by LKG Team | Aug 10, 2020 | LKG News
COVID-19 POLICY The COVID-19 situation continues to present uncertainty within the general and legal community, courts and clients, especially in regards to trials, depositions, deadlines and meetings. The aim of this policy is to balance the commitment of Leib Knott...
by LKG Team | Jul 29, 2020 | LKG News
Jill Heiderich, LKG’s most experienced paralegal, who has worked with the firm’s partners for upwards of 13 years, recently authored and published her first book, “The Spirit of Cancer.” In 2018, Jill was unexpectedly diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Despite her...
by LKG Team | Jun 9, 2020 | LKG News
Martindale-Hubbell has recognized Sean M. Gaynor with a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review RatingTM Sean M. Gaynor was given an “AV” rating from his peers, which means that he was deemed to have very high professional ethics and preeminent legal ability. Only lawyers...
by LKG Team | Mar 5, 2020 | Cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently clarified that noncompliance with the notice of claim statute is an affirmative defense and not a jurisdictional prerequisite to filing suit.1 When defending a government agency, such as a municipality or its employees, it is...
by LKG Team | Jan 27, 2020 | Civil Rights
Failing to exhaust one’s administrative remedies is a prevalent affirmative defense in prisoner civil rights litigation. The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) states that “[n]o action shall be brought [under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or any other federal law]…until such...
