Posts Tagged ‘Peterson Berk & Cross’

The Wisconsin Lawyer Assistance Program (WisLAP) has posted a video on YouTube (embedded below), which describes the WisLAP program.  As stated at WisLAP’s website:

The Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program (WisLAP) provides confidential assistance to help lawyers, judges, law students, and their families cope with problems related to the stress of practicing law.

PBC Attorney Michael Brown is a volunteer with WisLAP, and is happy to discuss the program with anyone who wants more information about it.

PBC Attorney Avi Berk will appear at a pledge drive on November 18, 2011, for The Avenue radio, 91.1.

Congratulations to Xavier High School, which was a Regional Winner at the 2011 Mock Trial sponsored by the Wisconsin State Bar.

PBC Attorney Dan Clausz served as Trial Coordinator in the mock trial.

A Wisconsin resident John Kroner, represented by PBC Attorney Michael Brown, has appealed a Wisconsin circuit court’s decision to transfer Mr. Kroner’s case to the Oneida Tribal Judicial System, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 801.54, which involves discretionary transfer of civil actions to tribal court.

This is the first appeal of its kind involving Wis. Stat. 801.54, which is a relatively new statute.

Mr. Kroner alleges that transfer to the tribal court was improper, and that his case, involving him as a Wisconsin resident with Wisconsin contract claims, should remain in the Brown County Circuit Court where it was commenced.

Briefing was recently completed at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.  The case is John N. Kroner v. Oneida Seven Generations Corporation, Appeal Number 2010AP002533, Court of Appeals District 3.

More information about the case, including the parties’ briefs, can be found here.

PBC Attorneys John Peterson and Amy Risseeuw recently appeared on the Bill Sebastian show on WHBY radio, for an interesting discussion about tort reform.

You can listen to the show here.