Author Archive for Judith G. McMullen

The Cop on My Porch

Friday, November 30th, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Family Law, Public, Wisconsin Law & Legal System | 1 Comment »

On December 1st, the Azana Salon and Spa in Brookfield reopens for business. Unless you have been out of the country for the last five weeks, you no doubt know ... Read more »

We Are All Sikhs

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Category: Family Law, Public, Religion & Law | 3 Comments »

The day after the dreadful attacks of September 11, 2001, the French newspaper Le Monde published an editorial under the headline “Nous Sommes Tous Américains” (“We Are All Americans”).  The ... Read more »

Should This Man Go Free?

Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Public | 3 Comments »

Today’s New York Times Sunday magazine contains a fascinating article about Greg Ousley, a 33-year-old Indiana man who is in prison for killing his parents when he was 14 years ... Read more »

Judging Mothers

Sunday, July 15th, 2012
Category: Family Law, Feminism, Labor & Employment Law, Public | No Comments »

A mother’s choice about whether to breast feed or bottle feed her infant may seem like a purely personal decision. In fact, for decades it has been an individual decision ... Read more »

Can Women Lawyers Have It All?

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Category: Feminism, Public | 2 Comments »

The July/August issue of The Atlantic features the article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” by Anne-Marie Slaughter, a lawyer, Princeton professor and former director of policy planning at ... Read more »

Missing Children

Friday, May 25th, 2012
Category: Family Law, Public | 1 Comment »

The New York Times has been abuzz of late with articles suggesting that a long-ago missing child case may have finally been solved. Thirty-three years ago, six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared ... Read more »

Divorce Is Never Easy

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Category: Family Law, Public | 2 Comments »

Every few years, we can count on hearing social commentary on the alleged erosion of American values.  Predictably, marriage is part of the discussion, and inevitably, the American divorce rate ... Read more »

The Many Faces of Adoption

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Category: Family Law, Public | No Comments »

Recent news reports describe a new twist in adoption practice. According to the reports John Goodman, a wealthy Florida man, has adopted his 42 year old girlfriend, apparently in an attempt to ... Read more »

Does Marijuana Possession Equal Child Neglect?

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Category: Family Law, Public | 2 Comments »

According to a recent NewYork Times article, many New York parents who have been caught with marijuana or who have admitted using it have found themselves charged with child neglect ... Read more »

When the Witness Woofs

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Category: Criminal Law & Process, Family Law, Judges & Judicial Process, Public | No Comments »

When a New York teenager had to testify against her father, claiming he raped and impregnated her, she shared the witness box with a helper.  According to The New York ... Read more »

Custody Concerns

Friday, August 5th, 2011
Category: Family Law, Public | 1 Comment »

A custody dispute that has recently been in the national news illustrates the convoluted nature of custody law which has led in this particular case to a very troubling outcome.  ... Read more »

The Right to Violent Video Games

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Category: Computer Law, First Amendment, U.S. Supreme Court | No Comments »

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children.  In Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 1 (2011), the ... Read more »


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