Stephen P. Hurley
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33 East Main Street, Suite 400, Madison, WI 53703
About Stephen P. Hurley
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IllinoisJ.D.
- Knox College, Galesburg, IllinoisB.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: Dean's List
Languages
- English
- French
Representative Cases
- People ex rel. Rice v. Cunningham, 336 N.E.2d 1 (Illinois 1975)
- Green v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., 692 F.2d 1153 (C.A.8 (Minn.) 1982)
- County of Door v. Hayes-Brook, 449 N.W.2d 601 (Wis. 1990)
- Jackson v. Benson, 578 N.W. 2d 602 (Wis. 1998)
- Uhl v. Zalk Josephs Fabricators, Inc., 121 F.3d 1133 (7th Cir. 1997)
- State v. Wulff, 557 N.W. 2d 813 (7th Cir 1997)
- State v. Hicks, 549 N.W. 2d 435 (Wis. 1996)
- State v. Hicks, 536 N.W.2d 487 (Wis. 1995)
- DeWitt, Porter, Huggett Schumucher & Morgan, S.C. v. Kovalic, 991 F.2d 1243 (7th Cir 1993)
- John Doe Case No. 2003 JD 001 v. The Honorable J. Mac Davis and State of Wisconsin, 2005 WI 70 (2005)
- United States of America v. Georgia Thompson, 484 F.3d 877 (7th Cir. 2007)
Classes and Seminars
- ABA National Institute on White Collar Crime, March 4, 2015
- University of Wisconsin Law School: Evidence and Trial Advocacy, 1989 – present
- Introduction to the American Legal System, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China, 2011-2014; Thamassat University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015
- K-9 Dogs and Drug Searches, Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 30, 2011
- K-9 Dogs and Drug Searches, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 19, 2009
- Crossing Dogs: Drug Dogs, Cadaver Dogs, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 1, 2008
- Doggone Dogma: Dogs, Alerts & Admissibility, Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, April 8, 2008
- Wisconsin Evidence Workshop, Professional Educations Systems, Inc., 1992 – 2004
- American Jurisdiction over Foreign Business, National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan, 1996
- Evidence, Doshisha University Law School, Kyoto, 2017 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1972
- Wisconsin, 1976
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1972
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1976
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1976
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
Other Affiliations
- American College of Trial Lawyers, 1999 - Present (Fellow)
- Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin, 2005 - Present (Board Member and Past President)
- Board of Federal Defender Services Wisconsin Inc., 2009 - 2013 (Chair)
- Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Former Member of the Board Directors)
- Board of Trustees, Madison Opera, 2010 - 2012 (President)
- Editorial Advisory Board, Wisconsin Defender (Member)
- Dane County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
- Dane County Bar Association, 1992 (Member)
- State Bar of Wisconsin (Member)
- Western District Bar Association, Standing Committee on Criminal Justice, 1993 (Former Chairman)
- American Inns of Court, James E. Doyle Chapter, 1992 - 1999 (Master Bencher)
Past Positions
- University of Wisconsin Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1989 - 2017
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Consultant to the Office of General Counsel, 2003
- Dane County, Wisconsin, Court Commissioner, 1982 - 1999
- Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Deputy Defender, 1974 - 1976
- Office of the State Appellate Defender, Third Judicial District, Ottawa, Illinois, Assistant Defender, 1972 - 1974
Fraternities and Sororities
- Sigma Nu
Articles
Published Works
- Can Defense Counsel Ethically Breach A Plea Agreement?, Wisconsin Defender (Reprinted in Plea Bargaining and Penology: An Appraisal, M.N. Bhavani, ed., 2008, Amicus Books of Icfai University Press) (June 2005)
- The Attorney-Client Privilege: The Self Defense Exception To The Attorney-Client Privilege, Wisconsin Defender (January 1998)
- Admissibility of "Soft Science" Expert Testimony in Wisconsin and Techniques to Challenge its Use, Wisconsin Defender, December, 1998
- Straw, Sticks or Bricks: How Strong is the Attorney-Client Privilege? A Cautionary Tale for Defense Counsel, Wisconsin Defender (June 1998)
- “Sharp Practice:” The Use of Section 908.01(4)(b) Admission by Party-Opponent to Hoist A Prosecutor By His Own Words, or the Lessons of State v. Cardenas-Hernandez, Wisconsin Defender (December 1999)
- Hurley for the Defense, Isthmus, 2007
- When Honesty is Not Best Politics, American Bar Association Journal, 2007
- Rainy Day Man, Wisconsin Super Lawyers® Magazine, 2008
- Stand and Deliver: Tips on Trying Your First Case, American Bar Association Journal Podcast (May 7, 2012)
- Best in Show: Admissibility of Police Dog Evidence., Hurley, Burish & Stanton (2011)
- Defense Juvenile Case in Wisconsin (1993)
- Wisconsin Criminal Defense Manual (1992)
- Case Study: Medication Errors and Criminal Negligence, Journal of Nursing Regulation, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2010
Office Info
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