by Law Forward Team | Mar 9, 2026 | Cases, Good Governance
Theno v. Wisconsin State Assembly No. 2026CV000604 On February 19, 2026, Law Forward filed a lawsuit on behalf of Wisconsin taxpayers challenging the Republican-controlled Legislature’s practice of using public dollars to hire private legal counsel. This clear...
by Jen L | Feb 23, 2026 | Cases, Good Governance
Wisconsin PTA, et al v. Wisconsin State Assembly, et al No. 2026CV000103 The Wisconsin Constitution guarantees every child an equal opportunity for a sound basic education, free of tuition. Over recent decades, the Wisconsin Legislature has made many promises to fund...
by wilwfwd | Oct 2, 2024 | Good Governance
Braun v. Vote.org No. 2023AP76 On September 12, 2024, we filed an amicus brief with the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking the court to review the Court of Appeals’ published decision in Braun v. Vote.org, 2024 WI App 42If that decision stands, it would drastically limit...
by Jen L | Jul 4, 2024 | Good Governance
Abbotsford et al v. WI Employment Relations Commission et al No. 2023CV3152 In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 10, which Act fundamentally changed the landscape of Wisconsin’s decades-old system of public-sector labor relations. We, representing public worker and...
by wilwfwd | Feb 10, 2023 | Good Governance
Khary Penebaker et al v. Andrew Hitt et al. No. 2022CV1178 Law Forward and our co-counsel Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) filed a lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court describing in detail how ten...
by wilwfwd | Jan 31, 2023 | Good Governance
EXPO WISDOM v. WEC No. 2023CV000279 On Jan. 31, 2023, we filed a complaint in Dane County Circuit Court, on behalf of EXPO Wisconsin and WISDOM, asking the court to hold the gerrymandered state Legislature accountable to the process set out in our statutes for...
