It’s been a few weeks since the election and it appears as though Joe Biden will be our next president. However, Donald Trump has filed multiple lawsuits alleging fraud and he believes he will remain in office. If, after any recounts and lawsuits are resolved, Biden is deemed the winner, it will be almost certain […]
McCarty Law is proud to announce the attorneys who’ve been awarded the Super Lawyer and Rising Star distinction this year! Super Lawyers is a nationally-recognized rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers, and Rising Stars (Super Lawyers […]
My son is an avid X-box gamer. His current obsession is Shotgun Farmers, a cartoonish game where you are a farmer and you use vegetables to hunt down and kill other farmers. Thankfully he loves to play volleyball and hoops, so he’s not playing games a ton. However, with the pandemic, especially during the Safer-at-Home […]
President Trump’s COVID diagnosis had a huge ripple effect throughout the political world. Due to his age, weight, gender and a history of a mild heart condition, he was in the higher risk category for the virus. He has since recovered and claims he feels 20 years younger. However, while he was at Walter Reed […]
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has adopted a new employer notice requirement relating to unemployment insurance benefits for separating employees. Employers must begin to give this notice to separating employees beginning on November 2, 2020. The new notice is in addition to the employer’s existing obligation to post notices in the workplace about unemployment insurance benefits. The […]
Governments at all levels – federal, state, county and municipal – have their hands full these days. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on, governmental bodies are wrestling with mask mandates, in-person schooling and possibly revisiting stay-at-home orders. Questions about the effectiveness and timeliness of mail-in votes may undermine our democratic election. But the […]
The pandemic has been difficult for so many reasons, but it appears that a little bit of normalcy will be returning this summer – Major League Baseball! When the pandemic first hit, MLB suspended its season. Since then, team owners and the players’ association had been trying to negotiate the terms of a shortened season. […]
I caught an episode of ‘Happy Days’ the other night on cable. Richie, Ralph Malph, Potsie and the Fonz were eating at Arnold’s Diner, the gang’s usual hangout. Looking back at the happy days when I was in high school, Butch’s Pizza was our Arnold’s – we hung out there all the time and ate […]
Last week, our family was really craving some burgers. So I went to fire up the grill, and we were completely out of propane. I ran to the gas station to swap tanks and realized it was the first time I was in a store since the pandemic started. We’ve used the curbside shopping features […]
McCarty Law is proud to announce that Attorney Alicia C. Rodriguez has joined our law firm. Ali, a recent graduate of Marquette University Law School and a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, previously served as a law clerk at our firm. She focuses her practice on estate planning, elder law, estate settlement, and […]