Michele Sumara
US FEDERAL COURT NIPS WALKER’S WINGS: JUDGE WILLIAM CONLEY STRIKES DOWN TWO ONEROUS PROVISIONS OF ACT 10
On Friday, March 30, 2012, Judge William Conley in the federal district court for the Western District of Wisconsin found significant parts of Act 10, Wisconsin’s...
ATTORNEYS SAKS AND SUMARA ASSIST THE NAACP AND VOCES DE LA FRONTERA IN BLOCKING VOTER ID LAW
Dane County Circuit Court Judge David Flanagan recently issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of the new photo identification law during upcoming elections. Judge Flanagan...
JUDGE ADELMAN DISMISSES LAWSUIT AGAINST METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL, INC. AND THE STATE EQUAL RIGHTS DIVISION AND HUD
The Honorable Lynn Adelman recently dismissed a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin by two Wisconsin landlords who...
CHARLTON & SUMARA WORK TO ENFORCE ADOPTION ORDER
Attorneys Katherine Charlton and Michele Sumara successfully represented one of the former partners in a same-sex couple who had parented two children. They are now...
UNIONS CHALLENGE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW
Hawks Quindel attorneys, working in coalition with other union attorneys, are representing tens of thousands of public sector workers in a lawsuit against Governor Walker...
WHAT THE BUDGET BILL MEANS FOR YOU: A POINT BY POINT BREAKDOWN OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF GOVERNOR WALKER’S BUDGET PROPOSAL ON PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS IN WISCONSIN
Click here to read the analysis of the bill. [PDF 116KB]
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ PURELY PERSONAL EMAILS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO WISCONSIN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS
On July 16, 2010, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in Schill v. Wisconsin Rapids School District, 2010 WI 86, that purely personal emails of public...