The State Bar of Wisconsin is hosting an annual diversity program focused on gender diversity in the workplace.

The Milwaukee Bar Association will be recognizing several members of the legal community at its annual meeting.

For the first time in nine years, State Bar of Wisconsin members this year were asked to fill out demographic information when they sent in their 2014-15 dues statements.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals refused to overturn the conviction of a Somali refugee who argued that a Milwaukee County judge didn’t properly explain the ramifications a plea would have on his immigration status.

Not long after Judge Carl Ashley took the bench, he was at a church festival when a man approached saying the judge had sent him to prison.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Carl Ashley has presided over a variety of different courts during his 13 years on the bench.

Ten months ago Carlos Martinez had a choice. Either enroll in Milwaukee County’s Drug Treatment Court program or head to prison, a place he had been 10 times during the past dozen years. A habitual heroin and cocaine addict since age 16, Martinez, now 32, opted for the treatment program. On July 27 he became the 30th graduate to complete ...