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Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object.

The recent conviction of Maxwell Anderson for the murder and dismemberment of Sade Robinson is causing me to do something quite rare: write a column praising our legal system. It almost hurts to write this!

Happy New Year! As usual, I’ll start the new year with a review of my columns from last year – some more controversial than others.

I’m sorry to report that we’ve lost a true giant in the judiciary and legislature.

Remember when your kid wanted to throw a birthday party, and they had to invite the whole class? You know, because it was the right thing to do? Yes, even that kid that no one liked got an invite, and the party went off without a hitch.

Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object.

Occasionally in the law, the irresistible force meets the unmovable object.

Ads for personal injury lawyers (and there sure are a lot of them), use some version of “we don’t get paid unless you get paid”.  One variety is “you don’t pay us, unless we win.”  Which brings up two questions:   First, who is in this “we?”  And second, how do you define “winning?”

Much as I like to vary topics in my monthly column, the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election presents too much fodder for comment and is too important to simply let it go.

Few recent trials have attracted as much attention in the non-legal world than the Brooks trial in Waukesha.