Wisconsin Labor Relation Law
<H2> Danette Olson v. Warehouse Specialists, L.L.C.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act claim.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Demergian </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Madison Investment Advisor Sentenced to 4 ½ Years for Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney... More...
$0 (08-30-2024 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. William D. Avery
On February 17, 1998, the partially clothed body of Maryetta Griffin, an African American female who abused crack cocaine in the Milwaukee area, was found in an abandoned garage. Griffin died as a result of manual strangulation, likely during the early morning hours of the date her body was found.<br> <br> In 1998, Avery was a dope dealer, selling crack cocaine out of 2474 North Palmer Street in M... More...
$0 (12-31-2005 - WI)United States of America v. Joseph Nemeth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying out an investment scheme that defrauded over 20 victims and caused a loss of at least $2.2 million. Nemeth had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.<br> <br> The information presented at sentencing showed that Joseph Nemeth, age 53, from Germantown, Wisconsin,... More...
$0 (07-26-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Alfredo Aguilar
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false material statements on applications for H-2B applications.<br> <br> Alfredo Aguilar, 52, was <br> <br> From 2015 until December 2018, Aguilar was a co-owner of Northwoods Forestry, Inc., a business based in Eleva, Wisconsin. Aguilar recruited workers from Mexico and Central America, known as H-2B workers, t... More...
$0 (04-17-2023 - WI)Timothy Bodwin v. Humana Wisconsin Health Organization Insurance Corporation
Green Bay, Wisconsin insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants for failing and refusing to pay E.R.I.S.A. Employment retirement benefits.<br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry to provide protection for individuals in these... More...
$0 (04-18-2023 - WI)United States of America v. Matthew Browndorf
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with eleven financial crimes associated with the Wisconsin law firm formerly known as BP Peterman. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/wisconsin/news/milwaukee/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Milwaukee</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> Mathew Brownd... More...
$0 (12-13-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Jose Crespo-Lorenzo, a/k/a “El Colombianoâ€
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of Title 46, United States Code, Section 70506(b).<br> <br> Beginning around October 2019, Crespo-Lorenzo and others sought to coordinate the maritime shipment ... More...
$0 (12-05-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Michael Shillin
Madison, Wisconsin criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with orchestrating a scheme to defraud his clients as well as committing bank fraud.<br> <br> Michael Shillin, age 33, formerly of Eau Claire, worked as a financial advisor with clients throughout the Chippewa Valley and beyond. He pleaded guilty to a three-part wire fraud scheme in which he (1) misled his clients by telling them th... More...
$0 (08-25-2022 - WI)Kristoffer Martin, et al. v. Eatstreet, Inc.
Madison, Wisconsin employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Kristoffer Martin, Scott Quatrucci, and Calvin Jones bring this proposed class and collective action against defendant EatStreet, Inc., an online food ordering and delivery service company. Plaintiffs allege that EatStreet: (1) improperly used... More...
$0 (08-05-2022 - WI)Aimee Cronk v. County of Dunn
Madison, Wisconsin employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. ... More...
$0 (12-28-2021 - WI)United States of America v. Peter R. Armbruster
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with four counts of violating federal securities laws for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud scheme.<br> <br> Defendant, the former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. (Roadrunner), a publicly traded trucking and logistics company formerly headquartered in Cudahy, Wisconsin.<... More...
$0 (08-02-2021 - WI)MONDELEZ GLOBAL LLC, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and BAKERY, CONFECTIONARY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 719, AFL-CIO
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Labor lawyer represented defendant with a unfair labor practices charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mondelez, an Illinois corporation, makes Ritz crackers, <br> Oreo cookies, and other baked goods at its production plant <br> in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.1 Local 719—a chapter of the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Mil... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KASHAWN MORROW
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a nine-count indictment: three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of conspiracy to use a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of transporting a firea... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)United States of America v. Brandi Hawkins
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/Images/Slideshow/9.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Brandi Hawkins, age 39, with unemployment fraud.<br> <br> A Detroit woman was charged in a criminal complaint for her alleged role in a multi-million dollar unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan a... More...
$0 (07-27-2020 - WI)United States of America v. Christopher L. Childs
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-edwi/fieldable-panel-panes/image-panes/images/2014/12/30/court.gif"><br> </center><br> Milwaukee, WI - Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Faces a Minimum of 15 Years in Federal Prison <br> <br> Christopher L. Childs (age 47), of Hartford, Wisconsin, entered a guilty plea before United States District... More...
$0 (10-04-2019 - WI)Julio De Lima Silva v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Correction, et al.
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Depart-ment of Corrections (“DOC”). His use of force on an inmate triggered ... More...
$0 (02-24-2019 - WI)United States of America v. Derrick W. Johnson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Derrick Johnson appeals his convic-tion for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug traf-ficking crime. Police arrested him at a Madison, Wisconsin, bar carrying five hydrocodone pills, two cell phones, gem packs containing m... More...
$0 (02-21-2019 - WI)Scott Prindle v. Westconsin Credit Union
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$1 (12-18-2018 - WI)Shonda Martin v. Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County (�County�) hired Xavier Thicklen in late 2012 to work as a corrections officer in its jail. County has a zero-tolerance policy forbidding corrections officers from having any sexual<br> contact with inmates. County repeatedly instructed Thicklen not to engage in any such contact and trained him to avoid it. Thicklen gave answers to quizzes indicating he understood the tr... More...
$0 (09-17-2018 - WI)John McAdams v. Marquette University
APPEAL from a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court<br> for Milwaukee County, David A. Hansher, Judge. Reversed and<br> remanded.<br> ¶1 DANIEL KELLY, J. Marquette University suspended a<br> tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an<br> encounter between an instructor and a student. Dr. John McAdams<br> took exception to his suspension, and brought a claim against<br> the ... More...
$0 (07-07-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Kyle Lee Monahan <table> <td>
Monahan was involved in a single-vehicle crash that <br> took place on August 20, 2011, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin. As a <br> result of this crash, Monahan was seriously injured and his <br> girlfriend, R.C., who was also in the vehicle, was killed. The <br> State subsequently charged Monahan with three counts of criminal <br> conduct: (1) homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle <br> contr... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Kyle Lee Monahan <table> <td>
Monahan was involved in a single-vehicle crash that took place on August 20, 2011, in Shullsburg, Wisconsin. As a result of this crash, Monahan was seriously injured and his girlfriend, R.C., who was also in the vehicle, was killed. The State subsequently charged Monahan with three counts of criminal conduct: (1) homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle contrary to Wis. Stat. § 940... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)Brooks Goplin v. WeConnect, Inc.
WeConnect, Inc. asks us to reverse<br> the district court for making a factual mistake. The district<br> court found that WeConnect was not a party to the arbitra-<br> * Of the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.<br> 2 No. 18-1193<br> tion agreement it sought to enforce. WeConnect says that the<br> district court misunderstood the nature of its relationship<br> with the entity n... More...
$0 (06-27-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Michael L. Cox <table> <td>
<center>In the early hours of March 14, 2015, Mr. Cox drove <br> approximately three miles on the wrong side of a Milwaukee-area <br> highway, which also put him on the wrong side of the law. Mr. <br> Cox evaded one squad car, but others eventually intercepted him <br> and brought him to a halt. With bloodshot and glassy eyes, and <br> smelling strongly of alcohol, Mr. Cox unsteadily emerged fro... More...
$0 (06-18-2018 - WI)Estate of Linda Faye Jones, et al. v. Chidren's Hospital and Health System Inc., Pensin Plan
Three days into retirement and three<br> days before the start of her pension, Linda Faye Jones died.<br> The Administrative Committee, which oversees the Children’s<br> Hospital and Health System, Inc. Pension Plan, denied<br> the pension to Linda’s daughter and beneficiary, Kishunda<br> Jones. The Committee reasoned that only spouses are entitled<br> to benefits under the Plan when a partici... More...
$0 (06-16-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Jamal L. Williams
In April 2013, victim R.W. died during an attempted <br> armed robbery of victim B.P. Williams was arrested and told <br> police the following: Williams arranged to buy marijuana from <br> B.P. and before meeting B.P. for the drug buy, Williams drove <br> his car to pick up his brother, Tousani Tatum. When Tatum <br> entered Williams' car, Tatum displayed a gun and disclosed his <br> plan to ro... More...
$0 (06-03-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. DeAnthony K. Muldrow <table> <td>
A defendant who enters a <br> guilty plea waives numerous constitutional rights. State v. <br> Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 270, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986). <br> Accordingly, "[u]nder the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth <br> Amendment to the United States Constitution,[1] a defendant's <br> 1 The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U... More...
$0 (05-19-2018 - WI)Enrique Avina v. Todd Bohlen, et al.
On October 1, 2012, officers Todd<br> Bohlen and Mike Rohde of the Milwaukee Police Department<br> arrested Enrique Avina for trespassing. As Bohlen was<br> maneuvering Avina’s arms behind his back to place him in<br> handcuffs, Avina’s right arm broke. Avina filed this suit<br> 2 No. 17-1902<br> against Bohlen, Rohde, and the City of Milwaukee (collectively,<br> “Appellees”), alleging con... More...
$0 (02-14-2018 - WI)Thomas Edward Chapman v. Yellow Cab Cooperative and Ali Mohamed
Dennis Edwards owns a taxicab<br> in Milwaukee. Yellow Cab Cooperative refers business<br> to his cab; other arrangements between Edwards and Yellow<br> Cab are not in the record. Edwards leased the cab to Parashu<br> Giri, who subleased some of the time to Thomas Chapman.<br> Apparently Giri and Chapman shared the cab so that it<br> could be in service much of the day. Chapman received fares<br> ... More...
$0 (11-16-2017 - WI)<H2> State of Wisconsin v. Darrick Anderson
Madison, WI - Jury Rejects Insanity Defense In Stabbing Homicide Case<br> <br> The State of Wisconsin charged Darrick Anderson, age 24, with first-degree intentional homicide for stabbing Andrew Nesbitt, age 46, to death in Nesbitt's apartment on March 27, 2017.<br> <br> Defendant's attorney produced evidence that he had long suffered from delusions and paranoia. Defendant's expert witness psycho... More...
$0 (10-12-2017 - WI)Raymond Severson v. Healthland Woodcraft, Inc.
From 2006 to 2013, Raymond Severson worked for Heartland Woodcraft, Inc., a fabricator of retail display fixtures. The work was physically demand-ing. In early June 2013, Severson took a 12-week medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq., to deal with serious back pain. On the last day of his leave, he underwent back surgery, which<br> 2 No. 15-3754<... More...
$0 (09-27-2017 - WI)Ryan DeKeyser, et al. v. ThyssenKrupp Waupaca, Inc
Before us is an appeal by the defendant<br> (Waupaca for short) in a class action suit brought<br> against it in a federal district court in Wisconsin on behalf of<br> a number of the workers that it employs in six foundries that<br> manufacture ductile and gray cast iron parts for use in the<br> automotive and other industries. Four of the six foundries<br> are located in Wisconsin, and the remai... More...
$0 (06-22-2017 - WI)Ashton Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education
Ashton (“Ash”) Whitaker is a 17<br> year‐old high school senior who has what would seem like a<br> simple request: to use the boys’ restroom while at school.<br> 2 No. 16‐3522<br> However, the Defendants, the Kenosha Unified School District<br> and its superintendent, Sue Savaglio, (the “School District”)<br> believe that the request is not so simple because Ash1 is<br> a tra... More...
$0 (06-06-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Tabitha A. Scruggs
Petitioner, Tabitha Scruggs <br> ("Scruggs"), seeks review of a published court of appeals <br> decision denying her motion for postconviction relief.1 The <br> court of appeals determined that Scruggs failed to demonstrate <br> beyond a reasonable doubt that imposing a now mandatory $250 DNA <br> surcharge for a single felony conviction constitutes a <br> punishment, violating the prohibition a... More...
$0 (02-23-2017 - WI)<b>Braylon Seifert v. Kay M. Balink, M.D.</b>
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of <br> appeals affirmed a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court <br> for Grant County, Craig R. Day, Judge, in favor of the <br> plaintiff, Braylon Seifert (by his guardian ad litem, Paul <br> Scoptur, and his parents, Kimberly Seifert and David Seifert) <br> and aga... More...
$1750000 (01-20-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. James Elvin Lagrone
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Lagrone, <br> No. 2013AP1424-CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Apr. 7, <br> 2015), which affirmed the Milwaukee County circuit court's <br> judgment of conviction and order denying defendant James Elvin <br> Lagrone's ("Lagrone") postconviction motion for an evidentiary <br> hearing and a new trial on the question ... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Stephen LeMere
The charges against LeMere arose out of events that <br> occurred after a gathering in the City of Eau Claire on Friday <br> evening, May 13, 2011, at the home of J.C. and his wife, A.C. <br> LeMere was then 24. During the gathering, LeMere and another <br> visitor drank the majority of two 30 packs of beer, in addition <br> to other alcohol in the house. LeMere also took a narcotic pain <br> ... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)Jacob Lewis v. Epic Systems Corporation
Epic Systems, a health care software<br> company, required certain groups of employees to agree to<br> bring any wage-and-hour claims against the company only<br> through individual arbitration. The agreement did not permit<br> * Of the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. <br> 2 No. 15-2997<br> collective arbitration or collective action in any other forum.<br> We conclude that... More...
$0 (05-27-2016 - WI)United Food v. Hormel Foods Corporation
This is an appeal from a <br> judgment and order of the circuit court for Rock County, Michael <br> R. Fitzpatrick, Judge, in favor of United Food & Commercial <br> Workers Union, Local 1473 (and various individuals1), the <br> 1 Dennis A. Warne, Charles R. Seeley, and Pamela Collins join as plaintiffs. We refer only to the Union as the plaintiff ... More...
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