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The Milwaukee Bar Association will be recognizing several members of the legal community at its annual meeting.
Tagged with: Carl Ashley Herman John Mary Triggiano Maureen McGinnity Milwaukee Bar Association
Read More »Committee proposes grant program for family treatment court
A legislative study committee tasked with recommending improvements to Wisconsin's treatment courts voted Wednesday to set up a grant program for family courts.
Tagged with: Garey Bies Mary Triggiano
Read More »Milwaukee County judges: ‘We have to do something’ about child sex-trafficking
A Milwaukee committee working to address the needs of sex-trafficking victims in the juvenile system is starting to attract the attention of judges who decide the cases that will determine the victims’ fates.
Tagged with: Mary Triggiano Mike Dwyer Rebecca Bradley sex trafficking
Read More »Abusing the system: Loopholes prevalent for domestic violence offenders
Less than two weeks after Polk County Judge Jeffrey Anderson declined a district attorney’s request to set higher bail and bring in a man charged with felony bail jumping and violent offenses, that man allegedly murdered his fiancée.
Tagged with: domestic abuse domestic violence Jeffrey Anderson Mary Triggiano Michele Perreault
Read More »Uneven justice: Numbers don’t add up for women on the bench
Teri Jendusa Nicolai did not care about the judge’s gender when she sought a restraining order against her ex-husband in 2004.
Tagged with: Dennis Cimpl Kitty Brennan Mary Triggiano Richard Sankovitz
Read More »State, counties juggle potential costs of civil appointment plan (UPDATE)
While the state Supreme Court considers a proposal to broaden the appointment of counsel in civil cases, Wisconsin and its counties are playing hot potato with who will pay for the plan if it gains approval.
Tagged with: Annette Ziegler John Ebbott Laura Gramling Perez Legal Action of Wisconsin Mary Triggiano Scott Walker Supreme Court
Read More »Judge argues for civil appointments before state Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Several judges and court commissioners made their case Tuesday before the state Supreme Court for a petition to provide appointed counsel in civil cases for pro se clients.
Tagged with: Annette Ziegler John Ebbott Legal Action of Wisconsin Mary Triggiano Shirley Abrahamson Supreme Court
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