October 2011 Archives

In the next issue of Wisconsin Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine, out in November, Milwaukee criminal defense lawyer Dennis P. Coffey of Mawicke & Goisman, talks about what he's learned from his more than 400 jury trials. In this blog-exclusive portion of the Q&A, Coffey, below, talks about the number of regular citizens who may soon find themselves part of criminal proceedings ...

What are some of the big changes in your practice area in the last year?
How do I put this? I think there are a lot of people who are in danger of criminal prosecution or regulatory proceedings that just never thought of it, weren't going there. There are a lot of issues that are going to arise out of the economic problems that nobody's really sat down to think about. The banking industry, subprime mortgages, mortgage fraud, bankers who were not abiding by FDIC regulations in terms of approving loans: There's this whole panoply in terms of criminal laws and regulatory matters.

In the upcoming issue of New England Super Lawyers, writer Nick DiUlio profiles cover subject Leo V. Boyle, a personal injury attorney with Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow in Boston. Boyle was instrumental in the effort to establish Trial Lawyers Care, an organization for which more than 1500 attorneys volunteered their time to represent the victims of 9/11 and their families. TLC became the largest pro bono effort ever.

In 2009, we spoke with New Jersey litigator and musician Steven Kunzman of DiFrancesco Bateman Coley Yospin Kunzman Davis & Lehrer, PC, about his love of writing, songs and legal documents. Here's an excerpt: