2012 News

Madison's Capital Times newspaper ran a front page profile of CWPB partner Lester Pines today.  The article highlights Lester's acumen as a trial lawyer, the respect he has earned from others in the legal community, and the Firm's recent successes...

This year's listing of Wisconsin Super Lawyers is out, and once again we are proud to announce that our peers have voted to include many CWPB attorneys on the list: •     Steve Bach (family law) •     Jordan Loeb (criminal defense) •     Tamara Packard (employment and...

On September 14, 2012, Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled that significant portions of Act 10, the drastic revisions made in 2011 to the law that governed Wisconsin's public employee unions and the scope of collective bargaining, were unconstitutional. Among...

Adding to the list of wind projects we have provided legal services to in recent years, CWPB helped secure final town approval for a new wind project in Dane County last week. The new project is owned by Epic Systems, a Madison-based medical software company, and...

 has revamped its website, including adding this blog, the CWPB Victory Report.  We invite you to subscribe to our blog for up-to-the-minute news of our victories, both in and outside of court, and information about a wide variety of legal...

Attorney Susan Crawford presented an update on the League of Women Voter's legal challenge to the Wisconsin Voter ID law to a group of over 50 attorneys at an informational session held in Madison on August 22, 2012. The session, coordinated by Obama for America,...

On behalf of the wind energy industry, CWPB's governmental relations team helped score a major victory in the Wisconsin Legislature when the legislature adjourned without indefinitely suspending PSC 128, the rule governing the siting of wind energy facilities adopted...

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has granted Attorney Tamara Packard's client Carl Schoh a new trial, after a Green County judge erroneously ordered that an employee's wage claim case be tried by a jury. The jury trial was ordered at the defendant New Glarus Brewing...

Ruling that the League of Women Voters and its President may pursue a constitutional challenge to Wisconsin's Voter ID law, Circuit Court Judge Niess reasoned that the League of Women Voters and its President are in an excellent position to carefully develop and...

Attorneys Lester Pines and Tamara Packard utilized the ancient quo warranto action to obtain judicial declaration that their clients are the rightfully elected officers of the Madison Audubon Society. The vote was 188 to 55. The lawsuit arose because the MAS refused...