Milwaukee, WI (November) – Several attorneys from the law firm of O’Neil Cannon have been selected for inclusion in the 2008 Wisconsin Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Attorneys recognized by Law and Politics include Jim DeJong, Dean Laing, Peter Faust, Carl Holborn, Patrick McBride and Randy Nash. Rising Star honors go to Seth Dizard, […]
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals, in Jakubow v. Lichosyt, 2007 WI App 150, recently addressed the interplay of competing interests to real property where a land contract is involved: Namely, that of a third-party attempting to execute on a judgment lien against a land contract vendee’s equitable interest in real property and that of a […]
OCHD’s Real Estate and Construction Practice Group found recent success in obtaining a reversal from the Court of Appeals relative to a real property tax assessed by the Village of Menomonee Falls against an 80-plus unit apartment complex owned by a client. In an opinion released on May 2, 2007, the Court of Appeals District […]
A recent Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision, Malzewski v. Rapkin, 2006 WI App 183, demonstrates the importance of obtaining a professional inspection prior to closing on a residential home transaction. Failure to do so may, under certain circumstances, prohibit a buyer from asserting otherwise available remedies against a home seller if a defect is discovered […]
