... actions. As a lawyer that represents people that have been injured as a result of someone else's negligence or misconduct, I see defendants utilize this above strategy everyday in litigation. Blaming the victim has long been the strongest weapon in a defense attorney's arsenal. And it matters not what kind of case it is. Failure to diagnose breast cancer? The patient should have sought out a second opinion when her first doctor told her she was cancer free. Rear-end car wreck? Injured driver had ...
July 3, 2009 06:00 am
... David Quinby to the firm's San Diego office as members of the Energy and Telecommunications group. They join attorneys Howard Susman and Brian Nese. The San Diego office has relocated to a larger space at ... Yale University in 1995 and obtained his A.B. at Augustana College in 1992. He is admitted to practice law in the state of Wisconsin and is pending bar admission to the state of California. _____________________________________________ David Quinby is the current office managing partner of the ...
July 2, 2009 01:32 pm
... by Congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia in March, and the Senate version, S. 931, was introduced by Senator Feingold of Wisconsin in April. While the House version proposes to eliminate compulsory arbitration in consumer, employment and franchise agreements without specifically ... by arbitration simply because litigation costs would make those claims economically non-viable. According to attorney Craig T. Jones of the Atlanta law firm of Page Perry, which practices primarily in the investment fraud ...
July 2, 2009 10:14 am
... that it has been identified as a fundamental liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 232-33, 92 S. Ct. 1526, 1541-42, 32 L. Ed. ... post, please visit this post to print it. This Blog/Blawg, NJ Family Issues, is managed by Paul G. Kostro, Esq., an attorney/lawyer/mediator. Legal and mediation services are offered to Polish-speaking and other clients in Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, ...
July 2, 2009 04:56 am
... (1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6). Among 17 ill persons for whom hospitalization status is known, 12 (70%) were hospitalized. Two patients developed a type of ... disclosed the names of all stores that received the E. coli-tainted beef. Why? As I said to ABC News: But Bill Marler, an attorney focused on food poisoning cases with the Seattle-based law firm Marler Clark, said if the FSIS waits 10 days, the information ...
July 1, 2009 04:27 pm
Beginning today, July 1, 2009, Wisconsin attorneys must electronically file a copy of all appellate briefs, no-merit reports, petitions for review, and responses. ... these requirements, see Mandatory appellate e-filing begins July 1, 2009 in InsideTrack from the State Bar of Wisconsin. One thing that the article doesn't mention ... page five of the Supreme Court Rules regarding electronic filing of documents per the Wisconsin's Court Systems eFiling page. It reads: Electronic briefs may be enhanced ...
July 1, 2009 01:22 pm
The Wisconsin State Law Library has created a tutorial on foreclosure. From WSLL @ Your Service: With the current economic situation, many people have been forced to deal with the issue of home foreclosure and are looking for information. In ... (under 3 minutes) video directing people to sources of information and assistance, and links to the websites of relevant agencies and organizations. Attorneys and librarians alike may find this to be a useful resource for their clients and library patrons.
July 1, 2009 12:49 pm
... 2007. To date, the defective drywall has been reported in Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Officials from the CPSC met with ASIQ regulators earlier this month to discuss technical issues involving Chinese drywall and traveled with a CPSC investigative team in order to observe inspections and samplings conducted by the CPSC in one ...
June 30, 2009 09:13 am

What is an Annulment?

(Divorce in Wisconsin)
... the difference between an annulment and a divorce. A divorce ends a marriage. An annulment erases the marriage as though it never occurred. Wisconsin statute 767.313 gives circumstances when grounds (valid reasons) for annulment exist. Unfortunately, grounds must exist. ... would likely need to occur to argue over how finances should be divided when the parties disagree. Annulments are fact specific. If you are thinking about pursuing an annulment, you should discuss it with a family law attorney.
June 30, 2009 04:45 am
... venture. It affirmed the trial court's decision on all counts. The Chicago business and commercial law trial attorneys at DiTommaso-Lubin have substantial experience unraveling the complexities of insurance coverage disputes and other breach of contract litigation. ... Oak Brook, Illinois, we represent businesses and individuals with business-related disputes in Illinois as well as Indiana and Wisconsin. If you need to protect yourself and your business in legal proceedings and you'd like to learn ...
June 29, 2009 06:35 pm
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has set up a RSS feed. From the Press Release: You can currently subscribe and receive all press releases and media alerts. Other information, such as Attorney General Guest Columns, featured topics of interest, and missing children alerts will be added in the near future. Source: The Wheeler Report
June 29, 2009 03:18 pm
... a certain company's devices or drugs may jeopardize patient care. As a medical malpractice lawyer in Chicago, I support the University of Wisconsin policy that requires physicians to divulge outside income. John Fauber reported for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/20), "At least 11 doctors with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health received more than $50,000 from drug or medical device companies last year, including seven who ...
June 29, 2009 03:17 pm

Counseling pacts for churches?

(Sam Hasler's Indiana Divorce " Family Law Blog)
... counseling pacts for churches, but I do think it has merit. What most people do not realize is that every family alw attorney would rather have a marriage survive than not. "A Wisconsin nonprofit aimed at bolstering the institution of marriage is working with local pastors to establish the first so-called community marriage agreements in Milwaukee and Waukesha. Under the pacts, participating congregations agree to ...
June 28, 2009 12:37 am
Gentleman, how emasculated would you feel if your future father-in-law shuttled your bride down the aisle, and then, instead of pecking her on the cheek and handing her over, actually turned around and performed the wedding ceremony? Talk about control issues. That's exactly what this groom endured last Sunday, as he was married by his father-in-law, United States Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff. The Rakoff wedding didn't make our final three. Neither did a couple of lesbian unions, a ...
June 26, 2009 01:38 pm
... or mediate a payment plan that would result in waiving the penalties after the debtor makes reasonable, realistic payments for a certain period of time on the original principal and interest. That is what some courts are suggesting that mortgage lenders do before foreclosure. That is what municipalities will have to do under Wisconsin's Smart Growth law that takes effect next year. Why are students and student loan agencies the only ones who are not allowed to reach a win-win resolution?
June 26, 2009 11:51 am
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered a six-month suspension of an attorney for ethical violations in a number of matters. One case involved the attorney's submission of an expert's bill for payment by the State. The State paid the bill but...
June 26, 2009 06:56 am
... , Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Kia dealers will inspect recalled cars, and if necessary, repair the subframe free of ... can be the cause of a crash and result in serious injury or death of the driver, passengers or bystanders. As Maryland automobile accident attorneys, Lebowitz-Mzhen LLC helps defend victims and their families in cases where a company has been negligent in ...
June 25, 2009 02:43 pm
From the Wisconsin Law Journal: July 1 will be a landmark day in Wisconsin legal history. Starting that day, attorneys will be allowed to cite some unpublished Court of Appeals' opinions. Unpublished but authored opinions issued on July 1 or after can be cited for persuasive, but not precedential, authority. Per curiam opinions and summary dispositions still won't be citable.
June 25, 2009 02:04 pm
Jane Pribek of the Wisconsin Law Journal has written a useful article on the lawyer directories, Justia and Avvo. From the article: Justia is led by former FindLaw CEO and co-founder Tim Stanley. It's more than ... the old standby, Martindale-Hubbell. But Avvo and Justia are free, whereas Lawyers.com is not." "What differentiates the services the most is that Avvo provides an attorney's disciplinary history, client ratings on a scale of one-to-10 and reviews." "It took about 15 minutes to complete ...
June 25, 2009 01:43 pm
... . [More...] In my second federal criminal trial ages and ages ago, my client was charged with selling a pound of cocaine to an undercover agent. I had my client retain both a chemist from the University of Colorado and a renowned defense attorney, James Shellow from Wisconsin as co-counsel, who specialized in challenging forensic drug evidence. During Jim's cross-examination of the chemist, it turned out she made changes to ...
June 25, 2009 10:28 am
 
 

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