As attorneys, we are often approached by people in difficult situations who need immediate help. Many times, these situations are practically unavoidable, e.g., someone’s grandpa died without a will and an aunt is challenging the distributions; someone’s mom gave me them a share of the company’s stock, but now her business partner is trying to […]
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You arrive home from vacation and see that your next-door neighbor has put up a shed that is partially on your lawn. Or maybe you have decided to sell your home and a survey shows that your fence encroaches on the property next-door. What can you do to resolve this dispute? If you find yourself
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Zealous advocacy is often invoked as a cornerstone of the legal profession and used as a guiding principle for Wisconsin lawyers. However, there are differences in how the concept of zealous advocacy is defined and applied in different legal contexts and jurisdictions. This contrast is evidenced by the removal of references to zealous advocacy in
The first step in determining whether a veteran’s rating can be reduced or severed is to determine whether VA has deemed the veteran to be totally and permanently disabled. When this occurs, it means that VA does not believe there is a reasonable chance that the condition will improve. If a condition has not been classified as
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A trial court generally discourages self-representation, but it does not prohibit it. The results of representing oneself pro se can be interesting, cost effective, or uncomfortable as the Waukesha County case of Darrell Brooks is proving to be. While the criminal system may provide defendants with a state appointed attorney as a matter of right, the same
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On March 24, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in the case of Young v. Hawaii, upholding a Hawaiin statute placing limits on the right to carry a firearm in public. In doing so, the Ninth Circuit set up a 2nd Amendment showdown that is likely to land before the United States Supreme Court. The
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