Scott Walker Announces, Appointments --- Jim Troupis to Dane County Circuit Court

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A little background

Madison - Attorneys hired by Republican lawmakers withheld 34 emails from groups suing them despite three stern court orders to release them, according to a forensic examiner's report.

The report, filed late Monday as required by a panel of three federal judges, once again highlights that lawyers with Michael Best & Friedrich were not forthcoming with providing subpoenaed documents even after the judges charged them some $17,500 for filing frivolous motions to try to block the release of other records.

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Troupis warned in July 2011 that they needed to consider redrawing the lines in Latino areas, but he could not persuade the others to make changes. Had they heeded Troupis' advice, they may have done better in court.

After Troupis sent an email thanking two legislative aides, attorney Eric McLeod sent an email to attorney Ray Taffora calling Troupis an expletive and suggested he was sucking up to the aides. Taffora responded by saying the aides "have Jim's 'number,' as my parents generation would say. He's hurt himself in this engagement. Given enough 'rope' he'll do further damage to himself as time goes by."

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. CRAP!

Troupis is a former neighbor of mine. We actually were on the same side of the fight against placement of the ATC power line, but on complete opposite sides of absolutely every other issue.

Oh, I can say one other good thing about him - he serves really damned good booze at parties.

I'm guessing if he had been on the bench for some of our Sing Along cases, we'd still be fighting even more of those than we still are.

Damn.

edited to add, when I asked him to sign my recall petition, he asked, "Why would I want my best client to lose his job?"