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  • February 01, 2005

    Inside the Bar February 2005: State Bar announces third candidate for president-elect; deadlines near for district governors

    Steve Levine, Madison, is a candidate for State Bar president-elect. Levine, assistant general counsel for the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, submitted a petition signed by 100 active Bar members.

    Inside the Bar
    February 2005

    State Bar announces third candidate for president-elect; deadlines near for district governors

    Steve Levine, Madison, is a candidate for State Bar president-elect. Levine, assistant general counsel for the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, submitted a petition signed by 100 active Bar members.

    Steve Levine

    Steve Levine

    "In most Bar elections just 30 percent of the members vote," says Levine. "I want to be the candidate for the 70 percent who haven't found a reason to vote - the member who believes that Bar membership should be voluntary, the member who believes that dues shouldn't be spent on a PR campaign to improve the image of lawyers, and the nonresident member who pays full dues but is vastly underrepresented on the Board of Governors. This will be an election of issues rather than personalities."

    In December, the State Bar Nominating Committee announced two president-elect candidates - Dean R. Dietrich, Wausau, and G. Jeffrey George, La Crosse. Officer candidates' platform statements and biographies will be published in the March Inside the Bar.

    Board of Governors. Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 elect governors in 2005. District 2 (Milwaukee) elects seven governors; District 9 (Dane), three; and all other districts, one. The Board of Governors is the State Bar's policymaking body. Governors serve two-year terms. Interested Bar members must submit a petition signed by 10 active members in their district by March 1.

    For more information or to obtain a petition, visit www.wisbar.org/bar/bog.html, or contact Jan Marks at jmarks@wisbar.org, (800) 444-9404, ext. 6106, or (608) 250-6106.

    Election ballots will be mailed by April 8. Those elected will take office July 1.


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