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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 12:56:27+00:00

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On March 13, 2019, the Office of Lawyer Regulation Procedure Review Committee, by its Chair, the Honorable Gerald P. Ptacek, filed a rule petition asking the court to modify the Supreme Court Rules to afford referees more authority to rule on certain matters. The petitioner has asked the court to defer a final decision on this petition until the court has considered and decided another pending rule petition. That petition, No. 19-04, In re Petition of the OLR Process Review Committee's Subcommittee for Referees for an order repealing and recreating SCR 21.08 and amending SCR 21.11(4), SCR 22.09(2), SCR 22.13(3), SCR 22.16(6), SCR 22.25(6)(c), SCR 22.30(1), SCR 22.34(10), and SCR 22.36(5), is scheduled for public hearing the same day. The court discussed this petition at a closed rules conference on March 21, 2019, and voted to solicit comment and schedule a public hearing. No. 19-05 IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
On March 13, 2019, the Office of Lawyer Regulation Procedure Review Committee, by its Chair, the Honorable Gerald P. Ptacek, and by Jacquelynn Rothstein, Chair of the Subcommittee on Referees, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend and create Supreme Court Rules and modify the court's Internal Operating Procedures pertaining to appointment and training of referees. The court discussed this petition at a closed rules conference on March 21, 2019, and voted to solicit comment and schedule a public hearing. IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
On February 15, 2019, Sheila T. Reiff, Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, filed a rule petition asking the court to authorize a pilot project and adopt an interim rule to facilitate the development and testing of procedures to permit exclusive electronic filing of documents in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, in collaboration with the Consolidated Court Automation Programs, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court.
On December 19, 2018, the court, on its own motion, filed a rule petition proposing amendments to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) Chapter 40, regarding Admission to the Bar. The changes clarify that an applicant for admission to the Wisconsin Bar may seek review of an adverse decision regarding a request for testing accommodations and may seek review of an adverse decision that was delegated by the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) to a committee, member, or the director, under SCR 40.13.
On November 9, 2018, Diane M. Fremgen, Deputy Director of Court Operations, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 60.05(8)(b) and SCR 60.07(2) to modify the requirements for certain court staff to file an annual Statement of Economic Interests (SEI), to better coordinate with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission's administration of these statements. The petition requests the amendment of two rules in SCR ch. 60, which the court has authority to amend. Judges and candidates for judicial office must file an annual statement of economic interest. See SCR 60.07(1). This petition would not alter that requirement.
On July 17, 2018, Attorneys Starlyn R. Tourtillott and Danica J. Zawieja, counsel for the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 10.03(4) to exempt nonresident counsel who appear in matters involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1911 et seq. (ICWA), codified in Wisconsin as the Wisconsin Indian Child Welfare Act (WICWA), from the requirements of the pro hac vice admission rule.
Disposition: Petition is granted, as modified.
Rule 18-05, In the matter of the petition to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 14.03(2), regarding Access to Justice Commission.
On October 29, 2018, Daniel J. Hoff, President, Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission (WATJC), filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 14.03(2) to add one member to its board of directors, thereby increasing the number of members on its board from 17 to 18.
Disposition: Petition is effective November 12, 2018.
Rule 18-03, In re proposed amendment to Wisconsin Statute s. 806.02.
On April 4, 2018 Attorneys William C. Gleisner, Vice chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Council, and Thomas L. Shriner, chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Coumcil's Evidence and Civil Procedure Committee, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Wis. Stat. § 806.02 pertaining to default judgment when an opposing party fails to serve a timely reply to or answer a claim.
Disposition: Petition with amendments is effective, January 1, 2019.
On August 7, 2015, this court issued a rule order in the above-captioned matter, amending Supreme Court Rule (SCR) Chapter 80 (Publications of Opinions and Orders) and SCR 98.07 (Publication of Rule Orders) to establish guidelines for publication of supreme court orders and opinions issued in cases and orders issued in administrative rule matters. See S. Ct. Order 12-09, 2015 WI 86 (issued Aug. 7, 2015, eff. Aug. 7, 2015).
On April 4, 2018, Attorneys William C. Gleisner, Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Council, and Thomas L. Shriner, Chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Council's Evidence and Civil Procedure Committee, filed a rule petition asking the court to amend Wis. Stat. § 806.02 to provide parties filing counterclaims or cross claims with the right to seek default judgment when an opposing party fails to serve a timely reply to a counterclaim or answer to a cross claim.
The Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Wisconsin Assocaition of Justice, and a number of individuals have filed an administrative rule petition asking the court to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR 81.02. Supreme Court Rule 81.02 sets the compensation rate applicable when the court appoints a lawyer. Since 1994, the compensation rate in SCR 81.02 has been $70/hour. It has not changed in nearly 25 years.
Disposition: Request to extend the comment period, has been has been received, considered by the court, and granted.
In the matter of the petition to amend Supreme Court Rule Chapter 60, Appendix Section A.(2), Regarding Administration of the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee.
Order 17-04, In re Petition to Repeal and Replace SCR 10.03(5)(b) with SCR 10.03(5)(b)-(e) relating to bifurcated annual budget.
On April 25, 2017, Attorney Steven Levine filed a rule petition asking the court to repeal and replace Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 10.03(5)(b) with a newly created SCR 10.03(5)(b)-(e) and to amend SCR 10.03(6). The proposed changes would require the State Bar of Wisconsin to establish a bifurcated annual budget.
On January 9, 2018, the Honorable Randy R. Koschnick, Director of State Courts ("Director"), filed a rule petition that proposes redistributing the counties that presently constitute Wisconsin's sixth judicial administrative district.1 This requires amending Supreme Court Rules (SCRs) 70.14 and 70.17 and amending or repealing Wis. Stat. §§ 13.525, 753.06, and 757.60.
17-09, 08-17 In the matter of petition for amendment to Supreme Court Rule 10.03(4)(b)2 relating to pro hac vice applications.
On September 28, 2017, Attorney James A. Gramling Jr., President, Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission (Commission), filed a rule petition on behalf of the Commission. The petition asks this court to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 10.03(4)(b)2, the "pro hac vice" rule, to increase the fee for admission pro hac vice from $250 to $300, and to allocate the $50 increase to the Commission.
Attorney Aaron Jeramie Loudenslager filed this administrative rule petition asking this court to amend Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) Rule 6.02 (BA 6.02) to "bring Wisconsin's character and fitness investigations with regard to prospective lawyers' mental health into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."
The Wisconsin Judicial Council requested amendment of several rules of appellate procedure including Wis. Stats. §§ 809.15 (Record on Appeal), 809.19 (Briefs and Appendix), 809.30 (Appeal Procedure), 809.32 (No merits), and 885.42 (Videotape procedure; when available).
The Wisconsin Judicial Council sought to repeal and replace Wis. Stat. § 803.08, (Class Actions), create Wis. Stat. § 426.110 (4m), (Class actions; injunctions; declaratory relief), repeal Wis. Stat. § 426.110(5) through 13, and amend Wis. Stat. § 426.110(16). The proposed amendments are intended to align Wis. Stats. §§ 803.08 and 426.110 with the federal class action rule, Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.
The court, on its own motion, has determined that it is appropriate to amend Supreme Court Rules (SCR) 32.001, 32.02, and 32.04 pertaining to continuing education for appellate court judges and justices.
Disposition: Effective the date of the order.
The Wisconsin Judicial Council petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court to amend Wis. States (Rules) 809.107 and 809.19 to address some ambiguity in the appellate rules relating to the size, number and timing of briefs that may be filed in multiparty cases.
The Wisconsin Judicial Council respectfully petitions the Wisconsin Supreme Court to amend WIS. STATS. §§ 901.07, 906.08, and 906.09; and create WIS. STAT. §906.16. This petition is directed to the Supreme Court’s rule-making authority under WIS. STAT. § 751.12. This petition has been re-filed with clarifications after the court voted to return to the Judicial Council in January.
The Petitioner, Stockbridge-Munsee Community (hereafter “SMC”), seeks to amend SCR 40.05 related to Legal competence requirement: Proof of practice. The Petitioner seeks to amend SCR 40.05 by creating and adding § SCR 40.05(5.) Subsection (5) is created to read legal services with any federally recognized Indian Tribe may be counted for purposes of sub. (1)(b) provided that the applicant shows proof of admission in good standing to practice law by the court of last resort of the state in which the federally recognized tribe is located.
Disposition: Petition, with amendments, is effective immediately.
The court, on its own motion, has determined that it is appropriate to amend Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 32.08(2) pertaining to reserve judges.
Retired members of the Wisconsin judiciary filed a petition asking the Court to take action pursuant to their supervisory authority over the Wisconsin unified court system as set forth in Article VII of the Wisconsin Constitution.
Attorney Todd E. Meurer, Manager, Municipal Court Education, Office of Judicial Education petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court for an order amending Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 33.04 pertaining to mandatory judicial education for municipal court judges.
Disposition: Amended rule effective Jan. 1, 2018.
The Board of Administrative Oversight, State Bar of Wisconsin, and Office of Lawyer Regulation petitioned the Supreme Court of Wisconsin for an order creating Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.18m to provide a procedure for enforcement of Supreme Court Disciplinary orders.
The Business Court Advisory Committee (Committee) petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court to approve a pilot program to create dedicated circuit court judicial dockets for large claim business and commercial cases. Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack convened the Committee in the fall of 2016 and charged it with exploring whether it would be desirable to establish dedicated commercial civil litigation dockets in Wisconsin circuit courts.
The Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners (BBE), petitioned the court to amend SCR 40.075 and SCR 22.28 relating to conditional bar admission. Conditional admission became effective in June of 2011. See S.Ct. Order 08-13, 2011 WI 40 (issued June 8, 2011, eff. June 8, 2011). Since that time, approximately thirty-four individuals have been extended an offer of conditional admission, with the vast majority choosing to accept such offers.
The petitioner, the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners (BBE), seeks to amend SCR 31.02 and 31.05 relating to continuing legal education requirements (CLE).
The Wisconsin Judicial Council respectfully petitions the Wisconsin Supreme Court to repeal WIS. STATS. §§ 885.16, 885.17, 885.205; amend WIS. STAT. § 906.01. This petition is directed to the Supreme Court’s rule-making authority under WIS. STAT. § 751.12.
RESOLVED, that State Bar Bylaw Article III, be amended as follows: Article 3, Section 5: Section 5. Mailing Distribution of Ballots. On or before the second Friday of April in each year the Executive Director or his designee shall prepare and maildistribute the required ballots to each active member of the State Bar entitled to vote at the annual election. Ballots may be distributed by electronic or regular mail.
For a comprehensive collection of all official notices, including pending rule petitions, court orders, and other material such as audio of public hearings, visit the Wisconsin Court System’s website or use the quick links on this page.

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