An attorney’s recent representation of a defendant charged with child sexual assault was so ineffective that the defendant’s constitutional right to counsel was violated and his convictions reversed.

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Ross Anderson, Richard Lewandowski,Philip Miller,Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek,Terry Johnson,Goldstein Law Group,Michael King, Julia Schuster,Kim Wynn,Patrick Schoen,Jeff Peelen,Daniel Radler,Jack Cook,Rebecca Speckhard,Elizabeth Orelup,Daniel Ark, Jonathan Hackbarth, Ryan Lovitz, Patrick Murphy, Valerie Vidal,Michael Hupy,Association for Women Lawyers,Joan Kessler,Nancy Joseph,Kristin Bergstrom,Hupy and Abraham, Hannah Dugan, Who's Doing What?,

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In a hotly contested case about suppressing a dog’s sniff search of a residence, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously decided that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied.

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Four Wisconsin Court of Appeals judges were selected Thursday to serve on the Government Accountability Candidate Committee to help select potential new judges.

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One of Gov. Scott Walker's former key Milwaukee aides was properly convicted of campaigning on taxpayers' time, a divided state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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Evidence that was obtained illegally does not immediately invalidate a search warrant, if the requesting officer believed he or she was acting lawfully at the time, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

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A Court of Appeals decision may end up giving courts much-needed guidance for media law cases in Wisconsin, according to an attorney involved with the case.

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County employees who retire after a health benefit is taken away are not eligible to receive the benefit, even if it was promised when they were hired, according to a Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision issued Tuesday.

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When there’s no objection to jury instructions, how can they be faulty enough to warrant reversal?

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At first blush, a recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision doesn’t appear to affect family law cases at all.

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