Four LLP attorneys have been selected to the 2016 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of layers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.Super Lawyers, a Thomson...
2016 News
2016 News
Slota Publishes Article in Our Lives Magazine on Two-Parent Birth Certificates for Same Sex Couples
Attorney Holly Slota published an article in the November/December issue of Our Lives magazine titled "Advances in Equality." In the article, she explains the recent victory for same-sex parental rights secured in part by another attorney,...
Davies Serves as Issue Editor for Wisconsin Journal of Family Law
Attorney Ann Davies took on the responsibilities of Issue Editor for the October 2016 edition of the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law (WJFL). To serve in such a capacity requires a thorough and demonstrable understanding of the practice area --- its many challenges and...
Crawford Debates Merits of Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law
Susan Crawford participated in a spirited panel discussion of Wisconsin's strict Voter ID law hosted by the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society on October 27, 2016 in Madison. The panel also featured Wisconsin's solicitor general Mischa Tseytlin,...
State Journal Publishes Article on Welsh’s Victory for Medicaid Providers
Attorney Diane Welsh recently won a series of important rulings for Medicaid providers. The Wisconsin State Journal recognized the significance of the Waukesha County Circuit Court's findings by publishing an article about the matter in its Sunday edition. The story...
Welsh Wins Important Rulings for Medicaid Providers
On September 27, 2016, the Waukesha County Circuit Court ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services may lawfully recoup past payments to Medicaid providers only if the Department cannot verify that the services were provided or if the Department determines...
Packard Helps Same Sex Couples Win Ruling Guaranteeing Two-Parent Birth Certificates
More than two years after marriage equality came to the State of Wisconsin, in September 2016, the Honorable Judge Barbara Crabb of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the State of Wisconsin must issue birth certificates...
Pines Bach LLP is new name for leading Madison law firm; $10,000 donation to Madison Parks Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2016 Contacts: Laura Monagle [email protected] 414-517-6076 Lester Pines via Heidi Buttchen 608-251-0101 PROMINENT MADISON LAW FIRM GROWING – CHANGES NAME TO PINES BACH FIRM DONATES $10,000 TO THE MADISON…
Crawford Prevails in Public Records Dispute in Dane County Circuit Court
On September 12, 2016, Susan Crawford prevailed in a public records dispute in the Dane County Circuit Court on behalf of Madison Teachers, Inc. (MTI). The circuit court ruled that James Scott, Chairman of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, violated the...
Mountain-Climbing Attorneys
Four past and current partners of the firm traveled to Cusco, Peru this summer to hike 40 miles of the Salkantay Trail (one of the original Inka trails) to Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Inkas." Lester Pines, Linda Harfst, Alison TenBruggencate and Tamara...