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  • Joint Finance Committee allocates additional $1.4 million for prosecutors

    March 18, 2010 – In a move supported by the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has approved releasing an additional $1.4 million to support prosecutors around the state in an effort to ease the increased workload caused by a new law increasing penalties for driving while intoxicated.
  • Governor signs bill expanding public defender eligibility limits

    Governor signs bill expanding public defender eligibility limits

    March 17, 2010 – Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation expanding financial eligibility for the appointment of a public defender, achieving a major public policy goal of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The bill expands state financial eligibility for public defender representation from the antiquated 1987 AFDC limits to current W-2 limits, which generally are 115 percent of the federal poverty level.
  • Court of appeals reverses circuit court on treatment of pension payment in divorce

    Court of appeals reverses circuit court on treatment of pension payment in divorce

    March 16, 2010 – In Kelly v. Kelly (2009AP852, Mar. 11, 2010), the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the judgment of the Rock County Circuit Court on the disposition of property and a pension payment in divorce.
  • Senior Lawyers Division honors Robert C. Skemp, La Crosse, for outstanding service to the profession and the community

    Senior Lawyers Division honors Robert C. Skemp, La Crosse, for outstanding service to the profession and the community

    March 15, 2010 – La Crosse Attorney Robert C. Skemp of Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik is the recipient of the Senior Lawyers Division 2010 Leonard L. Loeb Award. The award recognizes Skemp’s lifetime of exceptional contributions to the community and to the goal of justice for all Wisconsin citizens.
  • To tweet or not to tweet: Social media in Wisconsin's courts

    To tweet or not to tweet: Social media in Wisconsin's courts

    March 12, 2010 — Wisconsin has yet to experience a mistrial caused by the misuse of the Internet or social media in its courts. Recent changes to jury instructions and court rules now limit the use of electronic equipment for communication or Internet access. Read more in the latest issue of WisBar InsideTrack.
  • Court of appeals affirms retroactive application of repealed statute

    Court of appeals affirms retroactive application of repealed statute

    March 11, 2010 – The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in State v. Barfell, No. 2009AP1568-CR (March 10, 2010), affirmed the Wisconsin rule that procedural statutes are to be applied retroactively in a case involving a sentencing appeal.
  • Supreme Court unanimously votes to proceed with draft UPL rule

    Supreme Court unanimously votes to proceed with draft UPL rule

    March 9, 2010 – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted unanimously to adopt in principle its draft version of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s 2007 petition regarding the unauthorized practice of law. The vote represents an important step toward adopting a workable definition of the practice of law and a mechanism to enforce that definition.
  • Virtual law office: An option for lawyers in transition, new lawyers

    Virtual law office: An option for lawyers in transition, new lawyers

    March 8, 2010 — With unemployment in the United States still at record levels, and an unprecedented number of experienced, and new, lawyers searching for work, establishing a virtual law office or joining a virtual law firm is becoming a more attractive option. Read more in the latest issue of WisBar InsideTrack.

  • 2010 Senior Lawyers Division Leonard L. Loeb Award

    The Senior Lawyers Division presents its Leonard L. Loeb Award to Robert C. Skemp.

  • Wisconsin Lawyer March 2010: Using the New, Flawed Residential Offer Form

    As of March 1, real estate licensees are required to use the 2010 WB-11 – residential offer to purchase form, authorized by the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing. The new form, however, contains substantive drafting errors that might require a recall of the form. Until then, here is some guidance on using the form.

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