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Attorney: Gableman should stay on recall case
An attorney says state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman shouldn't recuse himself from a case that could affect recall efforts because he received free legal services.
DA asks Wis. Supreme Court to reopen collective bargaining lawsuit
A prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to reopen his lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law, contending a justice who voted to dismiss the suit earlier this year got free legal help from the firm defending the law.
Attorney asks Gableman not to hear redistricting
Madison - A motion has been filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court seeking the recusal of Justice Michael Gableman from a pending case that could affect ongoing recall efforts targeting four Republican state senators.
DA may seek rehearing in unions lawsuit (UPDATE)
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne tells The Associated Press he is considering asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reconsider its decision upholding the law that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.
Lawmaker calls for investigation of court justice (UPDATE)
A government watchdog group and a Democratic state lawmaker on Tuesday called for investigations into free legal services Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman received from a prominent law firm.
Republicans change lawyers in redistricting case
Republicans bringing a lawsuit challenging when new legislative boundaries take effect are changing attorneys.
Former Michael Best and Friedrich partner Baumbach resigns DWD post
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A second person has resigned as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development in Gov. Scott Walker’s first year in office. Walker announced Monday that Secretary Scott Baumbach had resigned after being in the position just four months. He replaced Walker’s first appointee, Manny Perez, who resigned in May after […]
Former firm partner named DWD secretary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker has named Scott Baumbach as full-time secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development. Baumbach had served as interim secretary since last month when Manny Perez resigned just five months after his appointment by Walker. Baumbach was named the department’s deputy secretary last January. Before joining the department, he […]
2010 Up and Coming Lawyers photo gallery
Twenty-six of Wisconsin’s best and brightest young attorneys were honored Aug. 31 at the Wisconsin Club during the Wisconsin Law Journal’s Up and Coming Lawyers event. More than 250 honorees and guests attended the event. Honorees were selected from more than 75 nominations in a wide range of practice areas – everything from criminal defense to trusts and estates to the city attorney’s off[...]
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