Aaron Halstead News and Victories
Halstead Named 2013 Worker’s Compensation Lawyer of Year in Madison, Wisconsin
April 05, 2013
Best Lawyers in America has named Attorney Aaron Halstead the 2013 Lawyer of the Year for Worker’s Compensation-Claimants. In bestowing this award, Best Lawyers stated the following: "Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the Lawyer of the Year, making this accolade particularly significant. Lawyers being honored as Lawyer of the Year are ... more->>
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HALSTEAD AND HAWKS SECURE COURT VICTORY FOR EMPLOYEES OF MONONA LIBRARY BOARD
March 04, 2013
Attorneys Aaron Halstead and Timothy Hawks have won another significant victory for organized labor, this time in Dane County Circuit Court. In December 2011, the City of Monona’s Library Board informed library employees, represented by AFSCME Local 60, that the Board would not honor the parties’ 2012-2013 collective bargaining agreement. The parties had signed that agreement in 2010, but the ... more->>
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HALSTEAD DISCUSSES WORKER'S COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
February 12, 2013
Attorney Aaron Halstead will present "Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Benefits and the Undocumented Worker" to the Wisconsin Association of Worker's Compensation Attorneys (WAWCA) on February 21, 2013. WAWCA's winter seminar features presentations from administrative law judges and attorneys involved in worker’s compensation cases throughout the state of Wisconsin. Mr. Halstead has represented ... more->>
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HAWKS & HALSTEAD WIN VICTORY FOR RACINE UNION EMPLOYEES – RACINE MUST ABIDE BY CONTRACTS FOR 2013 & 2014
January 02, 2013
The Racine County Circuit Court has issued a declaratory judgment in favor of over 500 union represented employees of the City of Racine, who sued the City for breaching five collective bargaining agreements between the Unions and the City. In late 2010 and early 2011,the three unions – AFSCME Local 67, the Racine Police Association and IAFF Local 321 – entered into agreements for wages, ... more->>
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COURT REFUSES TO VACATE ARBITRATOR’S AWARD REINSTATING JUNEAU COUNTY EMPLOYEE TO COUNTY SERVICE
December 04, 2012
On April 23, 2012, AFSCME, Local 569 (Juneau County), filed a motion in Juneau County Circuit Court requesting that the Court confirm an Arbitration Award that directed the County to reinstate one of its members. In that Award, the Arbitrator found that the County had fired Local 569’s member without just cause (see previous post here). On November 21, 2012, the Court denied the County’s motion ... more->>
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HAWKS QUINDEL ATTORNEYS NAMED AS 2012 SUPER LAWYERS
November 12, 2012
Hawks Quindel is pleased to announce that the following attorneys have been recognized as Wisconsin Super Lawyers for 2012: Aaron Halstead (Employment & Labor; Worker's Compensation), Katherine Charlton (Employment & Labor), Timothy Hawks (Employment & Labor), and Barbara Zack Quindel (Employment & Labor).Attorneys Nicholas Fairweather (Employment & Labor), William Parsons (Employee Benefits/... more->>
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HALSTEAD DEFENDS RIGHTS OF CAPITOL PROTESTERS
October 02, 2012
Attorney Aaron Halstead is representing a number of persons who received citations from the State Capitol Police recently, for allegedly violating Department of Administration rules that seeks to prevent visitors from displaying signs, including signs intended to express political views. The DOA's rules requires visitors to obtain a "permit" before expressing political or other views through ... more->>
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HALSTEAD NAMED WORKER’S COMPENSATION LAWYER OF THE YEAR
September 18, 2012
Hawks Quindel is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers, a peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Aaron Halstead as Madison’s Worker’s Compensation (Claimants) Lawyer of the Year for 2013. Best Lawyers honors only a single lawyer in each specialty with this distinction. Other Hawks Quindel Best Lawyers may be found here.... more->>
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CHARLTON, HALSTEAD, HAWKS, NOVOTNAK, PARSONS, QUINDEL, AND SWEETLAND NAMED AS “BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA” FOR 2013
September 11, 2012
Hawks Quindel is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been named “Best Lawyers in America” for 2013. Best Lawyers is a peer-review publication in the legal profession. For 2013, the following Hawks Quindel Attorneys have been honored: • Katherine Charlton – “Employment Law – Individuals” • Aaron Halstead – “Labor Law – Union Litigation and Worker’s Compensation Law – Claimants” •... more->>
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HAWKS & HALSTEAD FILE SUIT ON BEHALF OF CITY OF RACINE EMPLOYEES TO ENFORCE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
July 20, 2012
On July 19, 2012, Attorney Timothy Hawks and Aaron Halstead filed suit against the City of Racine, on behalf of City of Racine firefighters, police officers, public works, streets, clerical, water and wastewater, and various other city employees. The lawsuit alleges that, on July 17, 2012, the City illegally rescinded collective bargaining agreements it signed with over 500 city employees, in ... more->>
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