Joseph A. Bugni – Hurley Burish, S.C.

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Joe Bugni is an attorney at Hurley Burish, focusing on trial and appellate litigation in both civil and criminal matters.

In the thirteen years he spent with the Federal Defender’s Office, in Milwaukee and as supervisor in charge of the Madison office, Joe handled over 600 federal cases and over sixty appeals. He has taken many cases to trial and received acquittals in a variety of different cases, including in a closely followed large white-collar conspiracy prosecution. In addition to his extensive trial experience, he has also been successful in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit with many appellate victories and two en banc arguments. Three of his Seventh Circuit briefs have been recognized as “the best briefs” by the State Bar of Wisconsin Appellate Practice Section. Articles about those briefs and the briefs themselves can be found here for the 2022 win, the 2020 win, and the 2016 win.

After law school, Joe clerked for three years for then-Chief Judge William J. Zloch of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and for two years for Judge Daniel. A. Manion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Beyond his success in the courtroom, Joe has been recognized as a leader in the law by the State Bar, which wrote this article about him. And his clients have given him over ninety positive reviews on AVVO—they can all be seen here

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense in State and Federal Court
Civil Litigation in State and Federal Court
Appellate Practice in State and Federal Court
Post-Conviction Litigation

Bar Admissions
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Clerkships

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,
Chief Judge Zloch, 2006–2009

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,
Judge Daniel A. Manion, 2009–2011

Representative Cases

Citation

United States v. Price, 84 F.4th 738 (7th Cir. 2023)
United States v. Thayer, 40 F.4th 797 (7th Cir. 2022)
United States v. Hamzeh, 986 F.3d 1048 (7th Cir. 2021)
Guenther v. Marske, 997 F.3d 735 (7th Cir. 2021)
United States v. Stands Alone, 11 F.4th 532 (7th Cir. 2021)
United States v. Dingwall, 6 F.4th 744 (7th Cir. 2021)
United States v. Cook, 970 F.3d 866 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Howard, 968 F.3d 717 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Draheim, 958 F.3d 651 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Caya, 956 F.3d 498 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Hosler, 966 F.3d 690 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Stamps, 983 F.3d 945 (7th Cir. 2020)
United States v. Cook, 914 F.3d 545 (7th Cir. 2019)
Jensen v. Pollard, 924 F.3d 451 (7th Cir. 2019)
United States v. Johnson, 916 F.3d 570 (7th Cir. 2019)
United States v. Fincher, 929 F.3d 501 (7th Cir. 2019)
United States v. Edwards, 944 F.3d 631 (7th Cir. 2019)
United States v. Franklin, 895 F.3d 954 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Franklin, 884 F.3d 331 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Sahm, 895 F.3d 954 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Sahm, 884 F.3d 331 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Olson, 880 F.3d 873 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Ferguson, 889 F.3d 314 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Van Haften, 881 F.3d 543 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Scott, 901 F.3d 842 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Pennington, 908 F.3d 234 (7th Cir. 2018)
United States v. Johnson, 874 F.3d 571 (7th Cir. 2017) (en banc)
United States v. Featherly, 846 F.3d 237 (7th Cir. 2017)
United States v. Wearing, 865 F.3d 553 (7th Cir. 2017)
Yates v. United States, 842 F.3d 1051 (7th Cir. 2016)
United States v. Iriri, 825 F.3d 351 (7th Cir. 2016)
United States v. Ferguson, 831 F.3d 850 (7th Cir. 2016)
United States v. Warren, 843 F.3d 275 (7th Cir. 2016)
United States v. Rahman, 803 F.3d 822 (7th Cir. 2015)
United States v. Pierotti, 777 F.3d 917 (7th Cir. 2015)
United States v. Vivas-Ceja, 808 F.3d 719 (7th Cir. 2015)
Jensen v. Clements, 800 F.3d 892 (7th Cir. 2015)
Pidgeon v. Smith, 785 F.3d 1165 (7th Cir. 2015)
United States v. Meza-Rodriguez, 798 F.3d 664 (7th Cir. 2015)
Keith v. Schaub, 772 F.3d 451 (7th Cir. 2014)
Kerr v. Dittmann, 744 F.3d 483 (7th Cir. 2014)
United States v. Clay, 752 F.3d 1106 (7th Cir. 2014)
United States v. Scott, 901 F.3d 842 (7th Cir. 2013)
United States v. Delgado, 701 F.3d 1161 (7th Cir. 2012)
United States v. Hamzeh, 420 F. Supp. 3d 828 (E.D. Wis. 2019)
United States v. Moore, 983 F. Supp. 2d 1030 (E.D. Wis. 2013)
United States v. Griffin, 884 F. Supp. 2d 767 (E.D. Wis. 2012)

Publications

Joseph A. Bugni, Direct Criminal Appeals, in THE ATTORNEY’S GUIDE TO THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS (Wis. State Bar Ed., 2024).

Joseph A. Bugni & Shelley M. Fite, Direct Criminal Appeals, in The Attorney’s Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Wis. State Bar Ed., 2016–20).

Joseph A. Bugni & Jessica A. Ettinger, Direct Criminal Appeals, in The Attorney’s Guide to The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Wis. State Bar Ed., 2020–22).

Joseph A. Bugni, Jim Shellow and the Importance of Mentorship, 95 Wis. Law. 38–46 (April 2022).

Joseph A. Bugni & Guy Cardamone, The Best Thing Since the Exclusionary Rule: For the Defense, The Champion, May 2022.

Joseph A. Bugni, A Legacy of Uncompromising Excellence: A Tribute to Jim Shellow, The Champion November 2022.

Joseph A. Bugni, A Legacy that Endures, Florida Defender, Summer 2023.