Seeking to strike a balance between legitimate prison security concerns and an inmate’s right to confer confidentially with his or her attorney, a federal appeals court in Chicago has ruled…
An embattled Wisconsin prosecutor is now being accused by a law student of sending her harassing text messages over a year ago, after he agreed to help her seek a…
Updated: A Wisconsin prosecutor who admittedly sent 30 texts to a victim in a domestic violence case seeking a sexual relationship but says that shouldn’t prevent him from keeping his…
After admitting that he can’t defend himself against charges that he embezzled $2.4 million from a corporate client and blew most of the money at casino slot machines and agreeing…
A Wisconsin prosecutor is vowing to fight a disciplinary case in which she faces a potential public reprimand after being accused of concealing a plea deal with a witness in…
Over the past five years or so, when a municipal judge in Madison, Wis., sent out a subpoena at least some of the documents also featured an official-looking sticker asking…
For a decade or so, beginning in the late 1990s, attorney Peter Elliott allegedly siphoned some $2.5 million out of his client trust account to pay personal expenses.
An Illinois hearing board has recommended short suspensions for two former BigLaw associates for their conduct during a long day of partying in Wisconsin that ended with a sexual encounter…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled 4-3 that the Menards home-improvement chain is not required to reinstate the company’s top in-house lawyer who was fired after complaining about her pay.
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