Attorney Seth E. Dizard has recently been appointed to the National Board of Directors for the Ruffed Grouse Society. Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) is North America’s foremost conservation organization dedicated to preserving our sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock, and other wildlife. RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices.

Seth is a longtime member of the David Uihlein (Milwaukee) Chapter of RGS. O’Neil Cannon has been a regular corporate sponsor of RGS since Seth joined the firm. As an avid hunter and conservationist, the honor means a great deal to Seth and he looks forward to serving on the National Board. The firm is proud of Seth, as well as its longstanding tradition of giving back, in addition to supporting those causes which are important to its lawyers and staff.

RGS is mainly comprised of grouse and woodcock hunters who support national scientific conservation and management efforts to ensure the future of the species. The organization employs a team of wildlife biologists to work with private landowners, and government, including local, state and federal, land managers who are interested in improving their land for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and the other songbirds and wildlife that have similar requirements.

To read more about the Ruffed Grouse Society and their efforts click here.

An investors group that includes the owner of three area golf courses has purchased the former Lac La Bell Country Club near Oconomowoc for $1.3 million.

The golf course was sold to the group by receiver Seth Dizard on behalf of First Bank Financial Centre, which took it back from the previous owner in a foreclosure action.The 18-hole, 140-acre golf course is located at W389 N6996 Pennsylvania St. in the Village of Lac La Belle.

(Excerpted from BizTimes.com)  Read full article here.

As reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, State Rep. Evan Goyke (D-Milwaukee) introduced five bills designed to alleviate what Rep. Goyke  considers ongoing problems arising from the housing crisis that began in 2008.  Lenders and their counsel would be wise to pay careful attention to a number of the bills in the package, as they could, if passed in to law, significantly affect future foreclosure actions.

Of particular concern to lenders is the proposal to require a plaintiff filing a foreclosure action to post a $15,000 demolition bond with the clerk of courts of the county in which the property is located.  If the property in question must be demolished, the $15,000 would be applied to the cost of the demolition.  Additionally, the $75 filing fee currently associated with a foreclosure action would be increased by $50.  This fee increase would be used to install lighting at existing abandoned homes.  Another bill in the package would give municipalities and lenders the right to enter foreclosed properties to address any potential problems.  It is uncertain whether the bill is intended to create a requirement to do so.

Copies of the legislation can be read here.  Further information about these bills, and the other bills included in the package, as well as the impact they may have on the decision to bring a foreclosure action, can be obtained by contacting any member of our firm’s Creditors’ Rights Practice Group.

Radisson Subcontractors Move Closer to Getting Paid

Four contractors petitioned to appoint a receiver for the contractor, Gil-Her Limited, that hired them for work at the Radisson Hotel. The move could help all parties reach a settlement in the hotel’s ongoing foreclosure suit.
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Posted on November 19, 2012

Attorney Seeks Expanded Authority to Market, Sell Radisson Hotel

The receivership attorney appointed by the village to monitor day-to-day business at the Radisson Hotel wants the power to market and sell the hotel, as well as address issues with the members of the ownership group.
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“Cook and Franke law firm dissolved”

Cook and Franke SC, one of Wisconsin’s oldest and at one time one of the largest law firms, has been dissolved as a corporation.

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