Trust Accounting in Wisconsin: A Primer
ublished by the State Bar Consumer Protection Committee, this trust accounting primer is an update to Trust Accounting: A Handbook for Wisconsin Lawyers, which was last updated in 1993.
Readers should understand that this primer is designed as a practical nonauthoritative guide in making trust account decisions. Those decisions remain the ultimate responsibility of the individual lawyer acting under the Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct. The supreme court rules on safeguarding property are found at SCR 20:1.15.
The H-line Transfer: One Attorney's Journey from Private Practice to Public-sector Employment
By Teresa M. Elguézabal
The author practiced law for 18 years in a private firm overlooking the Capitol Square. In making the transition to public-sector employment, one of the "perks" she gave up was the reserved parking in the firm's adjacent lot. But she gained a rich and full bus-life on Madison Metro's H-line.
The Admissibility of Settlement Evidence in Multi-defendant Tort Cases
By Daniel J. La Fave
Introducing settlement evidence is a potentially incendiary device, one that could lead the jury to conclude that the plaintiffs have received ample consideration from the real malefactors and no further recovery is necessary. Read why trial attorneys and judges should carefully consider Anderson by Skow v. Alfa-Laval Agri Inc. to safely navigate the potential evidentiary minefield surrounding the admissibility of settlement evidence in multi-defendant tort cases.
