For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Christi Powers
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
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Wilson to chair State Bar section
Wausau attorney will head Environmental Law Section
MADISON, June 2, 2003 - Attorney Russell W. Wilson
will be the incoming chairperson for the State Bar of Wisconsin's
Environmental Law section beginning July 1. During his one-year term, he
will oversee a 13-member committee that promotes communication and
cooperation among private, public interest, in-house and government
attorneys. The section sponsors educational seminars, publishes a
newsletter and coordinates opportunities for free legal assistance to
citizens with environmental legal issues.
Employed by Ruder Ware of Wausau, Wilson practices in the areas of
environmental and worker's compensation law. In addition to being a
State Bar section chair, he is a member of both the American Bar
Association and the Marathon County Bar Association. Named one of the
"Best Lawyers in America" for the worker's compensation section, Wilson
is also active in civic affairs. He is the current director of the First
Universalist Unitarian Church and sits on the board of directors for the
Woodson Y.M.C.A. He is a board member for the Marathon County Historical
Society and has volunteered in area youth clubs such as the Wausau
Soccer Club and the Wausau Flyers Track Club. He graduated with honors
from University of South Carolina in 1974 and obtained his law degree
from the UW- Madison Law School in 1978.
The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association,
created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a law
license in Wisconsin. With more than 20,000 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.
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