Mario White appointed as Dane County judge
Mario White has been appointed as a Dane County Circuit Court judge.
Applicants wanted for Dane, Marathon County circuit courts
State officials are accepting applications for open seats on the Dane and Marathon County Circuit Courts.
GOP calls lawmakers back to revise election law
The state Senate may reconvene to rewrite Wisconsin's special elections laws after a judge ordered Gov. Scott Walker to call two such contests to fill vacant legislative seats, Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Friday.
Dane County judge to lead judicial district
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan to be chief judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District.
Madison man who fatally shot co-worker gets life sentence
A Madison man who gunned down a former co-worker he blamed from his firing from a grocery store must serve at least 40 years in prison, a judge decided.
Man gets jail in accidental shooting at Madison blood center
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail in the accidental shooting of a worker at a Madison blood center earlier this year.
BENCH BLOG: In first opinion as chief justice, Roggensack breaks little ground
In her first opinion identifying her as chief justice, Pat Roggensack merely applied known law rather than establishing or construing new law. She nonetheless wrote for a unanimous court.
Not guilty pleas entered in brother’s killing
A judge has entered not guilty pleas for a Madison man accused of shooting his own brother to death in March.
Rottier cites cancer battle in battery plea bargain (UPDATE)
Shortly after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge Friday, Daniel Rottier said his recent battle with cancer had led to drinking and possibly his attack on his wife with a cane earlier this month.
Milwaukee firm president facing domestic violence charge
The president of Habush Habush & Rottier SC is expected to enter a plea Friday for allegedly hitting his wife with a cane while he was drunk.
BENCH BLOG: A frustrating decision from the Court of Appeals (UPDATE)
In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.
Sovereign citizen gets 5 years
A sovereign citizen who filed liens against circuit court judges was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.
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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