Wisconsin Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul recently announced various appointments to the state Department of Justice.

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The Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul is releasing his first television ad, a 30-second spot blasting the incumbent, Brad Schimel, for taking too long with unanalyzed rape-testing kits.

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A Wisconsin Department of Justice task force on Wednesday released draft legislation designed to protect senior citizens and vulnerable adults from exploitation, including bills that would define new crimes, create penalty enhancers and speed up court proceedings for elderly victims and witnesses.

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A group is suing the state Department of Justice to obtain records related to the Affordable Care Act.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking for more employees for the state’s crime labs.

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The state’s bar-application process is changing in response to a Madison lawyer’s complaint that it had not complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has asked everyone who works at the state Department of Justice to sign a nondisclosure agreement covering their time in office and even after they have left.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice began accepting applications on Tuesday for $100 million in new school-safety grants.

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When a judge neglects to warn non-citizen criminal defendants that entering a guilty or no-contest plea could result in deportation, should that omission be grounds for allowing the plea to be withdrawn?

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The state Department of Justice has started publishing a list of pending record requests online.

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Melissa Schaller always thought she would be a writer one day.

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State attorneys are asking a federal court to temporarily block a ruling that threw out as unconstitutional a host of Wisconsin election laws passed in recent years.

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After earning her law degree from Georgetown Law, Audrey Skwierawski was on her way toward practicing personal injury law.

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Wisconsin Department of Justice officials didn't violate whistleblower laws when they demoted a top Internet detective after she raised concerns about using state agents to protect the attorney general at a political convention, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

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Looking back it was obvious. Amy Thornton was going to be a law librarian.

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Jocelyn Henning makes technology make sense.

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice has received federal money to process sexual-assault evidence kits that have not yet been tested. State Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Thursday that the DOJ has received a $4 million grant for that purpose. The ...

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Representing Wisconsin in court cases that have captured national interest, Maria Lazar, assistant attorney general for the state Department of Justice, has had an undoubtedly eventful past four years. What comes next for the Brookfield native likely will be no less interesting: judge in Waukesha County Circuit Court, Branch 7.

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Assistant Attorney General Anne Bensky met Monica Burkert-Brist as opposing council on a sexual assault case.

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Think your boss is old, tough or rigid? Well, Clayton Kawski works for the state Constitution.

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Assistant Attorney General Sally Wellman likes to curl up with a good murder mystery most nights, and wonders whether health care professionals equally enjoy hospital dramas.

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It’s a rare breed of lawyer that can successfully handle cases at trial and on appeal, but not specialize in either.

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Borrowers entering foreclosure in Milwaukee County now must be told of their eligibility to participate in the Metro Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program.

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One afternoon in the late ’90s, Peter Fox decided to check out a distant relative’s law office.

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When she applied for the role of Wisconsin assistant attorney general, Maria Lazar thought it looked like a challenging opportunity but never realized “high-profile” could describe the role.

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Madison - A Republican lawmaker on Thursday called on a state Justice Department lawyer to resign for sending an e-mail offering legal advice to Democratic state senators after they fled the state in February.

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More than 350 judges, lawyers, family and friends attended the Wisconsin Law Journal’s ninth annual Leaders in the Law Event in Milwaukee Wednesday. The evening event, held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, recognized 27 attorneys and judges for their ...

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice has moved a federal magistrate judge to alter his grant of habeas corpus to a man convicted of driving while intoxicated in state court. The motion is relevant not just to the underlying issue — ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin has opened a criminal investigation into a district attorney who resigned after several women said he abused his power to seek sexual relationships.

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