Winnebago County v. J.M., Wisconsin Supreme Court
On October 20, 2017, NDRN in an amicus drafted by the firm of Godfrey & Kahn pro bono in arguing that the standard for effective assistance of counsel should be different than Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a civil commitment hearing.
On April 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that there is a statutory right to effective counsel but that the standard set forth in Strickland is the correct standard one.
