Man Bites Dog!
The tale that unfolded before the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is as unusual as the proverbial man-bites-dog story.
By Norm Tabler
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Keith McWhirk was a partner in the Pennsylvania law firm Mandracchia & McWhirk LLC. In December 2015, while he was hospitalized for five days, associates in the firm undertook efforts to cover for him. In reviewing his files, they found evidence of bizarre and perhaps unethical activity. The firm terminated Keith.
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Dark money killed Justice Louis Butlerâs career. At least, thatâs how he tells it.
Butler was a trailblazer in Wisconsinâs legal community â the first Black justice on the state supreme court. He was a public defender in Milwaukee when he started climbing the judicial ladder. First, an appointment to municipal court. Then, election to county court. Finally, Butler was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2004.
But it didnât last. Four years later, in 2008, Butler faced reelection â and lost. He was the first sitting Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to lose re-election since 1967.