Dec. 17, 2025 – From drafting estate plans to handling appeals and traffic cases, having current, practice-ready guidance can save time and reduce uncertainty.
Newly updated titles from State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE® offer Wisconsin lawyers clear explanations, fillable forms, and recent legal developments all in one place.
Check out these recently revised and supplemented titles:
Only one sourcebook demystifies the increasingly complex and difficult subject of estate planning -
Eckhardt's Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners. That's why this estate planning classic is a bestseller.
The
Workbook is a one-stop reference book with a practical, how-to approach. Checklists, examples, tables, charts, and diagrams simplify and integrate the topical discussions. Annotated sample forms illustrate how general principles can be applied in practice.
The
Workbook covers the basics and more complex issues:
client intake;
clarifying the attorney-client relationship;
document drafting;
nonprobate transfers;
wills with and without trusts; and
marital property agreements.
Both the
print and
Books UnBound™ versions include a complete set of fillable, unannotated forms via download.
The
2025-2026 revision includes:
Discussion of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Pub. L. No. 119-21, 139 Stat. 72 (2025).
Added information regarding electronic and remote witnessing and notarization.
A 2024 U.S. Supreme Court case involving the effect of life insurance proceeds, payable to the corporation upon the death of an owner, on a corporation’s value for federal estate tax purposes.
Two 2024 cases in which the U.S. Tax Court considered whether petitioners faced gift tax liability after terminating a qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust and transferring assets from the former trust to family members by gift and by sale through promissory notes.
A new section describing the creation of tax-advantaged savings accounts for minors.
Amended definitions of “advanced practice registered nurse” and “advanced practice clinician.”
Eckhardt's Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners is part of the
Books Unbound Library Collection: Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law.
If you plan on appealing a case to either the Wisconsin Court of Appeals or the Wisconsin Supreme Court, this is the standard reference on appellate practice in both.
You’ll find
Appellate Practice and Procedure in Wisconsin’s 28 chapters provide basic information on appellate procedures, as well as sophisticated commentary on expedited appeals, briefing, oral argument, one-judge appeals, and other important topics.
Several appendices provide additional resources – including:
A “Standards of Appellate Review” outline, prepared by the Hon. Thomas Hruz of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III, and Attorney Nathan Petrashek.
Numerous appellate court forms, prepared by the Clerk of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
The full text of the Wisconsin Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Both the
print and
Books UnBound versions include a complete set of fillable, unannotated forms via download.
Traffic Law and Practice takes a practical approach to the technical and complex aspects of traffic law. Written in clear and easy-to-understand language,
Traffic Law helps you know exactly where your case is headed and how to reach a favorable solution for your client.
Whether you’re trying your first traffic case or your 10,000th, you’ll be more confident with the first-hand knowledge
Traffic Law offers on how traffic courts interpret and enforce the law — provided by experienced Wisconsin judges, renowned defense attorneys, a former prosecutor, and former Department of Transportation employees.
Arrive at the best outcomes for your clients with the guidance you’ll find in Traffic Law and Practice in Wisconsin.
Traffic Law and Practice in Wisconsin is part of the
Books UnBound Library Collection: Criminal law.
