"A bill that would make it a felony to harm or threaten lawyers for their
work in family law cases is heading to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
The Wisconsin Senate approved the bill known as Sara’s Law on Tuesday evening, WSAW
reports. The bill is named for lawyer Sara Quirt Sann, who was one of
four people killed in a shooting spree by a divorce litigant who was
later shot and killed by police. Sann represented the wife of shooter
Nengmy Vang.
The bill makes it a felony to harm or threaten a lawyer, corporation counsel or guardian ad litem for work on a family law case,. . ." More.
Originally from the ABAJournal News by Debra Cassens Weiss
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