The Ozaukee County Courthouse in Port Washington sits on a rising hill a few blocks from Lake Michigan. In a city that has more pre-Civil War buildings than any other in the state, the courthouse dates to the turn of the 20th century, where for over 100 years it has quietly remained an everyday fixture…

The assignment: Oral arguments in U.S. v. Jones, 993 F.3d 519 (7th Cir. 2021) on Oct. 2, 2020
Oral argument at the Seventh Circuit! Receiving an oral argument hearing date is one of the exciting events in the course of an appeal.
In past experience, getting the argument date begins planning. Planning on travel to…

In November 2020, Clerk of the Supreme Court Sheila Reiff filed a petition in the Court to seek approval for “the use of an electronic filing system in the appellate courts” and “to amend the rules of appellate procedure as needed to implement the [eFiling] system.”
The petition and rule amendments were developed by the…

On July 15, 2020, the Appellate Practice Section announced its winners of its third Best Briefs competition. The biennial competition looks for excellence in brief writing amongst the Wisconsin bar.
Because appellate practice centers around brief writing, the competition’s goal is to recognizes personal achievement that also aids appellate attorneys striving to improve their…

In January 2020, Max Stephenson and Erin Strohbehn wrote a blog entry related to cases that were pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The cases involve the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the incredibly important question of whether Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination encompasses claims of discrimination on the basis…

Note: This is the first of six articles on the appellate standards of review.
Year after year, the first Saturday in May marks arguably the greatest event in horse racing: the Kentucky Derby. This year’s derby was no exception, albeit perhaps for different reasons.
Held on May 4, 2019, a field of 19 3-year-old thoroughbred…