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SKINDZELEWSKI v. SMITH

No. 2018AP623.

944 N.W.2d 575 (2020)

2020 WI 57

David SKINDZELEWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. Joseph SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Craig S. Powell and Hart Powell, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Craig S. Powell.

For the defendant-respondent, there was a brief filed by Brian P. Keenan , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Joshua L. Kaul , attorney general. There was an oral argument by Brian P. Kennan.

REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ROGGENSACK, C.J., ZIEGLER, and KELLY, JJ., joined. HAGEDORN, J., filed a concurring opinion. DALLET, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

¶1 David Skindzelewski committed a crime, pled guilty, and spent time in jail as a consequence for committing that crime until a circuit court vacated his conviction because the statute of limitations rendered the conviction erroneous. In this action, Skindzelewski sued his criminal defense attorney for legal malpractice...

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