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Madison lawyer faces 2-year suspension
A Madison lawyer faces a two-year suspension of her license to practice law.
International law expanding: Practice area absorbs attorneys from different fields
With clients from around the world, immigration attorney Sklkime Abduli could count herself as a member of the international law community.
Who else is running for State Bar positions?
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.
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: Fight for your rights
Only two of 40 State Bar governors in June voted against a bylaw that tramples members’ First Amendment rights.
State Bar committee votes to support expunction proceedings
The State Bar’s policy committee voted Friday to support legislation to expand expunction proceedings for defendants involved in criminal cases.
State Supreme Court approves BBE, OLR budgets
State Bar dues may spike more than 15 percent next year, but assessments imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court will drop, albeit slightly.
EDITORIAL: Show them the money
The State Bar of Wisconsin taxes its members and then refuses to completely reveal how that money is spent.
State Bar’s limits on financial transparency create budgetary blind spots
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.
THE DARK SIDE: I don’t want to be a member of the State Bar
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 scoundre[...]
Ethics professionals: Use caution with pay-per-lead advertising
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.
Attorneys argue for higher pay
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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