By Attorney Heiner Giese

Deputy Chief Judge William Pocan has announced that small claims cases in Milwaukee County will return to in-person hearings starting Monday, August 14.

The schedule will be the same as before COVID: Collection cases in the AM, Return date for evictions at 1:30 and adjourned eviction cases at 2:30. Also (good news!) affidavits of noncompliance will be taken as walk-ins at 2:30 daily.

At 11:00 AM is the time set for walk-ins asking for a case to be reopened. This will mostly be tenants but could be landlords who maybe missed a return date and had their case dismissed.

There will be three commissioners assigned to return date and adjourned date hearings and a fourth commissioner iin SC4 will conduct trials.

Judge Pocan said that requests could still be made to appear via Zoom. He gave examples of illness, no child care, etc. and in those cases the CC will have a screen in their hearing room to allow participation via Zoom.