Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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…
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...
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...
On August 12, 2016, the Waukesha County Circuit Court ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ("DHS") exceeds its authority when it applies a perfection standard, then uses that standard as a basis for recouping Medicaid payments that were made for...
CWPB partners Lester Pines and Susan Crawford, along with the lawyers from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, successfully challenged Wisconsin's hastily enacted and restrictive law requiring physicians who provide abortions to obtain admitting...