The art of storytelling is the primary skill of a trial lawyer. The old paradigm that we argue cases in court is misleading. The adversarial system is a storytelling contest. Facts, science and logic inform our stories, but the story is the thing. So, what is a story?

A Green Bay man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his 18th drunken-driving conviction.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a Department of Transportation driving record can serve as sufficient proof of a man's decades-old OWI conviction.

Police say a 17-year-old girl from Green Bay has been arrested for drunken driving after a crash on the Main Street Bridge flung her passenger into the river.

Repeat drunken drivers would spend more time behind bars under a bill the state Assembly passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday.

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a decision on a subject-matter-jurisdiction dispute relating to an OWI case from Ozaukee County.

A case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court questions when police officers have reasonable belief to conduct searches without warrants after an arrest.

Wisconsin public defenders are on pace to receive pay parity with state prosecutors. The state Senate on Tuesday passed an amended version of Senate Bill 468 to provide a pay-progression plan for assistant state public defenders.

Appleton police say they're arrested a man for his 12th drunken driving offense.

The last two drunken-driving cases I have taken to trial had the following fact patterns...

Some chronic drunken drivers in Wisconsin spend little time behind bars on felony charges due to lenient sentencing.

A Stevens Point man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his 10th drunken driving offense.

A judge’s decision to allow a doctor to testify to the intoxication of a drunken-driving defendant can be considered a “harmless error,” the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday, because it was not the evidence that led the jury to find him guilty.

The top four candidates for Wisconsin attorney general agreed that heroin is the state's top public safety issue during a debate Saturday at the Wisconsin Professional Police Association annual meeting.

The fine for a first drunken-driving offense, including court costs and surcharges, can be as high as $1,000 in places like Winnebago County. But industry experts are questioning whether such heavy fines serve as effective deterrents.

A Kenosha attorney who is in prison for drunken driving can no longer practice license in Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is giving Wisconsin a failing grade, saying the state doesn't do enough to deter people from driving drunk or to clamp down on people with repeated offenses.

A Madison man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for driving drunk and slamming into another vehicle, killing a passenger and injuring the driver.

A 46-year-old Rhinelander man is charged with his 10th OWI.

A former Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesman has been convicted of first-offense drunken driving, even though it was his third conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

In Wisconsin’s war against drunk driving, Sen. Alberta Darling has been a consistent crusader.

A four-time OWI defendant will get another chance to prove he did not knowingly waive his right to legal counsel in two earlier OWI cases, according to a recently issued Wisconsin appellate court opinion.

A Plainfield man charged with his 11th offense of driving while intoxicated has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental defect.

2011AP2948-CR State v. Wetzel

2012AP1266 Village of Little Chute v. Bunnell

2012AP64-CR State v. Schmidt

2012AP630 City of West Allis v. Kapke

2012AP1189 Winnebago County v. Christenson

2012AP1282 State v. Quiles

2011AP2958-CR State v. Reeverts