Michael Lappin, formerly of Advocate Aurora, has joined Foley & Lardner's Transactions Practice Group as of counsel at its Milwaukee office.

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The attorney Cleta Mitchell has resigned from Foley & Lardner after coming under fire for participating in a phone call in which President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's secretary of state to "find" votes in his favor.

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The Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner said it's aware of and "concerned by" a Washington, D.C. partner's participation in a phone call President Donald Trump made to pressure Georgia's elections chief into finding more votes for him.

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All contributions to political candidates and independent expenditure political action committees are publicly disclosed.

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As lead of Foley & Lardner’s Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations International Practice group, David Simon can’t think of the law as something that stops at the U.S. border.

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Imagine this: You’re a lawyer representing one of many defendants in a new lawsuit. You receive an email from the plaintiff’s lawyers, addressed to you as well as counsel for 19 other defendants. All that’s in the email is a link to a Dropbox folder, which contains 20 sets of discovery requests (one to each defendant).

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The Milwaukee Bar Association will honor a Foley & Lardner LLP attorney, a Marquette Law School student and a legal clinic supporting survivors of sexual violence with its annual Pro Bono Publico awards. The awards recognize outstanding pro bono work in the Milwaukee area.

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Hupy and Abraham celebrated it 50th anniversary with a gathering on April 15 at its office in downtown Milwaukee.

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von Briesen attorney appointed leader association of school lawyers von Briesen & Roper’s Christine Hamiel has been appointed president of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association. Hamiel, who works in the firm’s Milwaukee office, is a shareholder and leader of the ...

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A former Foley & Lardner partner has been named the new chief judge of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bankruptcy Court.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty recently announced new hires and promotions.

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Foley & Lardner recently announced that attorney Cynthia Rigsby has been named to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation’s Board of Directors.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former partner at Foley & Lardner.

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Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Thomas Springer has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Madison office.

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Quarles & Brady LLP recently announced that Thomas Springer has joined the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group as a partner in its Madison office.

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Over the summer, two Milwaukee high school students got a rare chance to have a glimpse of the inner workings of a large law firm through an internship offered at Foley & Lardner’s office downtown.

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Foley & Lardner attorneys have helped a Neenah-based plastics manufacturer get the first permit of its kind in Wisconsin.

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A former Foley & Lardner partner faces a two-year suspension over allegations that he violated attorney ethics rules.

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People convicted of low-level offenses in Wisconsin are getting a chance to expunge their record.

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Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner LLP and Dallas-based Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announced on Friday that they will be merging.

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Foley & Lardner recently announced that three attorneys at the firm have been elected to partnership.

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Peter Tomasi decided to become an environmental lawyer while on a canoe trip when he was 18 years old.

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Two new attorneys have recently joined Godfrey & Kahn.

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Nicholas Zepnick’s whole plan was to become a mechanical engineer. But then, during a product-development internship with what would later be Oshkosh Corp., he got to work with an intellectual-property lawyer from Foley & Lardner.

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Three Davis & Kuelthau attorneys recognized  Davis & Kuelthau recently announced that three of its attorneys were recognized as Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America, a national and local peer-review publication. They are: Kevin Lyons, Milwaukee ...

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A state Supreme Court candidate called President Donald Trump an "unhinged billionaire" and labeled Gov. Scott Walker's signature public union restrictions an attack on democracy during a candidate forum Friday, playing up his liberal stances in what's supposed to be a nonpartisan race.

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A magazine has recognized 50 law firms for retaining and promoting women lawyers, and four of those firms are either based in Wisconsin or have offices here. Working Mother announced Tuesday that Foley & Lardner, Husch Blackwell, Quarles & Brady ...

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For Kevin Schulz, an attorney at Foley & Lardner in Milwaukee, success is when his client closes on a deal, whether it be the sale of a family business or of a major league baseball team.

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There’s no attorney handbook on how to navigate maternity leave.

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Although Elizabeth Haas has shown her mettle time and time again, she’s not done making a difference.

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