A measure designed to reduce the politics associated with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and its elections took a large step forward Saturday when the State Bar elected to support it.
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State Bar to consider supporting term limit for justices
The Wisconsin State Bar’s Board of Governors is expected to decide this week whether to support a measure that would limit state Supreme Court justices to a single, 16-year term.
Read More »Long road ahead for proposed criminal code overhaul
A proposal to rewrite Wisconsin’s criminal code is drawing ire from some because of a clause that would eliminate preliminary hearings in felony cases.
Read More »Editorial: Overdue notice
Fifty-two counts of alleged misconduct are pending against attorney Bridget Boyle-Saxton.
Read More »Wis. commission searches for money to continue advocacy work
It took a decade for the country’s first access to justice commission to figure out what problems it wanted to solve.
Read More »Attorney asks for state Supreme Court review of BOG bylaws
Madison attorney Steve Levine is asking state justices to review and reject a measure granting the State Bar’s Board of Governors power to remove a BOG member from office.
Read More »Shorewood attorney pushes for license reinstatement (UPDATE)
A Shorewood labor attorney twice suspended because of several crimes she committed while addicted to opiates said she has emerged from a “low point” in her life, and wants to practice law again.
Read More »Future of Access to Justice Commission in question
Money is running out for the Access to Justice Commission, a Wisconsin Supreme Court-mandated group tasked with advocating for legal services for indigent people.
Read More »Justices hold off on revoking Wynn’s law license
A West Allis debt collection lawyer facing criminal charges for misappropriating more than $780,000 from clients is suspended from practicing law in Wisconsin.
Read More »Battle lines redrawn as legislators renew push for CCAP restrictions
The latest attempt to help those who are unfairly persecuted because of a wrongful arrest is drawing the ire of First Amendment advocates who say the measure would deny much of the public easy access to records.
Read More »3 Wisconsinites recommended for federal judgeship
Wisconsin's two U.S. senators are forwarding three candidates to the White House to fill the open federal judicial seat in the Western District.
Read More »Wisconsin legal expert dies at 52
Nationally known legal technology expert Ross Kodner, of Cross Plains, died Tuesday from a heart attack. Kodner was 52 and had just celebrated his birthday Sunday.
Targeting politics on the bench
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Linda Clifford had a target on her back from the early days of her 2007 campaign.
Questionable conduct at the State Bar’s BOG meeting
At its meeting June 12 at the Marriott West in Madison, the State Bar’s Board of Governors took a number of breathtaking steps which you had to witness to fully understand.
State Bar considers push to limit justices to single, 16-year term (UPDATE)
In an attempt to make the Wisconsin Supreme Court more nonpartisan, the Wisconsin State Bar is in the early stages of a potential push to limit state justices to single, 16-year terms.
Read More »Fiedler sworn in as State Bar president
The State Bar of Wisconsin has a new president.
Gagan named State Bar president-elect
A Green Bay lawyer has been named president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Watching the clock: Tips for attorneys who want to boost billable hours
Wisconsin lawyers spend 37 percent of their time on work that goes unbilled, according to a national survey.
Read More »Bomrad finds fulfillment in family law
Dolores Bomrad admits she fell into family law.
State Bar candidate measures success by what he gives back
Chuck Hanson, after nearly 40 years as an attorney, says he measures himself not by his legal accomplishments but by his work outside the office.
Keyword ‘piracy’ doesn’t violate ethics rules, experts say
A couple of Wisconsin personal injury lawyers had the chutzpah to use the last names of rival attorneys for keyword advertising on the Internet.
Read More »Students advance to mock trial semifinals
Students from a dozen Wisconsin high schools are set to converge on the Dane County courthouse next week for the State Bar's annual mock trial competition semifinals.
Read More »State Bar candidate Gagan builds on business experience
Bob Gagan’s path to Calewarts, Duffy & Gagan in Green Bay was not typical.
State’s high court candidates to debate March 22
The two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court plan to debate March 22.
Read More »State Bar hosts Breakfast & Business (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
The State Bar of Wisconsin held its Breakfast & Business: Eggs, Ethics & Answers on Jan. 16 in Janesville.
Gonzalez attorney Ruiz takes nothing for granted
From where she started – moving more often than not around the inner city of Milwaukee, even spending time in a shelter – Anique Ruiz never expected to end up an e-discovery attorney and law student mentor.
Habush attorney maintains dedication to others
Christopher Rogers wasn’t going to get into the family business.
Wisconsin Supreme Court sanctions attorney in default judgment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court entered a default judgment Tuesday against attorney Evan Read, the latest sanction against the Milwaukee lawyer since his license was temporarily suspended in 2010.
Read More »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.
Who’s Doing What: New partners at Quarles; ‘Tosa firm changes name
Quarles & Brady LLP announced Andrew Beilfuss, Thomas Krumenacher and Kerry Moskol were elected to partnership and Matthew Vanderpool joined the firm’s Milwaukee office as an associate.
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