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Jan 7, 2015

LEGAL CENTS: Marketing in a mobile world

For many people, the smartphone has become almost a new appendage.

Jan 6, 2015

Preparing for the worst: Don’t wait until disaster strikes to have an action plan

For days after a fire destroyed Jen Hanna’s law office, she returned to the charred pit, hoping to meet the clients she could no longer contact.

Dec 22, 2014

Milwaukee attorneys seek to lead State Bar

A shareholder at Davis & Kuelthau SC and the general counsel at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC will square off in the 2015 race to lead the State Bar of Wisconsin.

May 7, 2014

LEGAL CENTS: Finding ways to earn CLE on the cheap

I’m going to pass on the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Ultimate Pass” for continuing legal education.

Apr 8, 2014

A year at the top

Serving as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin is like riding a Ferris wheel that goes around only once.

Nov 2, 2012

Quarles’ Friedman PAVEs way to success

As a new attorney, Jim Friedman heard colleagues’ stories about Charles L. Goldberg, a Marquette University Law School alumnus who went on to head the State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar and Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.

Oct 16, 2012

Hidden threat: Lawyers cautioned on potential ethical pitfalls of metadata

There’s a potential ethical threat lurking in electronic documents.

Jun 7, 2012

State Bar develops briefs checklist

An ad hoc committee of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Appellate Practice Section has developed a checklist to assist lawyers and litigants in writing and filing briefs with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

May 21, 2012

Cutting the cord: Attorneys weigh risks when breaking ties with troublesome clients

Glendale solo practitioner Randy Enochs hates to turn away business, even if it means catering to a combative client.

Apr 23, 2012

Editorial: Dues debate drowns in silence

Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.

Apr 18, 2012

State Bar members reveal struggles with pressure, work-life balance

Many attorneys in state don’t realize how much they pay in annual bar dues and are dealing with challenges of pressure and work-life balance, according to the results of a State Bar of Wisconsin study.

Apr 17, 2012

State Supreme Court approves BBE, OLR budgets

State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.

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