DeWitt pledges $100,000 to increase access to criminal justice system
DeWitt Law Firm is giving $100,000 to help increase access to justice for communities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Foley lawyer named to foundation board; Smith joins Boyle Fredrickson
Foley & Lardner recently announced that attorney Cynthia Rigsby has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation’s Board of Directors.
Madison firm, affiliate become one firm
The Madison firm DeWitt Ross & Stevens and its affiliate, the Minnesota firm DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore, have been re-organized into a single entity called DeWitt.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: State Bar names Innovator award winners; attorneys earn honors
The State Bar of Wisconsin honored the following six legal innovators as part of its “That’s a Fine Idea: Legal Innovation Wisconsin” initiative.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: AWL hands out awards; Mitich to lead new group at Husch Blackwell
The Association of Women Lawyers recently honored the recipients of its annual awards and its foundation’s scholarships.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Quarles & Brady expands in Minnesota; firms hire attorneys
DeWitt Ross & Stevens recently announced that Laura Davis of the firm’s Madison office has received the Jack DeWitt Pro Bono Award.
END OF AN AGE: Courts halt deference to agencies’ conclusions of law
For decades, Wisconsin courts have deferred to administrative agencies’ interpretations of law. In a recent decision - Tetra Tech EC, Inc. v. DOR, the Wisconsin Supreme Court effectively ended this practice: “We have also decided to end our practice of deferring to administrative agencies’ conclusions of law.”
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Godfrey hires two new associates, Michael Best adds real estate partner
Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Thomas Springer has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Madison office.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Firms add attorneys; Quarles & Brady hires former lawmaker
Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Thomas Springer has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Madison office.
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.
WHO’S DOING WHAT: Attorneys make Chambers USA list; Butler to join American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Quarles & Brady recently announced that one of its attorneys will lead the board of a nonprofit company that operates New York state’s power grid.
Who’s Doing What: Hupy and Abraham gets props; attorneys earn partnerships
Foley & Lardner recently announced that three attorneys at the firm have been elected to partnership.
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