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  • Press Release
    June 03, 2005

    Diversity, Business and the Bottom Line Featured at Program

    For Immediate Release

    CONTACT: Teresa Weidemann-Smith
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
    twsmith@wisbar.org

    Diversity, Business and the Bottom Line Featured at Program

    MADISON, June 3, 2005 -- The State Bar of Wisconsin's Diversity Outreach Committee, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, will present the 2005 Annual Diversity in the Legal Profession program from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on June 9 at the Italian Community Center, 631 East Chicago Street in Milwaukee. The program focuses on "Diversity, Your Practice and the Bottom Line."

    "This year, we are excited to include a stellar panel of corporate counsel and experts from Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development as part of the annual program," says State Bar President Michelle Behnke. "Panelists will impart important information about how outside counsel is selected and how corporations view diversity and community connections."

    Keynote speaker, Attorney N. Cornell Boggs III, Vice President and General Counsel, Tyco Plastics and Adhesives, will share his experiences with and perspective on diversity in the legal profession. Panel members include: Terry Ludeman, chief of the Office of Economic Advisors and Attorney Micabil Diaz Martinez, deputy secretary, both of Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development in Madison; Attorney Kim Rivera-Sanchez, vice president law, Rockwell Automation Inc. in Mayfield Heights, Ohio; Attorney Robert Johnson, senior counsel, McDonald's Corporation, Oak Brook, Ill.; and Attorney Michelle Nettles, director - strategic projects, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee. Behnke will moderate the panel discussion.

    The Diversity Counsel Program's mission is to promote legal services opportunities for minority and women attorneys within the legal profession.

    The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association, created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a Wisconsin law license. With more than 21,000 members, the State Bar aids the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing legal education for its members to help them maintain their expertise, and assists Wisconsin lawyers in carrying out community service initiatives to educate the public about the legal system and the value of lawyers.

    For more information, visit www.wisbar.org.



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