After spending the last 10 years in the Wisconsin State Senate, Derek Punches has joined Stafford Rosenbaum.

Stafford Rosenbaum announced Thursday that attorney James Statz has been elected to its five-member Board of Directors.

Stafford Rosenbaum has hired Isaac Brodkey as an associate at its Madison office.

The U.S. Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day.

As a family law attorney, Tiffany Highstrom believes in finding practical remedies to some of the biggest difficulties her clients are facing in life.

At first glance, the two parts of Susan Allen’s legal practice may seem as if they have little in common. But to Allen, a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum in Milwaukee, her litigation practice and work for municipalities are a natural combination.

Christopher Hughes recalls learning about the legal profession early on from his grandfather.

When it comes to the business side of managing a law firm, reading financial reports can often end up low on a lawyer's To-Do list.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has joined the LGBT Chamber as its newest Gold Founding Member.

Paul Kent believes a leader is someone who can represent the best side of the legal profession, exemplifying it through advocacy, problem solving and offering a helping hand.

Amy Collins spent years on the stage singing, dancing and acting.

Attorneys throughout the state have been named to the annual Best Lawyers in America list.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren has announced that Francis Deisinger, the firm's General Counsel and a shareholder in its Litigation Practice, has been elected as the next president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Denasha Scott never assumes she knows what a client wants. In large part because of her willingness to listen, Scott, who specializes in estate-planning and business law, has risen to team leader of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP’s Business Law Practice Group and is now a member of the firm’s board of directors.

A summer internship at American Family Insurance Co. after her first year of law school brought clarity to Susan Allen and what path of law she would pursue after graduation.

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman has announced that associate attorneys Sarah Semrow and James Junger have joined the firm's Milwaukee office.

Madison-based Stafford Rosenbaum LLP has named Susan Allen as a partner.

Kerkman & Dunn, also known as Kerkman Dunn Sweet DeMarb, Madison, announced it will be splitting its two offices in Milwaukee and Madison into standalone law firms effective Oct. 20.

Grant Killoran of O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC, Milwaukee, was elected by the State Bar of Wisconsin to serve a two-year term as one of its five delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates.

Edward Evans, Katrina Hull, Thomas Janczewski, Plymouth Nelson, Kirk Pelikan and Leah Ziemba were promoted to partner at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee.

Tricia Nell thought going paperless would give her the flexibility to work from anywhere, anytime.

When Marney Hoefer starts working on a case she knows it likely will be sitting on her desk for a while.

The village of Lake Delton is not liable for damage to five houses and nine lots caused by massive flooding in June 2008, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Foley & Lardner LLP has announced several new partners, effective Feb. 1.

Jason Allen, a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, was appointed co-chairman of the firm’s energy industry team. Allen has a background in energy, project and infrastructure finance transactions. He earned his law degree in 1998 from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Eric Farnsworth received the Robert L. Habush Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Association for Justice at its annual dinner in Milwaukee.

A recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals case in a mental commitment action may have significant implications for post-judgment modification cases in family law in this state.

Jeremy Adelson, James Barton, Don Jacquart, Paul Jacquart, John Shanahan, and Kristin Smith joined Hansen Reynolds Dickinson Crueger LLC, Milwaukee.

Anthony Anzelmo and David Eckhardt have joined Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC, Milwaukee.

Christopher Hughes, a managing partner at Madison’s Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, prods those in his firm to get out there, have fun, do good; and if possible, combine all three.