Statement Opposing Taxation of Legal Services
State Bar of Wisconsin President, Diane S. Diel, has issued a statement opposing the potential taxation of legal services. Source: The Wheeler Report
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State Bar of Wisconsin President, Diane S. Diel, has issued a statement opposing the potential taxation of legal services. Source: The Wheeler Report
Have you been hearing the buzz about social networking but aren’t sure if it’s worth your time and effort to check it out? What is social networking? What possible use could it be to a legal professional, you ask? Practicing Law in the 21st Century has written a good post which asks Can Lawyers Afford …
Madison Magazine ranks the city’s top lawyers in their January issue. Madison Magazine’s 2009 Top Lawyers peer survey reveals who the legal eagles in our community would turn to if they needed some advice. With more than 2,300 Dane County lawyers in thirty-eight specialties, we wanted to know: who can you turn to in a …
I’m very honored to have been selected as one of the winners of the Wisconsin Law Journal’s Unsung Heroes award. The awards were presented at a luncheon at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee last Friday. The award I received was in the Law Library staff category. WLJ also recognized award winners in seven other …
I’m very honored to share that I’ve been nominated for a Wisconsin Law Journal’s 2008 Unsung Heroes award. The program recognizes outstanding work by “behind the scenes” personnel in the Wisconsin legal community. The other two nominees in the Law Library Staff category are Diane L. Duffey of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. and Jane …
The ABA Journal reports some interesting findings from the latest annual Legal Technology Survey Report. In general, the survey indicates that lawyers are slow to adopt cutting-edge technology. For all the hype–at conferences, on the Internet, and in this publication and others–about how Web 2.0 technologies are changing the way lawyers practice, the bulk of …
Once again, it’s time to nominate your favorite legal support staff for the Wisconsin Law Journal’s Unsung Heroes award. From the Web site: Lawyers in Wisconsin do terrific work. But where would they be without the members of their support staff who, behind the scenes, quietly make it all happen? In the fast-paced, demanding legal …
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb granted class action status to a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s policy of allowing in-state law graduates to become lawyers without passing the bar exam. Anyone who applies to practice law in Wisconsin within 30 days of graduating from a law school outside the state can join the lawsuit. …
The Legal Antiquarian gave me a good laugh today with this legal services ad from 1822: Talk about truth in advertising! What’s pettifogging you may ask? Merriam Webster defines it as “a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable.” Ad appeared in the Indianapolis Gazette from March 22 to May 17, 1822.
There has been a lot of discussion lately about Twitter and its applications for the legal profession. Twitter is a free micro-blog service in which people answer the question “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. Although many have questioned whether such a tool could have any practical application at all, for better …