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Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Wisconsin-Marisol González Castillo
The National Trial Lawyers Announces Marisol González Castillo as One of Its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Wisconsin The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Marisol González Castillo of Hawks Quindel, S.C. in Madison has been selected...
Un Caso de Lesión Personal en Wisconsin de Inicio a Final
Experimentando una lesión, especialmente una seria, puede ser una situación frustrante y estresante. Este estrés y frustración puede ser aumentada dramáticamente cuando la lesión fue causada por otra persona, y esta persona o entidad (la parte negligente) se niega a...
How Does a Personal Injury Claim Work in Wisconsin?
A Wisconsin Personal Injury Case from Start to Finish Experiencing an injury, especially a serious one, can be a stressful and frustrating situation. This stress and frustration can increase dramatically when the injury was caused by someone else, and this person or...
Sex Discrimination Case Study – High School Coaching Positions
Sex Discrimination Occurred When High School Applied Sex Stereotypes and Manipulated a Hiring Process A job interview/selection process favoring men over woman is sex discrimination or sex stereotyping, a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...
Applying for WI Unemployment Benefits – Summer 2021 Update
Another 2021 Unemployment Update: The American Rescue Plan Act and Beyond While Wisconsinites are beginning to see the light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel, its wake leaves many still suffering economic hardships. The good news is our administration...
Feds Keep “Economic Realities” in Employee vs Contractor Test
Employee or Independent Contractor? Department of Labor Will Keep “Economic Reality” Test The federal Department of Labor announced this week that it would withdraw a rule change proposed by the previous administration that would have made it easier for employers to...
Physician Employment Agreements – What Doctors Need to Know
Physician Employment Mobility: Options & Constraints Under Your Physician Employment Agreement If you are a doctor considering a change in employment, the contract you signed when you accepted the job will provide important guidelines and restrictions regarding...
COBRA Health Insurance Subsidies Under 2021 American Rescue Plan
2021 American Rescue Plan Offers COBRA Continuation Coverage Subsidies On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which provides additional economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARPA is the latest in a series...
4 Support Options for COVID-19 Long-Haulers in Wisconsin
“Long COVID” Casts Shadow on Hopeful 2021 for Wisconsin COVID Long-Haulers Spring 2021 brings reason for hope, as many Wisconsinites have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination. However, for some folks who tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020,...
Wisconsin Legislature Reforms Mental Injury Standard for Police and Firefighter PTSD Claims
Non-Traumatic Mental Injuries Under Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation A non-traumatic mental injury is a psychological injury a worker sustains in the course of his or her employment unrelated to any physical trauma, overuse of a body part, or exposure to a hazardous...
How to Correctly Claim the Child Tax Credit After a Divorce
How Divorcing Couples Should Claim the Child Tax Credit For parents going through a divorce, the issues involved in separating a household are numerous, ranging from property division and spousal support, to deciding how taxes will be paid the year the parties...
Attorney Aaron Halstead Wins Retirement Benefits for Public Safety Officers Union
Ashwaubenon Must Pay Officers Historic Retirement Benefits and Vacation Pay Hawks Quindel recently notched another victory for working people in Wisconsin. Appearing before the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission staff arbitrator, Attorney Aaron Halstead secured...
Medical and Workplace Law Challenges for COVID-19 Long Haulers
Legal Protection for Wisconsin COVID “Long Haulers” Unclear Under Workplace Laws 10% of COVID Patients Develop Long-Term Symptoms COVID 19 has infected more than 30 million Americans and over 649,000 Wisconsinites in just over a year. Approximately 10% of those people...
How Much is a Workplace Discrimination Claim Worth?
How Much is a Workplace Discrimination Claim Worth? When you’ve experienced harassment, discrimination, or a hostile working environment, chances are you want justice. The difficult truth is that “justice” is not something you can win in court. You can never be...
Charlton to Speak to Medical Residents on Negotiating their Employment Agreements.
Katherine Charlton will participate in a national webinar on April 6, 2021 giving tips to medical residents who will negotiate their first employment agreements with health care institutions. The Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) sponsors the webinar as a...
Anticipating Medicaid Liens in Denied Worker’s Compensation Cases
Using Medicaid to Cover Medical Treatment After Your Worker’s Compensation Claim is Denied If your employer’s worker’s compensation carrier concedes liability for a work injury, they will cover wage loss and any permanent disability benefits, as well as all medical...
The Overlap Between Worker’s Compensation and Personal Injury
When A Worker’s Compensation Case is Also a Personal Injury Case You are hurt at work when a machine malfunctions, and the injury is so severe that you cannot work for months. Thankfully, your employer says your injury is covered by employer’s worker’s compensation...
Hawks Quindel’s Generational Commitment to Election Protection
When I first started working for Hawks Quindel, Barbara Quindel and Michele Sumara were my supervising attorneys and my mentors. One of the first meetings they invited me to was an Election Protection Legal Coordinating Committee meeting. I was elated. In law school,...
Continued Assistance Act Extends and Changes Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
2021 Unemployment Update: What You Need to Know about the Continued Assistance Act In the face of continued strain resulting from the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Continued Assistance Act of 2020 (CAA) was enacted on December 27, 2020. This Act extends the...
Biometric Employee Data and Wisconsin Employment Law
Biometric Screening By Employers Can Pose Significant Threats to Workplace Privacy Employers increasingly use biometric screening as their preferred security option for employee access to workplaces. Fingerprint, handprint, facial recognition, and retina and iris...
How Worker’s Compensation Applies to At-Home Employees
WI Worker’s Compensation Covers Remote Employees Working from Home With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, many employees throughout Wisconsin transitioned from a traditional office setting to working remotely from home for the first time. Since then, new...
Congratulations!
Hawks Quindel, S.C. is proud to announce that our very own Katherine L. Charlton (employment & labor), Amy L. Shapiro (family), Aaron N. Halstead (worker’s compensation), Nicholas E. Fairweather (employment & labor), William E. Parsons, (employee benefits),...
Federal Wage and Hour Law Applies to Telework Arrangements
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees and employers alike are having to adjust to telework arrangements. Telework situations vary, but telework usually entails employees working from home instead of coming in daily to a traditional office. In terms of...
Health Insurance Deadlines Extended During COVID-19 Pandemic
Group Health Plans and COBRA Deadlines Extended During COVID-19 Pandemic COVID Pandemic Has Jeopardized Health Care Coverage for Millions Many businesses have been forced to lay off workers in response to the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These...
WI Workers Compensation Claims Require Support from a Medical Doctor
The Practitioner Who Evaluates You Matters As the U.S. healthcare industry grows in complexity, healthcare professionals without traditional doctorates in medicine, like physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners, have increasingly assumed primary and specialized...