Wisconsin Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Friday of arguments that an agency charged with reviewing crime victims' rights could sanction a judge for holding off on sentencing a defendant in a sex-assault case.
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LEGAL CENTS: Put these on your summer reading list
Summer. It’s the perfect time to take a break from reading opinions, statutes and codes, horn books and the ever-popular correspondence from opposing counsel expressing consternation at your client’s actions/position.
Read More »Second Chance bill running out of chances
A bill that would move many 17-year-old, first-time offenders out of the adult court system may not pass before the legislative session ends next month.
Read More »A ‘wildcat pouncing on a porcupine’
It seems like the State Bar may be a little hurt over questions the Supreme Court asked them during a hearing Jan. 21 about a petition that seeks the ability to boot a member of the Board of Governors.
Read More »Bar members divided on dues increase
A looming Board of Governors' debate over whether Wisconsin attorneys should pay $30 more a year in State Bar dues is shaping up to be hotly contested.
Read More »Justices raise concerns over State Bar bylaw (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday about a State Bar bylaw that several said potentially could give the bar’s governing board broad power to remove a dissenter from office.
Read More »Justices to consider dues increase, removal of BOG members
State Supreme Court justices on Tuesday are expected to debate requiring aging attorneys to pay dues for five more years.
Read More »Gagan named State Bar president-elect
A Green Bay lawyer has been named president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Wis. justices remove appellate brief hurdle
By a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court removed a hurdle to writing appellate briefs in criminal cases.
Read More »Fiedler elected State Bar president-elect
Madison attorney Pat Fiedler, of Axley Brynelson LLP, won the race for president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Read More »Wanted: Two Dane County Circuit Court judges
Gov. Scott Walker’s office is seeking applicants for a vacancy on the Dane County Circuit Court bench.
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