Contractor guilty of felony forgery, conspiracy
A jury Thursday found contractor Homer Key, accused of colluding to steal federal grant money from Milwaukee County, guilty of felony forgery and conspiring to commit the crime of having a private...
View ArticleFired workers claim living wage support backlash in NLRB charge
Five former employees of an Elm Grove security company that contracts with Milwaukee County claim their support of a county living wage ordinance cost them their jobs.
View ArticleAttorneys recommend Milwaukee pay in sewer suit
Milwaukee’s attorneys are urging the Common Council to pay almost $1 million rather than appeal a verdict finding the city liable for damage when raw sewage flooded multiple homes in 2008.
View ArticleConvicted contractor to appeal 5-month sentence
Homer Key, the Milwaukee contractor sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in a federal money kickback scheme, will appeal his conviction.
View ArticleList of plaintiffs grows in Ryan Creek lawsuit
The city of Franklin and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District are continuing to push for the dismissal of a lawsuit over a sewer project despite the list of plaintiffs expanding from one to 206.
View ArticleMilwaukee won’t appeal sewer backup judgement
The Milwaukee Common Council won't appeal a jury’s finding that the city is liable for sewer backups in more than 100 homes in 2008.
View ArticlePension fund fight headed to final trial
Brownsville-based Michels Corp. and 34 other contractors will find out in November how much they owe to a union pension fund following their refusal in 2011 to continue paying.
View ArticleTrial date set for strip club case
A federal judge has set a January trial date for businessman Jon Ferraro’s claim that the city of Milwaukee illegally barred him from opening a strip club.
View ArticleSpa owner sues Appleton over flooding
An Appleton spa owner who alleges the city rejected her claim for reimbursement after a water main broke and flooded her business is now taking her case to federal court.
View ArticlePatently lazy
Paralegals at an obscure agency that handles appeals of patent applications went years with so little work to do that they collected salaries — and even bonuses — while they surfed the Internet, did...
View ArticleTomczyk gets concrete results from often invisible efforts
Debby Tomczyk balances the tangible and intangible in her practice. A shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, Tomczyk specializes in business law and real estate, which she says provides here with...
View ArticleMcMahon fights for her clients by getting personal
Maura McMahon wants to know every client’s story. Throughout the past 12 years in the State Public Defender’s Waukesha office, she has advocated for women, children and the mentally ill, but the...
View ArticleWeston teaches law, even while running tech company
Cheryl Weston wants to help her students to think as deeply about the law as she does. That means they should be able to recognize the intersection of substance and procedure, to understand rules and...
View ArticleRelationships, public service define Bonniwell
Nancy Bonniwell is dedicated to serving her clients, colleagues and community. A main factor in her success as partner at Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP, where she practices estate planning and business...
View ArticleFor Ustad Smith, ‘winning’ begins with understanding clients
Ann Ustad Smith’s secret weapon is her friendly demeanor. Ustad Smith, chair of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP’s banking and financial services industry group, specializes in helping distressed...
View ArticleFor Scott, good lawyering starts with listening
Denasha Scott never assumes she knows what a client wants. In large part because of her willingness to listen, Scott, who specializes in estate-planning and business law, has risen to team leader of...
View ArticleElectrical engineering past gives Schlevensky a jolt
Eric Schlevensky draws on his more than a decade of experience as an electrical engineer when working with clients to meet their intellectual-property needs.
View ArticleLeffler building a legal career
Matthew Leffler grew up in the family business of real estate and development, but he knew he needed to find his own direction in an industry he loved.
View ArticleSarmiento a strong insurance policy
Joseph Sarmiento is drawn to insurance litigation because of all the thinking it requires.
View ArticleWong creating a patent on her work
Sarah Wong is fast establishing herself as an expert in intellectual property law at the Milwaukee-based firm Boyle Fredrickson SC. The 2012 Marquette University Law School graduate earned an...
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