State ex rel. Godfrey & Kahn v. Circuit Court

¶ 1. Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., petitions for a supervisory writ of prohibition, pursuant to *614Wis. Stat. § 809.51 (2009-10),1 to prevent the trial court, Reserve Judge Dennis J. Flynn presiding, from signing and entering a judgment against Godfrey & Kahn for legal bills and costs in Stone v. Midwest Air Group, Inc., Milwaukee County Circuit Court Case No. 2008CV15335. In an oral ruling at a post-verdict motion hearing, the trial court, sua sponte, invoked its inherent authority and said that it was sanctioning Godfrey & Kahn, the law firm representing Midwest Air Group, Inc., "in the exercise of…