August 20, 2011

An astounding disregard for legal ethics

Few places where spectacle is more shameful than Wisconsin

It's sad, really.
... shortly before the court upheld the new state law eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for public employees.
The court didn't uphold any new State law so much as consecrate the illegal activities of Wisconsin Republicans in the State legislature.
The rule [for judicial recusal] was largely written by a business group that has spent lavishly in judicial campaigns.
Try entirely written and then adopted verbatim (two times).

6 comments:

Mike said...

What is the chance Prosser will finish his term (ten years) - 10%? I'd take under at even odds.

Anonymous said...

No chance. Prosser will have another anger control episode long before that. You can bank on it. Eventually these will become too much to overlook.

Anonymous said...

A search for the attorneys with the Troupis law firm (go to www.wisbar.org, do an 'advanced' search by 'organization' with term "Troupis") one finds:

Hon. Jon P. Wilcox
Troupis Law Office LLC
7609 Elmwood Ave Ste 102
Middleton, WI 53562
Phone: (608) 807-4096
Fax: (608) 836-1240

Maybe he only gets mail there, but if I was an attorney or a client with a case before the court, I would certainly prefer that my firm has some association with a former Justice (he apparently at least gets mail and phone calls there), espeically a former justice who is also a former legislator who was in the same party as J.Prosser. But maybe that helps explain the $375/hr rate the Troupis law firm bills.

illusory tenant said...

I believe Wilcox is "of counsel" there; he's not an associate or partner. Troupis has the only password-protected law office website I've ever seen.

Anonymous said...

While the Troupis Law Firm, LLC has only been registered with DFI for a year, it would seem that "one of Wisconsin's most successful lawyers" whose high profile work at rates of $295/hr to $375/hr and is thus subjected to media scrutiny as a result would have a more complete web page, see(http://www.troupislawoffice.com, including: "Our website is currently under development. Please keep checking back for new information about Jim Troupis Law Office"). Or then again, maybe not.

illusory tenant said...

"[Troupis's $27,000] contract was not drafted or signed until after the work had been performed." Sweet.