Leading areas of practice
Individual Liberties
WILL proudly fights for individual liberties guaranteed by our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Constitutional Government and Rule of Law
WILL is committed to guarding our constitutional system by standing up for federalism, the separation of powers, and oversight of the administrative state.
Economic Freedom
WILL proudly fights for the right to earn a living free from government interference.
Education Reform
WILL proudly fights for an education system that is student-centered and prioritizes the freedom of families to choose the best education for their children.
Equal Protection
WILL proudly fights for equal protection under the law as guaranteed by our Constitution.
Legal Areas of Focus
OPERATING ENGINEERS V. DALEY
Unions filed another Act 10 lawsuit in 2019, arguing that the law was unconstitutional because unions have a constitutional right to collectively bargain. We intervened on behalf of a teacher who objects to being forced to pay union dues to defend the law.
BLACK V. CITY OF LAKE GENEVA
The City of Lake Geneva promulgated an ordinance that allows the city to search the homes of residents who occasionally rent their home for periods of less than 29 days at virtually any time without a warrant or, alternatively, to fine them if they refuse to consent to a warrantless search. These requirements violate the Fourth Amendment rights of Lake Geneva residents, including the Plaintiffs. We filed this suit to vindicate those rights.
State Threatens School Counselor’s License After She Denounced Gender Ideology at Public Rally
WILL issued letter to DPI warning their actions to revoke license violate First Amendment
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RICE V. MILW. COUNTY BOARD
The Milwaukee County Board took up decennial redistricting at a public meeting without putting it on the agenda. In our first case (and our first victory) we obtained a declaration that they violated the Open Meetings Law in doing so.
BALDWIN-WOODVILLE SCH. DIST.
The Baldwin-Woodville School District’s Board of Education went into closed session and voted to pay Christmas bonuses (essentially in lieu of pension and insurance payments the district could no longer make under Act 10). We filed an open meetings complaint with the Attorney General pointing out that the meeting was illegal, and he agreed.
NCTQ V. UW BD. OF REGENTS
The University of Wisconsin refused to turn over course syllabi and other documents in response to a records request. We filed a lawsuit, and obtained a settlement in which our clients were able to obtain everything they needed for their research into university education programs.
MACIVER V. ERPENBACH
State Senator Jon Erpenbach redacted the names of hundreds of people who contacted him regarding Act 10 from emails he produced in response to a records request. We sued and obtained a published decision from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals requiring him to release the names of public employees who wrote him.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS V. WALKER
This challenge to the voter ID law argued that the presentation of an ID was an “additional qualification” to vote not permitted by the Wisconsin Constitution. In amicus briefs, WILL argued that it was not an additional qualification, but rather a method of establishing that a voter meets the existing qualifications. The court of appeals and supreme court agreed, upholding the law.