Many of the biggest battles over hotly contested Republican-backed legislation in recent years have been fought a block away from the state Capitol at the Dane County Courthouse.

The Sheboygan County Clerk of Circuit Court’s Office is at a tipping point.

Whoever coined the adage “the wheels of justice grind slowly” hasn’t seen Fond du Lac County’s family court.

Eau Claire County has a new jail, but Judge William Gabler is more excited about how he and court staff members are keeping people out of it.

A second circuit court branch would have been impossible without a new Green County justice center.

Family court looks a lot brighter at night than during the day at the Barron County Justice Center.

The last time elected officials proposed a new courthouse and jail in Monroe County, taxpayers rose up in what one local leader called “the recall massacre” of 2009.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Mike Bohren says he knows what an ideal courthouse looks like, and he does not work in one.

Crunching numbers might not seem like a judicial responsibility, but in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, it’s a necessity.

One man often is all who stands between those who work in the Racine County Courthouse and the attendant risk that entails.

There’s a shift going on at the Ozaukee County Justice Center.

The mountains of paper clogging the Dodge County Justice Facility are disappearing. In their place are neatly stored computer files and the feeling that the people working in the courthouse are leading the way in embracing new technologies.

Iowa County Circuit Judge Bill Dyke is no stranger to the public spotlight.

The modern interior of the Door County Justice Center could be mistaken for one of the resorts that line the shores of Sturgeon Bay.

Conflicts of interest are common occurrences at the Waushara County Courthouse.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder won’t be mistaken for Monty Hall.

Circuit Judge Jerome Fox’s booming voice can overcome most, but not all, sound-related difficulties in his courtroom at the Manitowoc County Courthouse.

Lafayette County’s lone judge, William Johnston, has a methodical approach to cases that gives attorneys more time to present their argument but requires a strict attention to detail.

Walworth County’s six-year-old Judicial Center is equipped with the latest technology to assist visiting lawyers in their court presentations, but most will be hard-pressed to find the building using modern means.