For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Christi Powers
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
cpowers@wisbar.org |
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Wisconsin State Bar officials attend Leadership Institute
MADISON, April 18, 2003 - Joining some 300 other
national lawyer-leaders in Chicago last month, State Bar of Wisconsin
officials attended the American Bar Association's (ABA) Leadership
Institute to explore local, state and national legal initiatives.
State Bar Executive Director, George C. Brown, was accompanied by
Michelle A. Behnke and Earl H. Munson who are both candidates for the
president-elect post. Votes are due Friday, April 25 from more than
20,000 members who will elect a candidate for the 2004 presidential
term.
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Photo from left to right:
Dennis W. Archer, Detroit, Michigan -- American Bar
Association, President-Elect, Earl H. Munson, Madison
-- Wisconsin State Bar President-Elect candidate, Michelle A.
Behnke, Madison -- Wisconsin State Bar President-Elect
candidate, George C. Brown, Madison -- Executive
Director, State Bar of Wisconsin, Alfred P. Carlton,
Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina -- American Bar Association,
(current) President
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Munson, a partner with the Madison firm of Boardman, Suhr, Curry
& Field, has practiced law for more than 40 years in the areas of
trial, class actions and commercial tort. As a member of the State Bar
board of governors since 2000, Munson has served on numerous committees
including the Legal Assistance, Bench/Bar and Professionalism
committees. He is a former lecturer at the UW-Madison Law School and
also was a board member for the Dane County Legal Services Center.
Behnke, a solo practitioner in Madison, has practiced law since 1988
and has been a State Bar executive committee member since 1997. Having
served on the State Bar board of governors since 1994, Behnke was named
chair in 2001, and has also participated on various committees including
the Rules and Bylaws, Diversity Outreach and Law Education committees.
Behnke previously served as treasurer for the Wisconsin Equal Justice
Coalition and has also taught classes and seminars at the UW-Madison Law
School.
Brown, Behnke and Munson attended the ABA Bar Leadership Institute
which provides a forum on governance, finance, communications and
planning initiatives that benefit the legal community. The seminar is
held annually in Chicago for incoming officials of state and local bars,
special-focus lawyer organizations, and bar foundation members.
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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