Steve Levine, a Madison lawyer and vocal critic of the State Bar of Wisconsin, has died. The State Bar reports that he passed away Jan. 4 at age 71.

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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.

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This year’s race to take the top leadership spot for Wisconsin lawyers pits a public-interest lawyer against a solo practitioner, both of whom work out of Milwaukee. The Wisconsin State Bar announced in December that Jill Kastner and Randall Nash had ...

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The chief judge of the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals is among the guest speakers that will be featured at the Wisconsin State Bar’s Annual Meeting and Conference.

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A proposal going before the Wisconsin Supreme Court later this month would put tougher restrictions on how the Wisconsin State Bar spends lawyers’ mandatory dues.

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Two Madison litigators are facing off in this year’s race for State Bar president. The two were nominated by committee to run for the position and their acceptance was announced in February. Attorneys should receive ballots for the election by ...

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Starting out in the law may not be the hardest step you’ll ever take as an attorney, but it certainly not won’t be the easiest either. But at least you’re not alone.

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Paralegals would be able to obtain official state certifications under a proposal the State Bar plans to consider Friday.

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John Birdsall has seen it happen again and again in his 20-plus years of criminal-defense practice: A client is charged with a crime but never convicted.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded a Chicago attorney for practicing while his license was suspended.

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A Madison lawyer faces a two-year suspension of her license to practice law.

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With clients from around the world, immigration attorney Sklkime Abduli could count herself as a member of the international law community.

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In addition to president-elect, a number of State Bar offices are up for election in April. Ballots will be mailed out by April 11 and must be returned to the bar by April 25.

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Attorneys Ralph Cagle and Kevin Palmersheim are candidates for president-elect in the upcoming Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors election.

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Only two of 40 State Bar governors in June voted against a bylaw that tramples members’ First Amendment rights.

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The State Bar’s policy committee voted Friday to support legislation to expand expunction proceedings for defendants involved in criminal cases.

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State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.

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The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.

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To practice in Wisconsin, lawyers are required to pay $224 a year in State Bar dues, but that doesn’t buy them a meaningful look into how bar leaders spend the money.

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At the end of Henrik Ibsen’s play, “The Pillars of Society,” after the so-called pillars of society have been shown to be a bunch of scoundrels, the boy Olaf declares, “I don’t want to be a pillar of society.”

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Though Wisconsin has closed the book on investigating a controversial pay-per-lead website and other states have done the same, ethics professionals advise lawyers to use caution with similar advertising models.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office’s difficulty finding capable lawyers hit home for John Birdsall in 2005 when he was the sixth attorney to defend a child pornography case.

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The State Bar is operating in a gray area, a past leader of the group alleges, until it defines its role more clearly.

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Laws are passing at a rapid clip under the new state Legislature, forcing the slow-moving State Bar to pick up its pace, or risk being left behind.

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Attorneys who want to keep up with Board of Governors' meetings have no choice currently but to attend in person.

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