The State Bar of Wisconsin doesn't "want to generally move forward with administrative proceedings while criminal proceedings are pending," Kaul said.
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Citing Wisconsin case, SCOTUS declines challenge against Mich. State Bar
After a Michigan lawyer failed in her challenge to the requirement that she join the State Bar of Michigan and pay dues supporting advocacy activities with which she disagreed, she vowed to appeal to the highest court in the land.
Read More »Hickey to serve as State Bar president-elect
Milwaukee lawyer Margaret Wrenn Hickey will serve as the State Bar of Wisconsin's next president-elect.
Read More »Briggs committed to increasing diversity of Wisconsin’s legal profession
Dr. Jeneise Briggs, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s diversity and inclusion specialist, is passionate about doing the work to make the legal community more welcoming for all.
Read More »State Bar launches Pro Bono Opportunity Portal
The State Bar of Wisconsin launched a new Pro Bono Opportunity Portal to help connect low-income Wisconsinites with free legal help.
Read More »Supreme Court holds public hearings for client protection fund fee increase, judicial code updates
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering petitions to increase to the annual assessment for the Wisconsin Lawyer's Fund for Client Protection and update the state's Code of Judicial Conduct.
Read More »2020 law school graduates, students cope with unprecedented pandemic fallout
For some of the newest lawyers in Wisconsin, graduation didn’t come with the pomp and circumstance one might expect.
Read More »Quarles & Brady’s Greane elected to Public Utilities board of State Bar
Quarles & Brady's Rikaela Greane, an associate in the firm’s Madison office, has been elected to the Public Utilities Section Board of the Wisconsin State Bar.
Read More »Lawyers mount challenge to Wisconsin’s mandatory bar dues
The same week that the Wisconsin State Bar’s Board of Governors approved a $2 increase in mandatory bar dues, two attorneys filed a lawsuit against the bar challenging the constitutionality of those same dues.
Read More »Diversity program to feature Baird Funds president, Foley managing partner
The State Bar of Wisconsin is hosting an annual diversity program focused on gender diversity in the workplace.
Read More »Proposal would allow electronic voting in State Bar elections
Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.
Read More »WHO’S DOING WHAT: Hart Powell changes name; new attorneys hired
Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet recently announced that attorney Brian Waterman has rejoined the firm.
Read More »Groups offer free expungement clinic
People convicted of low-level offenses in Wisconsin are getting a chance to expunge their record.
Read More »Court: No pro hac vice fee hike
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently denied a request calling on the court to increase the state’s pro hac vice fee so that a body charged with increasing poor Wisconsin residents' access to the civil legal system can continue operating.
Read More »Justices OK overhaul of state class-action rule, defer decision on bar dues proposal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to change the state’s class action rule to mirror the federal rule but deferred a decision on whether to adopt new rules for how the Wisconsin State Bar should spend members’ dues.
Read More »Tensions high at hearing on dues proposal
Despite reports of her absence from oral argument last week because of illness, Justice Shirley Abrahamson appeared to be on the mend on Monday, interrupting her colleagues on the court and drilling attorneys on their positions.
Read More »Council may move meetings to State Bar Center
Members of the Judicial Council recently met for the first time since the Wisconsin Supreme Court had pulled the agency's budget, coming together in the War Room of the State Bar Center in Madison.
Read More »Bar fills spots on committees, makes appointments
The State Bar of Wisconsin’s Board of Governors has voted to fill various positions and committee spots for the coming year.
Read More »Board of Governors to choose new committee members, chairperson
The State Board of Governors will be filling several spots at its next meeting, including selecting a new chairperson, choosing new representatives to the American Bar Association House of delegates and voting on who will be on the executive committee for the new fiscal year.
Read More »Habush attorney to be bar president
A Madison personal injury litigator has won the top leadership spot at the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Read More »Madison attorney wants high court to change how bar spends dues — again
A Madison lawyer is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to further rein in the types of lobbying activities the State Bar can pay for using members' yearly dues.
Read More »Bar approves $4 dues increase (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Bar Board of Governors has approved a $4 increase in yearly dues for the state’s lawyers.
Read More »Criminal defense lawyers proposing increase of private bar rate (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors has agreed to back a proposal set forth by a group of Wisconsin criminal-defense lawyers that would increase the private bar rate to $100 per hour.
Read More »Bar dues increase could be in offing (UPDATE)
Lawyers throughout the state might see an increase in bar dues starting July 1.
Read More »State Bar weighs in on Trump’s comments about federal judge
The Wisconsin State Bar has posted a statement on its website in support of the judiciary in response to President Donald Trump’s Feb. 4 tweet calling the federal judge who temporarily blocked his immigration executive orders a “so-called judge.” State Bar President Fran Deisinger asked the governors at Friday’s Board of Governors meeting to approve the statement, noting that other state ...
Read More »High court to tackle business courts, conditional bar admission
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold public hearings Thursday on proposals to set up business courts and change the rules governing conditional admissions to the State Bar.
Read More »Tribe wants reciprocity for in-house attorneys
A Native American tribe is asking for a rule change that would let legal work for federally recognized tribes count toward admission to practice law in Wisconsin.
Read More »BOG to replace governor, vote on conditional admission petition
The Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors will meet Friday to vote on replacing a governor and decide whether to back changes proposed for conditional-admission policies, among other things.
Read More »High court to hear testimony on repeal of dead mans’ statute, changes to rules of evidence
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear testimony on Monday involving two proposed rule changes.
Read More »BOG focuses on new exec director, possible legislation
The state’s Board of Governors got down to business last weekend by preparing to search for a new executive director of the State Bar, discussing possible legislative proposals and considering proposed Wisconsin Supreme Court rules changes.
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