GLAESKE v. Shaw

Elmer W. Glaeske, as Trustee of the Irrevocable Trust of Arthur Shaw, Plaintiff-Respondent,

v.

Elwyn M. Shaw, Defendant-Appellant,

William Shaw, Defendant-Respondent,

Frank P. Murphy, Co-Appellant.

No. 03-2568.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: January 6, 2005.

Before Vergeront, Lundsten and Higginbotham, JJ.

¶1 LUNDSTEN, J.

Attorney Frank Murphy appeals a judgment in which the circuit court assessed attorneys' fees against him in connection with his representation of Elwyn Shaw. Elwyn challenged a trust created by his father, Arthur Shaw. Elwyn claimed that William Shaw, Arthur's nephew…