Good Lawyers Depend on Good Resources
The following are a few of our favorite reliable sources of online information. We hope that these legal and consumer sites will help you to inform yourself about legal issues of concern to you and to help you determine when the situation calls for the personalized guidance and support our law office has to offer.
**For the Holidays:**
Center for a New American Dream's advice & inspiration for simplifying the holidays: http://www.newdream.org/holiday/index.php
General Resources:
La Crosse County Clerk of Circuit Court: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/departments/court/
State Bar of Wisconsin Consumer Site: www.legalexplorer.com
FindLaw: www.findlaw.com
NOLO: www.nolo.com
AVVO: www.avvo.com
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade & Consumer Protection: datcp.state.wi.us/cp/consumerinfo/cp/factsheets/index.jsp
Wisconsin State Law Library: wsll.state.wi.us/
Business Law
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions: www.wdfi.org
Wisconsin Secretary of State: www.sos.state.wi.us
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Small Business Development Center: www.uwlax.edu/sbdc
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance: www.oci.wi.gov/consinfo.htm
Credit/Debt Law
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin: www.wiw.uscourts.gov/bankruptcy/index.htm
US Trustee Program: www.usdoj.gov/ust/eo/bapcpa/index.htm
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (Wisconsin Consumer Act info): www.wdfi.org/wca/faq.htm
Federal Trade Commission (Fair Debt Collection Practice info): www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/credit/debt.shtm
Bankrate (general lending/borrowing info): www.bankrate.com
Hope Now (President Obama's mortgage loan modification program): www.hopenow.com/
CouleeCap: www.couleecap.org/
360 Financial Literacy: www.360financialliteracy.org
Feed the Pig: www.feedthepig.org
Miscellaneous Financial Management Sites
www.myvalidas.com
www.mint.com
www.billshrink.com
www.lowermybills.com
http://www.newdream.org/cc/economy.php
http://www.newdream.org/consumption/index.php
Elder Law
Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups: www.cwag.org
Wisconsin Department of Health Services:
"Services for the Elderly": dhs.wisconsin.gov/aging/index.htm
"Wisconsin Nursing Homes": dhs.wisconsin.gov/bqaconsumer/NursingHomes/NHindex.htm
La Crosse County Aging Program: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/aging/
La Crosse County Benefit Specialist Program: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/aging/Docs/EldBenefitSpc.pdf
AARP: www.aarp.org/
Estate Planning
Wisconsin State Law Library: wsll.state.wi.us/topic/estate.html
Wisconsin Department of Health Services: dhs.wisconsin.gov/
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie Plate: www.yellowpieplate.umn.edu/indexB.html
National Health Care Decisions Day website: www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org/
La Crosse Tribune, "National Movement Stresses Importance of Advance Directives": www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/04/16/news/z05death16.txt
Probate & Trust Administration
Wisconsin Register in Probate Association: www.wripa.org
Real Estate Law
Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association: www.wrdaonline.org
Wisconsin Realtors Association: www.wra.org
Tenant Resource Center: www.tenantresourcecenter.org
National Ass'n of Home Builders (site re: first-time home buyers' tax credit): http://www.federalhousingcredit.com/
