In the first few weeks of the outbreak, we were able to convert the vast majority of the mediations that were scheduled to either telephone or video mediations, both in Wisconsin and across the United States
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VIEW FROM THE HALLWAY: Judge-turned-mediator offers advice on what works
Judges are often asked for their views on what works and what doesn’t in the courtroom. This also extends to their thoughts on what persuades them and what persuades juries, and what doesn’t.
Read More »Walker picks passed-over attorney to fill judgeship (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker has tapped the leader of the state’s parole commission and the legal counsel for a state regulatory agency to fill two spots on the Milwaukee County bench.
Read More »Board gives stamp of approval to CLE, reciprocity proposals
The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors voted Friday to support two proposals that would let lawyers fulfill more of their continuing legal-education courses online and let lawyers use time spent working for tribes to get waived into the state bar.
Read More »Lawsuit over worker’s fall raises questions, could change current rule
Should a company be held liable when it vacates a building and leaves behind dangerous conditions that later lead to a worker's injury?
Read More »Milwaukee officer fired in death of black man loses appeal
A judge has upheld the firing of a white Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill black man in 2014.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Does long arm of Wisconsin law extend down under?
The Court of Appeals has ruled that a Wisconsin resident cannot obtain long-arm jurisdiction over the Sydney Morning Herald without offending the Due Process Clause.
Read More »High court gives preliminary OK to mandatory e-filing
Officials from Wisconsin's trial courts encouraged the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to green light mandatory e-filing throughout the state.
Read More »Judging the experts: Daubert standards resolve some skepticism, but not all
Jim Leatzow has heard the names.
Read More »New probation program has one enrollee, and counting
Defense attorneys and judges foresee little problem with filling a new probation program launched in Milwaukee County, though questions remain about how it will compare to regular probation.
Read More »Brown Deer road suit could reach Supreme Court
A lawsuit over a $2.3 million street and landscaping project in Brown Deer might reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court even though construction is almost finished.
Read More »State justices asked to review case that could affect DNA testing standard
The state Court of Appeals is seeking Wisconsin Supreme Court review of a case involving DNA evidence that could clear a man who was sentenced to prison in 2000.
Attorney, landlord wage 12-year fight
A case that began as a landlord-tenant dispute has erupted into a 12-year battle in the Milwaukee courts system with allegations of aggressive prosecution and evading a debt by any means necessary.
Read More »Who’s Doing What: Attorneys on the rise; MBA names award-winners
Patricia Hutter, a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, was appointed to the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth's Board of Directors.
Read More »Appeals court: Witness to killing should testify
A state appeals court says a judge was wrong to block testimony from a woman who claims she witnessed the killing of a Milwaukee man.
Read More »Technology gives judges alternatives for jury instructions
Rather than just reading 19 pages of jury instructions to the people who would decide if Jesus Gonzalez was guilty of murder, Milwaukee Judge Richard Sankovitz mixed in some visuals.
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.
Read More »Man gets 12 years in teen’s scrap yard killing
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A judge has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for fatally shooting a teenage boy who broke into a Milwaukee scrap yard with his friends. Fifty-four-year-old David Helton also was sentenced to four years of extended supervision Tuesday. A jury in August found Helton guilty of second-degree reckless homicide while armed. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...
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