Should you answer questions from the Police?  Exercise Caution! A few questions may seem like a minor thing, but when it’s the police doing the questioning, you need to be careful about how you act and what you say. You may think the conversation is nothing, but there could be ulterior motives at play. Witness or Suspect It’s possible that the police are questioning you because they think you can give them a little extra information about something that happened. Maybe...

Each year, Super Lawyers uses a patented, multi-phase selection process to select top attorneys across the United States.  The Madison law firm of Eisenberg Law Offices is happy to announce that Stephen Eisenberg has been selected as a Super Lawyer for 2018. Here are the steps of the selection process: Nominations: Peer nominations and independent research is used to identify a list of potential candidates.Independent Research: Each candidate is evaluated across 12 key categories.Peer...

Madison Law Firm explains Wrongful Death claims If someone you love dies because of someone else’s intentional or reckless actions, you have a cause of action for wrongful death. This may be the furthest thing from your mind, and you might want to leave the matter to the police and the criminal justice system. But in doing so, you can lose your right to recover damages from the person responsible.  The wrongful death attorneys at Eisenberg Law Offices in Madison WI Wrongful Death...

Consider more than just cost when hiring a defense attorney in Madison WI When you seek legal representation for your defense, unless you are independently wealthy, the cost of the service probably matters to you. But finding that cost will depend on not only the lawyers’ hourly rates; the time required and the steps taken in your defense all are important factors. In the end, you have to weigh not only the billing rates, but also the quality of representation and what you stand to...

Before responding to solicitation by attorneys, do your homework If you have ever been sued, arrested, hospitalized, or been in a traffic accident, you know one thing you can depend on: hearing from lawyers. Almost as soon as you get home the next day, the calls and the postcards start to arrive. It is almost as though they sense something has happened to you, and swoop in eagerly for their chance to cash in on what happened to you. Before you respond, though, take some time to evaluate the...