Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co<\/em>. and the recent consideration by the Wisconsin Supreme Court of competing rules on recusal.<\/p>\nThis discussion was followed with breakout panels discussing business and criminal law cases, respectively. <\/p>\n
The business discussion was chaired by Professor Ed Fallone<\/strong> and the panelists were Foley & Lardner partner and adjunct professor Thomas L. Shriner, J<\/strong>r., and prominent bankruptcy lawyer Len Leverson<\/strong>. Our criminal panel was moderated by Dean Michael O’Hear<\/strong> and featured DOJ lawyer Greg Weber<\/strong> (L’87), Madison defense attorney and adjunct professor Dean Strang<\/strong> and former circuit judge Michael Brennan<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe group then came together for a plenary session to discuss the ongoing debate over th role of the judiciary in the context of the court’s recent history. This panel was moderated by Michael Brennan and\u00a0 consisted of Lester Pines<\/strong>, an experienced supreme court advocate, the Hon.\u00a0Lynn Adelman<\/strong> of the United States District Court of Wisconsin and me. The group tried to clarify terms like “activism” and “restraint” and considered their use in relation to judicial campaigns.<\/p>\nBreak our sessions followed lunch. A great discussion of the court’s cases in the civil rights area, largely focused on Coulee Catholic Schools v. LIRC, was moderated by Dean Strang and included Reinhart Boerner shareholder Dan Kelly<\/strong> and ACLU lawyer Karyn Rotker<\/strong>.\u00a0 At the same time, a panel on the court’s liability cases was chaired by our own Jack Kircher<\/strong> (L’63)\u00a0<\/strong>and featured two adjunct professors, Habush partner Tim Trecek<\/strong> (L’93) and Ralph Weber<\/strong>of Gass Weber Mullins. The group engaged in a lively discussion of the movement toward adoption of the Third Restatement in product liability cases.<\/p>\nThe group came together one last time to preview cases on the Court’s docket for the ’09-’10 term. Panelists were Tom Shriner, Lester Pines and adjunct professor and chair of the Appellate Practice section, Anne Berleman Kearney<\/strong>, principal of the Appellate Consulting Group. Cases selected by the panelists illustrated the incredible breadth of the court’s work.<\/p>\nIn addition to Dean Joseph Kearney <\/strong>who generously and enthusiastically supported this project, I would like to thank our participants and all who helped put it together including Christine Wilczynski-Vogel<\/strong>, Carol Dufek<\/strong>, Ryan Rau<\/strong>, Kay Amhaus<\/strong> and Debbie Moore<\/strong>. I would also like to thank chair Anne Kearney and her colleagues on the board of the Appellate Practice section<\/strong> for their generous co-sponsorship and support.<\/p>\nTo all who participated or attended, we’ll see you next year in Eckstein Hall!<\/p>\n
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