MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 23, 2012
CONTACT:
Andrea Gage, J.D.
State Bar of Wisconsin
(608) 250-6025
(608) 630-0432 (cell)
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
agage@wisbar.org
Former Governor Jim Doyle to Address Politics Surrounding Healthcare
Reform Act
Madison, WI – State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE®,
the leading provider of continuing
legal education for attorneys in the state, is pleased to announce
that former Governor Jim Doyle will be the keynote speaker at this
year’s Health,
Labor, and Employment Law Institute luncheon in the Wisconsin
Dells.
Doyle, who has been nationally recognized for his health law expertise
and his work with the White House, will discuss the legal and political
landscape after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on President
Obama's Healthcare Reform Act. Doyle will examine what the decision
means for Wisconsin, and what impact health care reform will have on the
upcoming presidential elections.
Prior to serving as Wisconsin’s 44th governor, Doyle
served as Wisconsin’s attorney general and as Dane County District
Attorney. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in
1972. Doyle is currently of counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP.
Members of the media who wish to cover the Health, Labor, and
Employment Law Institute luncheon should contact Andrea Gage at
(608) 250-6025 or agage@wisbar.org.
Who:
Former Governor Jim Doyle
State Bar of Wisconsin members
What:
Keynote Speech at Health, Labor, and Employment Law Institute
luncheon
When:
Speech from Noon to 1:30 on August 23, 2012
Members of the media asked to arrive by 11:45
Where:
Wilderness Resort
511 East Adams St.
Wisconsin Dells, WI
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