Practice and legal forms

Wisconsin practice forms

• State Bar of Wisconsin Fillable Forms Bank: The Fillable Forms Bank incorporates hundreds of forms, sample language documents, and checklists generated from our quality CLE Books, organized into 11 practice area libraries.
• Client trust account forms: There are two forms that you'll need to complete for each new IOLTA trust account. The first form can be obtained from the Office of Lawyer Regulation. The second form can be obtained from the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation 17 KB. For more information on the IOLTA program, please see SCR 13. For information on safekeeping of property, see SCR 20:1.15 244 KB.
• Limited Liability Legal Practice Registration Form: In order for a lawyer or a law firm to be recognized as a Limited Liability Organization under SCR 20:5.7, an annual registration form must be filed with the State Bar of Wisconsin. To help our users in this process, the form is now available for download on WisBar with complete instructions.
• Lien Forms: These lien and bond forms were created by a committee of the Construction and Public Contract Law Section as a resource for their section members.
• Real estate forms: More than 20 real estate form developed by the State Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section and enhanced by State Bar CLE Books are available in four formats.
• Professionalism Standard Form Letters: The Milwaukee Bar Association's collection of standard forms includes nonengagement, disengagement, waiver of conflict, and retainer letters and agreements.
• Wisconsin State Law Library: Links to Wisconsin circuit, municipal, county court, and state agency; federal court and agency forms; and practice forms by topic.

Wisconsin court forms

• Wisconsin circuit court mandated forms: Forms for civil, criminal, family, guardianship, juvenile, mental commitment, probate, small claims cases, and more.
• Court of Appeals: Docketing statement and procedures for expedited appeals.
• Office of Court Operations: Summer law clerk internship application and court reporter transcript preparation invoice.
• Wisconsin Judicial Commission forms: Request for investigation form.
• Wisconsin State Law Library: Links to Wisconsin circuit, municipal, county court, and state agency; federal court and agency forms; and practice forms by topic.
• Truth in Sentencing guidelines & worksheets: Worksheets and notes developed by the Criminal Penalties Study Committee that support the temporary advisory felony sentencing guidelines. The use of these guidelines is required by 2001 Wisconsin Act 109.
• Board of Bar Examiners forms: Admission on proof of practice elsewhere, diploma privilege, continuing legal education information, Wisconsin bar examination.
• Office of Lawyer Regulation forms: Grievances and client trust accounts.

Wisconsin state agency forms

• Business Forms: This page consolidates links to State of Wisconsin business-related forms. Includes forms for business organization, taxes, unemployment insurance, and worker's compensation. Site also features a business "wizard," an online program that uses a simple question and answer format to identify permit, license, tax, and employment requirements specific to the user's business.
• Department of Administration Forms: This page compiles a variety of forms, instructions, and applications for agencies under the direction of the Wisconsin Department of Administration. Includes applications related to gaming, state employment, and banking services; budget forms and manuals; and forms for the Bureau of Housing, facilities and construction, environmental impact, property and liability, records maintenance, and worker's compensation.
• Employment-related Forms: The Department of Workforce Development has a useful Internet forms repository, which allows for sorting forms by form number, title, division, revision date, and other criteria. Forms provide purpose descriptions and contact information for questions about content. Topics include employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination; equal rights; family or medical leave; labor standards; medical release authorization; unemployment insurance; and worker's compensation. Some forms are available in Spanish.
• Financial Forms: The Department of Financial Institutions Web site provides domestic and foreign corporate forms (including those for nonprofits, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies), banking applications, corporation forms, credit union applications, mortgage banking and brokering applications, savings institutions applications, securities and franchise applications, UCC forms, and Wisconsin consumer act registration forms. Also includes licensed financial services application forms.
• Health and Family Services Forms: The Department of Health and Family Services site arranges forms in alphabetical lists and allows keyword searching. Some forms are available in Spanish. Topics include adoption, advance directives, background information disclosure, child welfare, community-based residential facilities, corporate guardianship, day care, EMT applications, foster care and foster homes, kinship care, living wills, power of attorney, WIC program, and more.
• Reporting Unclaimed Property: The 2006 Wisconsin Holder Report Guide for reporting unclaimed property (cash, securities, safe deposit box contents) to the State Treasury as provided in Chapter 177, Wis. Stats.
• Tax Forms: The Wisconsin Department of Revenue provides state tax forms and form-specific instructions, in addition to offering online filing.
• Transportation and Vehicle-related Forms: The Department of Transportation site arranges its forms in broad categories. Topics include driver licensing, vehicle registration, vehicle title applications, name change/correction of titles, license plates, lemon-law notice, special parking privileges, traffic accident reporting, vehicle/driver record information, withholding name/address from records requests, dealer complaints, dealer licensing, bills of sale, motor carriers, oversize/overweight permits, outdoor advertising license and sign installation applications/permits, applications/permits to construct a driveway, programs for local government, safety and consumer protection, state patrol, and rustic road designation.
• Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association Forms: Forms produced by the Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association, including the current HT-110.
• Wisconsin State Government Agency Forms: Many forms produced by Wisconsin state government agencies are available online, the vast majority at no charge.

Federal court and agency forms

• Eastern District of Wisconsin: Includes attorney admission forms, civil forms, forms for commencing an action in the U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Wisconsin, subpoenas, and pro se forms.
• Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals: This site provides a few of the forms relevant to practice in the Seventh Circuit, including attorney admission forms and disclosure statements.
• U.S. Bankruptcy Courts: Official bankruptcy forms for the federal bankruptcy courts, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.
• Western District of Wisconsin: Includes attorney admission forms, forms for commencing an action in the U.S. District Court-Western District of Wisconsin, subpoenas, and appeal forms.
• Wisconsin State Law Library: Links to Wisconsin circuit, municipal, county court, and state agency; federal court and agency forms; and practice forms by topic.
• Forms.gov: The U.S. Government's official site for federal forms.
• FindLaw Court Forms: Links to federal and all state forms