The Wisconsin State Bar has chosen a new executive director.
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BOG to discuss judicial recusals petition, close in on new executive director
The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors will get one step closer to selecting a new leader.
Read More »BOG focuses on new exec director, possible legislation
The state’s Board of Governors got down to business last weekend by preparing to search for a new executive director of the State Bar, discussing possible legislative proposals and considering proposed Wisconsin Supreme Court rules changes.
Read More »State Bar taps national firm in search for executive director
The State Bar of Wisconsin is teaming up with a national legal recruiting firm in its search for a new executive director.
Read More »Committee has until February to vet finalists for bar executive director
A group of lawyers and bar representatives is starting its search for candidates to replace the State Bar of Wisconsin’s top staff member.
Read More »BOG to vote on search committee for new executive director
The top employee at the State Bar of Wisconsin will be stepping down next June.
Read More »State Bar’s executive director retiring
The top employee at the State Bar of Wisconsin will be stepping down next June.
Read More »Paying the bar tab: Keller dues at heart of latest State Bar skirmish
The latest development in a long-festering dispute over mandatory dues finds the Wisconsin State Bar once again preparing to go to the arbitration table to fight off a challenge of its ability to collect money for purposes that members might object to.
Read More »Who’s Doing What: The latest hires, promotions and more
Steven Kruzel joined Quarles & Brady LLP’s Milwaukee office as an associate in the labor and employment practice group.
Read More »Monday could be a due date for State Bar
A U.S. Supreme Court decision slated to be released Monday could have implications for the Wisconsin State Bar, but it all depends on the breadth of the justice’s ruling.
Read More »State Bar’s outside attorney talk ends with no action
A closed-door discussion regarding the State Bar’s procedure to hire an outside attorney ended with no decision Saturday morning.
Read More »Board of Governors opts to hold attorney hiring discussion behind closed doors (UPDATE)
The State Bar’s Board of Governors is scheduled to hold a discussion in closed session concerning the bar’s decision to hire an attorney to represent the organization in front of the state Supreme Court.
Read More »Dues fees, outside counsel on State Bar’s agenda
Wisconsin attorneys will pay $30 more in dues per year if the State Bar’s Board of Governors passes its proposed budget during its meeting Friday and Saturday.
Read More »A year at the top
Serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin is like riding a Ferris wheel that goes around only once.
Read More »Justices strike down 2 State Bar proposals
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously struck down a State Bar bylaw Friday that would have allowed the Board of Governors to remove one of its own, with one justice saying the rule as written was “insane.”
Read More »State Bar committee to consider claims against deceased attorney
A State Bar committee is set to consider more than $600,000 in claims stemming from former clients of Appleton attorney Steven Wilson, who died in June at age 57.
Read More »Justices raise concerns over State Bar bylaw (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday about a State Bar bylaw that several said potentially could give the bar’s governing board broad power to remove a dissenter from office.
Read More »Client protection fund at risk of maxing out
The State Bar of Wisconsin might have to defer payment on claims filed by people who have been wronged financially by attorneys.
Read More »Wis. commission searches for money to continue advocacy work
It took a decade for the country’s first access to justice commission to figure out what problems it wanted to solve.
Read More »Future of Access to Justice Commission in question
Money is running out for the Access to Justice Commission, a Wisconsin Supreme Court-mandated group tasked with advocating for legal services for indigent people.
Read More »A slow fade: Problems arise as lawyers drop from the Legislature
Robert Kovach, chief of staff for state Sen. Frank Lasee, falls silent to consider the consequences of confusing wording in a major new landlord-tenant law.
Read More »EDITORIAL: Show them the money
The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.
Read More »State Bar’s limits on financial transparency create budgetary blind spots
To practice in Wisconsin, lawyers are required to pay $224 a year in State Bar dues, but that doesn’t buy them a meaningful look into how bar leaders spend the money.
Read More »State Bar resolves logo dispute with LexisNexis
The State Bar of Wisconsin has withdrawn its federal trademark infringement lawsuit against LexisNexis.
Read More »State Bar cuts back on meetings outside of Madison
In the face of a six-figure deficit, the State Bar of Wisconsin is juggling cutting costs with outreach efforts to its members statewide.
Read More »State Bar dumps annual convention
By Jack Zemlicka Wisconsin Law Journal The buffet of Continuing Legal Education known as the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Convention is being replaced by a more refined menu. Declining attendance prompted bar leadership to abandon the traditional convention format and develop a handful of practice-specific “institutes” to be held in various locations throughout the year. “The convention as we ...
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