in that post for one year beginning July […]

Feb 21, 2011

The bar’s need for speed

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.

Dec 17, 2010

BOG may become Internet explorers

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

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