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Pro Bono Attorney Recognition
Pro Bono Attorney Recognition - The Court greatly appreciates the pro bono service of its Pro Bono Attorney Panel members! Special thanks to the attorneys who volunteered their time in cases that closed November 2023 through December 2024.
Pro Bono Attorney Honor Roll
Pro Bono Attorney Panel
The court’s Pro Bono Attorney Panel is a voluntary panel of attorneys available to represent litigants pro bono in civil cases. When the court determines that a pro se litigant requires a pro bono attorney, court staff will contact an attorney on the panel. The attorney may review the case file before deciding whether to accept the court’s request for pro bono representation. Panel membership is not a commitment to a particular case. To sign up to be on the Pro Bono Attorney Panel, you may submit a
Reimbursement of Expenses
Under the Plan for the Administration of the District Court Fund and the Regulations Governing the Reimbursement of Expenses in Pro Bono Cases, the court will reimburse out-of-pocket expenses incurred by court-recruited lawyers, up to $6,000. Covered expenses are detailed in the
Legal Resources
Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute:
- Links to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Appellate Procedure, and more.
Redaction Requirements - E-Government Act
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin accepts electronically filed pleadings and makes the content of these pleadings available on the court’s Internet website via the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (“CM/ECF”) system and/or PACER. Any registered user of CM/ECF and/or PACER will be able to read, download, store, and print the full content of electronically filed documents. Documents that have been sealed or otherwise restricted by court order will not be electronically accessible.
Grand Jury
The Grand Jury performs an important function under our Constitution - "Panel of the People", which stems from English common law and traces to the Magna Carta in 1215. It is the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution that mandates no person may be required to stand trial in Federal Court on a felony offense charge until an indictment is returned by a Grand Jury, unless that right is waived.