Michelle Jacobs was selected in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyer in America©” for her high caliber of work in the practice area of Criminal Defense: White Collar. Jacobs was also selected in the 2018 Wisconsin Super Lawyers© list.
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In another win before the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the firm secured a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. sec. 2254 for its client, who had been convicted in state court of a 2006 Milwaukee homicide. Because the client’s Sixth Amendment confrontation rights were violated, the Court ordered that he be retried or released.
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Upon the conclusion of a three-day bench trial, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman issued a judgment of acquittal for the firm’s client, who was charged in 2016 with 12 counts of stealing trade secrets from his former employer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1832(a).
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The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has granted relief to the firm’s clients twice in 2017. The firm now has 10 criminal defense victories in the Seventh Circuit since opening in 2013.
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For the third year in a row, Biskupic & Jacobs, S.C., received a top-tier ranking in the Milwaukee metro area in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. The firm was recognized for White Collar Defense and Commercial Litigation.
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The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently agreed to vacate the firm’s client’s criminal sentence, due to the absence of a jury finding on a necessary fact, remanding the case for resentencing. This is Jacobs’s eighth criminal-defense victory in the Seventh Circuit since the firm opened in 2013.
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