Who’s Doing What: Reinhart’s Deisinger named State Bar president-elect
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren has announced that Francis Deisinger, the firm's General Counsel and a shareholder in its Litigation Practice, has been elected as the next president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Who’s Doing What: Davis & Kuelthau moves Oshkosh office; Hoff opens own law firm
Attorney Casey Hoff has opened his own law firm, Casey Hoff Attorney at Law, in downtown Sheboygan.
Attorney increases reward for information in Milwaukee girl’s death (UPDATE)
The reward has been significantly increased in the case a 5-year-old Milwaukee girl fatally shot last fall while sitting on her grandfather's lap.
Who’s Doing What: Allen named partner at Stafford Rosenbaum; attorneys named as shareholders
Madison-based Stafford Rosenbaum LLP has named Susan Allen as a partner.
Who’s Doing What: Renlund, Due elected to firm’s executive committee (UPDATE)
Madison-based DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. has announced its partners, Rob Due and Cari Anne Renlund, were elected to serve on the company's executive committee.
Who’s Doing What: Axley Brynelson gives back; Schroeder Group sets up new structure
Frank Gumina has been named Milwaukee-based Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.'s executive vice president of Legal Services.
Who’s Doing What: Habush gives back; attorneys on the move
Kerkman & Dunn, also known as Kerkman Dunn Sweet DeMarb, Madison, announced it will be splitting its two offices in Milwaukee and Madison into standalone law firms effective Oct. 20.
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.
Distributing settlement not enough to hold law firm accountable for lien
When Watertown Regional Medical Center filed a small claims lawsuit trying to collect on an outstanding hospital lien, the District 4 Court of Appeals court had to decide whether a law firm was just acting as a conduit for payment or as an actual payor when it disbursed a related personal injury settlement.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys earn awards
Kate Maternowski was named Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for 2013.
Who’s Doing What: Hupy named foundation fellow; attorneys get hired
Michael Hupy, a shareholder of the personal injury law firm Hupy and Abraham SC, Milwaukee, accepted his nomination as a fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys on the rise; MBA names award-winners
Patricia Hutter, a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, was appointed to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth's Board of Directors.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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