by John Leppanen | Mar 21, 2024 | Employment Discrimination, Uncategorized
The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (Wis. Stat. § 111.321) prohibits employers from discriminating against prospective or current employees because of their arrest and/or conviction records. That seems simple enough. But the reality is a lot more complicated. Below are...
by Brandon Jubelirer | Jan 2, 2024 | Duty Disability, Employee Benefits
Attorney Brandon Jubelirer recently prevailed in securing duty disability survivors benefits for the widow of a firefighter who passed away from a rare form of cancer known as cholangiocarcinoma in 2012. On appeal, the Labor and Industry Review Commission found the...
by Gabriel Manzano Nieves | Jan 2, 2024 | Workers Compensation
Employers will sometimes ask or pressure employees to lie about the cause of a workplace injury. For example, they may tell an employee to tell their doctor that they were hurt while fixing the roof of their own home, when the truth is that they fell off of a roof...
by Hawks Quindel, S.C. | Dec 21, 2023 | Areas, Employment Law, Gabriel Manzano, Martha Burke, Wage and Hour Law, Workers Compensation
Attorneys Martha Burke and Gabriel Manzano Nieves had the opportunity to speak with ProPublica reporters Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel about workplace injuries that occur on Wisconsin dairy farms. Over the last several months Ms. Sanchez and Ms. Jameel have been...
by Jessa Victor | Dec 14, 2023 | LTDI
In recent years, the conversation surrounding mental health has gained momentum, prompting a closer examination of how mental health concerns are addressed across various facets of our lives. While strides have been made in ensuring mental health parity in health...
by Hadley Brouhard | Nov 16, 2023 | Aaron Halstead, All, Colin Good, David Zoeller, Firm News, Jakob Feltham, Jessa Victor, Larry Johnson, Nicholas Fairweather, Summer Murshid, Timothy Maynard, Uncategorized, William Parsons
Hawks Quindel, S.C. is proud to announce that 10 of our very own were selected for the 2023 Wisconsin Super Lawyers list! Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Larry...