KMK Is Fully Operational and Accessible During the COVID-19 Outbreak
March 16, 2020 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:
From numerous public health measures to ongoing market turmoil, the coronavirus and COVID-19 continue to take a major toll on populations and businesses in the U.S., Canada, and all around the world. This includes clients, colleagues, and families of Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMK). Given these circumstances, KMK wants to take this opportunity to […]
KMK Caps Off 5-Year Litigation with Important Jury Trial Win
January 31, 2020 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:Tags: Litigation, Melinda A. Bialzik, Robert L. Gegios, Ryan M. Billings
Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMK) is pleased to announce that, after more than five years of litigation, its client (Universal Processing) emerged victorious. The action is Universal Processing Services of Wisconsin, LLC, v. Hicks, et al., Case No. 14-CV-7986, pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court. One highlight of this case came in 2017, […]
The Perils of the CCAP Shortcut
January 10, 2020 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Background Checks, CCAP, Ryan M. Billings
The Consolidated Court Automation Program (known as “CCAP”) is a searchable website operated by the Wisconsin Courts that contains docket information on Wisconsin state court cases (most states have similar programs). Because it is searchable by name, employers may be tempted to run the names of job applicants through CCAP as a quick and free […]
California Court Allows Debtor to Create Exemption with Non-Exempt Assets
January 2, 2020 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Eric R. von Helms, Exemption
Homestead exemption laws can be used by debtors to shield real property assets from collection by creditors. A recent federal district court decision held that such exemptions take priority over fraudulent transfer laws where the exemptions and the fraudulent transfer laws may conflict. In Hinds & Shankman, LLP v. Lapides, 2019 WL 4955148, 67 […]
‘Still Standing to Fight’
November 25, 2019 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Antitrust, Natural Gas, Robert L. Gegios, U.S. Supreme Court
Kohner, Mann & Kailas brings final chapter of antitrust lawsuit back to Wisconsin Bob Gegios of Kohner, Mann & Kailas compares a massive natural gas antitrust lawsuit he’s been working on for years to the “Odyssey.” The case — about to enter its 13th year of litigation — is a class-action suit against energy […]
KMK Ranks as One of the Nation’s “Best Law Firms”
November 1, 2019 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:Tags: Awards
On November 1, 2019, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (KMK) was nationally recognized for its outstanding work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law in the 2020 Edition of “Best Law Firms.” The firm was regionally recognized as a Tier 1 firm in the Milwaukee metropolitan area for its work in […]
The Advantages of Working with a Smaller Law Firm
October 23, 2019 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Advantages, Business Attorneys, Small Law Firms
When it comes to choosing a law firm, there are literally thousands of options available, whether you’re looking for a firm in your city or state, across the nation, or around the world. Too many people gravitate toward larger firms simply because they assume bigger is better. However, the advantages of smaller law firms offer […]
SCOTUS Reasons “Fair Ground of Doubt” Strikes a Balance
October 22, 2019 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Bankruptcy, Eric R. von Helms, U.S. Supreme Court
Under a recent United States Supreme Court ruling, creditors could be subject to sanctions if there is no “fair ground of doubt” as to the actions violating a debtor’s bankruptcy discharge. In Taggart v. Lorenzen, 139 S.Ct. 1795, 204 L.Ed.2d (2019), the Supreme Court held that the appropriate standard for finding civil contempt is whether […]
Natural Gas Antitrust Case Is Back in Wisconsin
September 21, 2019 | Categories: Firm News, Publications | Topics:Tags: Antitrust, Melinda A. Bialzik, Natural Gas, Robert L. Gegios, Ryan M. Billings
KMK is delighted to report that it has obtained additional settlements of nearly $30 million in its longstanding price-fixing antitrust litigation on behalf of Wisconsin institutions. The additional settlements follow more than $20 million in settlements that KMK obtained in 2017, bringing all class action recoveries to date to roughly $50 million. The litigation continues […]
KMK Attorneys Recognized as America’s Best Lawyers
August 15, 2019 | Categories: Firm News | Topics:Tags: Awards, Christopher C. Kailas, Matthew Gerdisch, Robert L. Gegios, Samuel Wisotzkey
Four attorneys from Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C. (Robert L. Gegios, Matthew P. Gerdisch, Christopher C. Kailas, and Samuel C. Wisotzkey) were recognized today in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the only purely peer-review guide to the legal profession. Matthew P. Gerdisch, Christopher C. Kailas, and Samuel C. Wisotzkey […]
