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Eric Heisig

Dec 30, 2013

COURT GESTURES BLOG: What’s in a name?

A Madison man wants a federal judge to fire a judge and pay him $1 million to compensate him for a denied name change petition.

Dec 5, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Former Justice Diaz to speak on high court elections

So you think Wisconsin is the only state whose Supreme Court elections are seeing an influx of special interest money?

Nov 6, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Don’t be so judgmental

I don’t know why Court of Appeals decisions that describe journalistic tactics taken by TV stations amuse me. But they do, and I found another one.

Nov 1, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Food for thought: What happens when attorneys, witnesses, jurors co-mingle

I guess I thought it would be a bigger deal if attorneys, witnesses and jurors in the same case went to eat in the same place. But I was wrong.

Oct 24, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Eviction case should be evicted

Sometimes, it’s pretty easy to sense frustration in an appeal.

Oct 22, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Access to Justice Commission’s report reads like a mission statement

The Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission’s new report says many interesting things about the state’s civil legal system.

Oct 9, 2013

COURT GESTURES: When pro se goes bad

See, this is why you don’t represent yourself in court.

Sep 30, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Term limits could take an interesting path

It will be interesting to see how likely a soon-to-be-proposed bill regarding state Supreme Court term limits fares as it makes its way through the Legislature.

Sep 4, 2013

COURT GESTURES: ‘Breaking Bad’ on charges

A co-worker sent me a link Wednesday to a blog post that discusses the possible charges against the character of Walter White in the AMC show “Breaking Bad.”

Aug 30, 2013

COURT GESTURES: The ‘kiss of death’

I think I may have found the oddest entry ever put into a court record. And it’s in Milwaukee County.

Aug 27, 2013

COURT GESTURES: Location, location, location

Wait, where exactly did I move? I guess close enough to a place where a dead body was hidden by alleged prostitutes before being found several days later.

Aug 26, 2013

COURT GESTURES: A TAD on the technical side

The takeaway from Friday’s treatment alternatives and diversion symposium in Madison was pretty clear: there needs to be a better way to prevent those who are arrested from coming back.

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