Proposed rule change would reduce verdicts, settlements in personal-injury cases
In defending a client in a personal-injury lawsuit, Paul Curtis now finds himself contending with a not unusual but still seemingly contradictory set of facts: The plaintiff in the case has more than $60,000 in medical bills but, because of write-offs obtained by a medical insurer, no actual out-of-pocket expenses.
Tahk sows the seeds for next generation of attorneys
Although she went to Yale Law School, Susannah Camic Tahk knew she wanted to teach.
Weston teaches law, even while running tech company
Cheryl Weston wants to help her students to think as deeply about the law as she does. That means they should be able to recognize the intersection of substance and procedure, to understand rules and use them tactically. “If they learn the tools of being a good litigator, they always can pick up the substance […]
Scheller builds a career on campus
After a year in private practice, Rebecca Scheller decided she belongs on campus rather than in the courtroom.
Assistant DA leaves capitol for the courtroom
From Chuck Stertz’s days working in former Sen. Russ Feingold’s Washington, D.C., office, where he served four years as legislative clerk and correspondent, to his current role as an assistant district attorney in Outagamie County, the 2009 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate said he likes “being able to get in there and help people.”
New clients at 90
One of the state’s longest-practicing attorneys has no interest in retiring.
UW Law professor makes a difference
Even as a girl, R. Alta Charo knew: “I want to change the world.”
How to stay within the rules, while potentially cutting costs, on document storage
What your body says can be as important as the words you speak, especially when it comes to putting clients at ease.
Raise the bar: Candidates compete to lead state’s legal group
Attorneys Ralph Cagle and Kevin Palmersheim are candidates for president-elect in the upcoming Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors election.
EDITORIAL: Declining law school enrollment is no joke
What do you call an 11 percent drop in law school enrollment? A good start.
Former White House counsel to speak on Watergate, lawyers, ethics
John Dean, best known as White House counsel to President Richard Nixon and a key witness in the Watergate hearings, will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School’s 2013 Kastenmeier Lecture at 4 p.m. Friday.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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