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by Wildcard Administrator last modified Oct 31, 2011 10:20 PM
Incumbants, Van Meter win, Dixon Gahnz, Dick Josephson return as trustees by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Apr 09, 2012 10:17 PM
Voters in DeForest have re-elected Attorney Dixon Gahnz as a Village Board Trustee for the Village of DeForest. Dick Josephson also was re-elected as a trustee. Chip Van Meter will join the board as a trustee, filling the seat being vacated by trustee Megan Blount.
Lawton & Cates Attorneys Receive Super Lawyers Awards by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Nov 25, 2011 05:30 PM
Five Lawton & Cates lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2011 Wisconsin Super Lawyers publication in the areas of business litigation, general litigation, employment, and personal injury law.
Lawton & Cates opens a new office in downtown Jefferson by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Nov 14, 2011 08:14 PM
Residents of Jefferson County now have another option for taking care of their general legal needs, as well as complex litigation, with the reent opening of the Lawton & Cates, S.C. offices in downtown Jefferson.
Lawton & Cates Lawyers Selected As Best Lawyers In America by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Oct 21, 2011 06:37 PM
Jim Olson, Jim Gardner, Kent Carnell and Bruce Davey were selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of personal injury, construction and labor and employment law.
Lawton & Cates Lawyers Selected As Best Lawyers In America by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Oct 31, 2011 10:13 PM
James A. Olson, James W. Gardner, Kent I. Carnell and Bruce M. Davey were selected for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of personal injury, construction and labor and employment law.
Medical disclosure suit upheld by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Sep 14, 2011 02:38 PM
Attorneys Dixon Gahnz and Levi Bjork were successful in their appeal to uphold a $26,000 judgment against a Fort Atkinson woman who unlawfully obtained medical records of our client and disclosed them. This District 4 Court of Appeals decision clarifies a statute that regulates disclosure of medical records. Although the statute sets out obligations for healthcare providers, it does not limit confidentiality requirements just to them, but on “any person.”
Lawton & Cates Acquires the Practice Areas of Krek & Associates by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Nov 03, 2011 07:36 PM
Lawton & Cates, S.C., of Madison will acquire the law practice areas of Krek & Associates, S.C. effective Thursday, September 1. The firm will maintain the office at 323 South Whitewater Avenue, Jefferson, WI 53549.
Lawton & Cates of Madison acquires Krek & Associates by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Sep 09, 2011 04:08 PM
Lawton & Cates, S.C., of Madison will acquire the law practice areas of Krek & Associates, S.C. effective Thursday, September 1.
Kirby Hendee: Cates had no time for baloney by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 15, 2011 05:47 PM
Kirby Hendee's Letter to Editor regarding John Nichol's tribute to Dick Cates.
Richard Lyman Cates, Sr.: November 22, 1925 - August 3, 2011 by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 15, 2011 05:38 PM
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 4:15 p.m. at THE EDGEWATER HOTEL, 666 Wisconsin Avenue, Madison (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION AND TIME). In lieu of flowers and gifts, contributions will be used for the Richard Lyman Cates, Sr. Memorial Fund to assist less fortunate youth and student scholarships.
Doug Moe: Cates had class, in and out of court by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 12, 2011 05:16 PM
Some of my best friends are lawyers — make of that what you will — but the first lawyer I ever met was Dick Cates. Since I was just a kid at the time — and Cates was early in his career — I had no way of knowing the tall man with a twinkle in his eye and a love of telling stories would go on to become perhaps the greatest trial attorney Madison has ever seen.
Wineke: Great Men Who Rose Up In Times Of Crisis by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 05:11 PM
Bill Wineke reminisces about Dick Cates.
Cates played key role in Watergate impeachment by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 05:03 PM
Richard Lyman Cates, who rose from childhood years in an orphanage to become a successful Madison lawyer and played a key role in the Watergate impeachment inquiry that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, died Wednesday. He was 85.
Richard Cates, longtime trial lawyer in Madison, dies at 85 by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 04:57 PM
Longtime Madison trial lawyer Richard Cates, who advised the U.S. House committee that voted to impeach President Richard Nixon in 1974, died Wednesday in Madison of natural causes. He was 85.
Dick Cates: The Madison lawyer who held Nixon to account by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 04:37 PM
Richard L. Cates, a Madison trial lawyer who historians credit with playing a critical role in the Watergate inquiry that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, died Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at age 85.
Prominent trial lawyer Cates ’47 dies in home by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 05:15 PM
Richard Cates ’47, a trial lawyer who was instrumental in the Watergate inquiry that led to former President Richard Nixon’s resignation, died Wednesday at age 85. Cates died of natural causes in his home in Madison, Wis.
Obituary for Richard Lyman Sr. Cates by Lori Kannenberg Dorn — last modified Aug 10, 2011 05:43 PM
Richard Lyman Cates Sr. died surrounded by family of natural causes Wednesday morning, Aug 3, 2011, in Madison, finishing his 85-year adventure that began on Nov. 22, 1925, in New York City.
Attorney James Gardner Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers by Wildcard Administrator — last modified Sep 09, 2011 03:54 PM
James JW. Gardner has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.
Domestic violence an issue in shooting case by Wildcard Administrator — last modified May 25, 2011 09:02 PM
Reprinted with permission by The Forest Republican. Author: Northwoods Media Staff, The Forest Republican, Issue 48, Volume 117, pages 1A and 4A
Suit Over Well Could Be Precedential - The Suit Targets The State's Groundwater Law by Wildcard Administrator — last modified Jun 22, 2011 10:19 PM
The state Department of Natural Resources and the village of East Troy in Walworth County are the subjects of a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit filed last week by several individuals and two lake management districts over potential damage to a spring-fed lake and nearby wetlands by a proposed municipal high-capacity well.