Eleven attorneys from O’Neil Cannon have been named “Leading Lawyers” in Milwaukee by M Magazine (July 2015), Milwaukee’s Lifestyle Magazine. Those attorneys are the following: Melissa Blair (Banking) Jim DeJong (Business) Pete Faust (Securities Offerings) Carl Holborn (Estate Planning) Grant Killoran (Litigation) Dean Laing (Litigation) Greg Lyons (Litigation) Greg Mager (Family) Patrick McBride (Litigation) Randy […]
Grant Killoran, the Chair of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing’s Litigation Practice Group, recently presented an article and speech entitled “Ebola Panic—When Public Health Concerns Confront the Constitution” at the 9th Annual State Bar of Texas “Bill of Rights Course: Cutting-Edge Controversies in Constitutional Law” in Austin, Texas. Attorney Killoran authored the article with […]
On June 8, 2015, Joe Maier, a shareholder in the Estate Planning Group, and Randy Nash, a shareholder in the Litigation Group, collaborated to present to the Appleton office of the Principal Financial Network a series of real life estate planning facts situations that have led to inheritance litigation. The Principal Financial Group–Wisconsin Business Center […]
On June 4, 2015, Gregory S. Mager spoke during the Family Law 101 portion of the Wisconsin Supreme’s Family Law Seminar, a continuing education program for Judges and Court Commissioners throughout the state of Wisconsin. If you have any family law related questions, please contact Attorney Gregory Mager at O’Neil Cannon at 414-276-5000.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch. Justice Scalia penned the majority opinion while Justice Alito wrote a concurrence and Justice Thomas concurred in part and dissented in part. The case, which centered around whether employers can be held liable for failing to accommodate a religious practice only after the […]
In April 2015, the EEOC also settled one of the first cases in which it attempted to litigate that transgender discrimination is protected under Title VII. The EEOC filed an amicus brief in a previous case claiming that sex discrimination includes discrimination against those who do not conform to gender stereotypes and, therefore, would include […]
Steven J. Slawinski, of O’Neil Cannon, has been selected to become Vice Chair of the State Bar’s Construction and Public Contract Law Board, effective July, 1, 2015. This section is made up of attorneys who specialize in construction law and government contracts. He has been a member of this section for many years and has […]
Steven Slawinski presented at the Wisconsin Land Title Association’s Spring Conference in Madison on May 13, 2015. He discussed the recent opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in BB-Syndication Services, Inc. v. First American Title Insurance Co. Mr. Slawinski had represented the prevailing party, First American, in that litigation. […]
Dean P. Laing, of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing S.C, has been selected to the 2015 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys […]
On April 30, 2015, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued its long-awaited decision in Runzheimer International Ltd. v. Friedlen, in which it came to the conclusion that the promise of continued at-will employment is valid consideration for a restrictive covenant. In Runzheimer, the employee had worked for his employer for fifteen years when the employer required all […]
