State provides $10 million to cover added SPD positions
While interning with the Wisconsin State Public Defender last summer, University of Wisconsin Law School student Pete Middleton decided to apply for one of 30 new staff attorney jobs the agency sought...
View ArticleOliveto stays on the defense in decades-long career
Rose Oliveto requires no frills in working to improve the legal community and justice system. The organization she helps run, Southwestern Wisconsin Women Lawyers, is “not a group you’ll find in any...
View ArticleVishny keeps active pace with mix of work, teaching
Deja Vishny, Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office Law degree received from: University of Wisconsin Law School, 1980 Deja Vishny does not shy away from hard work. In her first year as a Racine...
View ArticleON THE DEFENSIVE: Walker’s ‘conflict offices’ solution misses mark
Gov. Scott Walker’s recently unveiled biennial budget proposal outlines a measure to create “conflict offices” that would result in the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office retaining more criminal...
View ArticleProsecutors, defense attorneys clash over interrogation techniques
If nothing else, the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” has put a spotlight on an unsettling practice that Julius Kim and other defense lawyers see all the time: The admission into evidence of...
View ArticlePublic defenders talk about struggle to find, keep candidates
The Wisconsin Public Defenders Office revealed at a hearing on Thursday that it's struggling to find candidates for public defender positions. The post Public defenders talk about struggle to find,...
View ArticleWisconsin SPD training attorneys from Country of Georgia
Attorneys from the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office are providing trial training for criminal-defense attorneys in the country of Georgia. The post Wisconsin SPD training attorneys from Country...
View ArticleJorge Fragoso joins GRGB criminal defense, appellate, civil litigation teams
Jorge R. Fragoso has joined Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown’s criminal defense, appellate and civil litigation teams. Fragoso comes to GRGB after spending nine years with the Wisconsin State Public...
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