New appointments picked for Judicial Selection Advisory Committee
Gov. Tony Evers has announced the membership of the Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee for his second term.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Firms hire attorneys; Gonring to receive Pickering Award
Michael Gonring, director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and formerly a partner at Quarles & Brady, is the 2018 recipient of the John H. Pickering Award of Achievement.
Relatives put flesh and blood(lines) into law practices
It was no surprise that Kristen and Emily Lonergan became lawyers.
Fighting back: How to handle bullies in the courtroom, office
Bullies can be as prevalent in the courtroom as they are on the playground.
State Bar considers push to limit justices to single, 16-year term (UPDATE)
In an attempt to make the Wisconsin Supreme Court more nonpartisan, the Wisconsin State Bar is in the early stages of a potential push to limit state justices to single, 16-year terms.
Switch hitters: Attorneys differ on whether working both sides leaves some off base
Milwaukee litigator Emile Banks is comfortable on either side of the courtroom.
Personal injury, politics engage Muggli
Attorney Christine Bremer Muggli is admittedly a political junkie. That makes sense, since the personal injury attorney graduated college with a History and Political Science degree before heading to law school.
Legal News
- Kenosha man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing his father, stepmother with a machete in 2021
- Official who posted ‘ballot selfie’ in Wisconsin has felony charge dismissed
- Federal court rules brokerage firm breached 1994 contract
- County sued over death of pet dog shot by police
- Illinois taxpayers to foot $160 million bill to keep migrants warm in Chicago as winter approaches
- Report says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used alternate email under name of Hall of Fame pitcher
- Voir dire begins in federal jury trial of man allegedly shot by four Milwaukee officers
- Court denies revocation of adoption
- Judge asked to block part of a North Dakota abortion law
- UnitedHealth suit alleges faulty AI led to denied claims
- Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan
- Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says
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