Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
Wisconsin Roots. Lasting Relationships.
Susan Crawford and Lester Pines won a significant victory for public education in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on May 18, 2016. The Court struck down, on constitutional grounds, a 2011 law that gave the Governor broad control over the Superintendent's rule-making in...
CWPB Partner Lester Pines offers advice to lawyers in this new video from the State Bar of Wisconsin on how to focus efforts during the "discovery" phase of litigation to win your case. Key advice includes: Know the theory of your case Focus on the elements that must...
WELCOME DIANE WELSH LLP proudly announces that Attorney Diane Welsh has joined the firm as a partner. Ms. Welsh advises clients on a variety of matters, focusing primarily on government and administrative law and health care-including...
In February 2016, Lester Pines and Tamara Packard won a $2.218M jury verdict against Dean Health System in a breach of contract case on behalf of a physician who was denied his contractual due process rights and fired after 30 years of practice. To win the case, they...
In a case argued by CWPB partner Lester Pines, in October the Wisconsin Court of Appeals reversed the Iowa County Circuit Court to rule in favor of a teacher from the Iowa-Grant School District. The teacher had retired early based on an agreement with the school...
CWPB partner Linda Harfst won a ground-breaking labor law victory before the National Labor Relations Board on August 27, 2015. In Lincoln Lutheran of Racine and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Wisconsin, SEIU-HCWI, Case 30-CA-111099, the NLRB ended...
is very pleased to announce that Susan Crawford, Elise Clancy Ruoho and Ann Davies have become equity partners. Each of them brings unique and sophisticated legal skills and management perspectives to the firm. They will help CWPB to grow...
CWPB partners Lester Pines and Susan Crawford, along with attorneys from Planned Parenthood of America and the ACLU Reproductive Rights Project, obtained a permanent injunction against a 2011 Wisconsin law that required physicians who provide abortion services to have...
In a case defended by partner Lester Pines, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld a circuit court order that imposed monetary sanctions on the plaintiff, Minerals Development & Supply Company, Inc., and its attorneys for having brought...
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in a case successfully argued by Lester Pines, Susan Crawford & Tamara Packard, affirmed a circuit court decision that held unconstitutional provisions of a 2011 law that transferred the ultimate authority to oversee the development...