For Immediate Release
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Seven Milwaukee area lawyers elected to the Bar's Board of
Governors
MADISON, April 25, 2003 - Seven Milwaukee County
attorneys have been elected to the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of
Governors, the body responsible for managing and directing the affairs
and activities of the statewide association. The seven members elected
last week to two-year terms will join six other local attorneys on the
Board.
As created by Supreme Court Rule, the State Bar is governed by a
48-member Board of Governors consisting of six officers, 34 members
elected by State Bar members from the association's 16 districts, five
elected by divisions of the State Bar, and three non-lawyers appointed
by the Supreme Court. As policy makers, the Board of Governors and
officers influence the future of the legal profession and the delivery
of legal services in Wisconsin.
Those elected from Milwaukee County include:
JAMES M. BRENNAN has been very active in civil and
family trial practice in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court system for
the past 26 years; he currently serves as the Chief Staff Attorney for
the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc.'s Civil Division. He received
his J.D. from Marquette University Law School in 1976. A member of the
Board of Governors since 1997, Brennan also serves on the association's
Executive Committee, Lawyer Regulation Study Committee and Diversity
Outreach Committee. In addition, he belongs to the Bar's Family Law and
Litigation Sections, and acts as a liaison to the Legal Assistance
Committee and Indian Law and Individual Rights & Responsibilities
Sections. Brennan currently sits on Wisconsin's Federal Nominating
Commission.
BARBARA L. BURBACH, a shareholder in the firm of
Burbach & Stansbury S.C., graduated from the University of Wisconsin
Law School in 1975. She is a member of the State Bar's Alternate Dispute
Resolution Section and Diversity Outreach Committee. Currently the head
of the Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation, Burbach is a past president
of the Milwaukee Bar Association (1990), the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers - Wisconsin Chapter (1992) and the Leander J. Foley
Inns of Court (2001).
GWENDOLYN G. CONNOLLY, a solo practitioner,
graduated with honors from Drake University Law School in Des Moines,
Iowa. From 2001-2002 she served as president of the Association for
Women Lawyers. Connolly is actively involved in the American Bar
Association, Milwaukee Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers
Association and the Women Business Owners Network. She also teaches Law
Practices Management at Marquette University Law School.
WILLIAM J. DOMINA is the Corporation Counsel for
Milwaukee County and a former Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel
for Waukesha County. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire with a degree in business administration and from the University
of Wisconsin Law School. Following law school, Domina spent two years
with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals as a judicial clerk for Justices
Robert Dean and Neal Nettesheim. He is a past president of the Waukesha
County Bar Association., and is a frequent lecturer on a variety of
legal topics. In his spare time, Domina serves his community as a
four-time elected member and president of the Waukesha School Board, and
has served as a member of the board of directors of the Waukesha Area
Chamber of Commerce, Salvation Army and the Midwest Division of the
American Cancer Society. He is also an appointed charter member of the
Wisconsin Tobacco Control Board.
D. MICHAEL GUERIN is a partner at the law firm of
Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown. In 1974, he received his J.D. from
Marquette University Law School, where he now serves as an instructor. A
past president of the Milwaukee Bar Association, Guerin currently sits
on the boards of Marquette University High School, Centra Legal and the
Eastern District Wisconsin Bar Association. He is a former City of
Milwaukee Police Officer and a proud graduate of the Harley Davidson
Rider course.
JOHN W. HEIN was admitted to the Bar in 1970, after
graduating from New York University Law School. He then served as Law
Clerk to the Hon. E. Harold Hallows, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin
Supreme Court from 1970-1971. Hein is the author of "Mitigation of
Damages - The Law of Damages in Wisconsin" (1992), and is a member of
the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, the Corporate Practice Institute,
Presbyterian Homes of Wisconsin and the Skylight Opera Theatre. He is
currently in private practice at Godfrey, Braun & Frazier, LLP.
ELAINE E. RICHARDS is a Vice President at U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (formerly Firstar). Prior to joining U.S.
Bancorp in 1998, she spent three years in corporate legal practice at
Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris and Rieselbach, S.C. Richards is
currently serving as immediate past president of the Wisconsin
Association of African American Lawyers (WAAL), having previously served
as president, president-elect and board member at large. She has also
served on the board of Walker's Point Development Corporation, a
community development corporation on the south side of Milwaukee.
Richards received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting
from Andrews University (Michigan) in 1991 and her J.D. from Howard
University School of Law (Washington, D.C.) in 1995.
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, and assists Wisconsin
lawyers in carrying out initiatives to educate the public about the
legal system.
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