The Board of Governors manages and directs the affairs and activities of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The board includes: the association's five officers, the immediate past president (all of whom are ex officio members-at-large of the board), 35 members elected from the State Bar districts, one member selected by the Young Lawyers Division, one member selected by the Government Lawyers Division, one member selected by the Senior Lawyers Division, five members selected by the Nonresident Lawyers Division, and three nonlawyers appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Twelve of the members are elected from District 2 (Milwaukee County), seven members from District 9 (Dane County), three members from District 6 (Waukesha County), and one from all other districts. The term of office is two years, commencing on July 1 following the spring election.

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Officers President Atty. Kevin G. Klein Klein Law Office SC 166 N Lake Ave PO Box 350 Phillips, WI 54555-0350 Phone: (715) 339-2000 Fax: (715) 339-2011 Email: kleinlaw@pctcnet.net Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 President-Elect Atty. Patrick J. Fiedler Axley Brynelson LLP 2 E Mifflin St Ste 200 PO Box 1767 Madison, WI 53701-1767 Phone: (608) 283-6753 Fax: (608) 257-5444 Email: pfiedler@axley.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 Secretary Atty. Jennifer Ann Stuber Hogan & Melms LLP 3622 Hwy 47 N PO Box 1008 Rhinelander, WI 54501-1008 Phone: (715) 365-1008 Fax: (715) 365-1010 Email: jstuber@newnorth.net Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Treasurer Atty. Kelly C. Nickel Leece & Phillips Law Offices SC 6 West St PO Box 710 Elkhorn, WI 53121-0710 Phone: (262) 723-7040 Fax: (262) 723-7039 Email: nickel@leeceandphillips.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2013 Chairperson of the Board Atty. Kelli Sue Thompson State Public Defenders Office 315 N Henry St 2nd Fl PO Box 7923 Madison, WI 53707-7923 Phone: (608) 266-5480 Fax: (608) 267-1777 Email: kellithompson111@gmail.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 Past President Atty. James M. Brennan 76199 Koski Rd Mellen, WI 54546-9106 Phone: Fax: Email: jdjmb@aol.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 District 1 - Jefferson, Kenosha, Walworth Atty. Joseph M. Cardamone III Kenosha County Corporation Counsel 912 56th St Lower Level 13 Kenosha, WI 53140-3736 Phone: (262) 925-8024 Fax: (262) 925-8028 Email: joseph.cardamone@kenoshacounty.org Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 District 2 - Milwaukee Atty. Andrew P. Beilfuss Quarles & Brady LLP 411 E Wisconsin Ave Ste 2350 Milwaukee, WI 53202-4426 Phone: (414) 277-5111 Fax: (414) 978-8770 Email: andrew.beilfuss@quarles.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 Atty. Raymond M. Dall'Osto Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP 330 E Kilbourn Ave # 1170 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3146 Phone: (414) 271-1440 Fax: (414) 271-7680 Email: dallosto@grgblaw.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 Atty. Arthur J. Harrington Godfrey & Kahn SC 780 N Water St Milwaukee, WI 53202-3512 Phone: (414) 273-3500 Fax: (414) 273-5198 Email: Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 Atty. Margaret Wrenn Hickey Becker, Hickey & Poster SC 401 E Kilbourn Ave Ste 403 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3212 Phone: (414) 273-1414 Fax: (414) 273-3223 Email: margaret@beckerhickey.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 Atty. Jill M. Kastner Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc 230 W Wells St # 800 Milwaukee, WI 53203-1828 Phone: (414) 274-3438 Fax: (414) 278-5853 Email: jmkastner@gmail.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Atty. Lisa M. Lawless Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC 555 E Wells St Ste 1900 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3837 Phone: (414) 978-5438 Fax: (414) 223-5000 Email: llawless@whdlaw.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 Atty. Athenee P. Lucas 7700 W Bobolink Ave Milwaukee, WI 53218-1731 Phone: Fax: Email: alucas15@wi.rr.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 Atty. Kevin J. Lyons Davis & Kuelthau SC 111 E Kilbourn Ave Ste 1400 Milwaukee, WI 53202-6677 Phone: (414) 225-1402 Fax: (414) 278-3602 Email: klyons@dkattorneys.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2013 Atty. Theodore Perlick Molinari Birdsall Law Offices SC 135 W Wells St Ste 214 Milwaukee, WI 53203-1807 Phone: (414) 831-5465 Fax: (414) 831-5468 Email: tjpm@birdsall-law.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 Atty. Thomas J. Phillips Quarles & Brady LLP 411 E Wisconsin Ave Ste 2350 Milwaukee, WI 53202-4426 Phone: (414) 277-5831 Fax: (414) 978-8831 Email: thomas.phillips@quarles.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 Atty. Anique Nicole Ruiz 1235 S Westchester St Milwaukee, WI 53214-3645 Phone: (414) 378-9014 Fax: Email: anique_ruiz@hotmail.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Atty. Nicholas C. Zales Zales Law Office 9012 W Holt Ave Milwaukee, WI 53227-4426 Phone: (414) 224-8411 Fax: Email: zales1958@yahoo.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 District 3 - Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Winnebago Atty. Paul G. Swanson Steinhilber, Swanson, Mares, Marone & McDermott 107 Church Ave PO Box 617 Oshkosh, WI 54903-0617 Phone: (920) 426-0456 Fax: (920) 426-5530 Email: pswanson@oshkoshlawyers.com Term: 7/1/2007-6/30/2015 District 4 - Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan Atty. William F. Fale Fale, Fale & Hemsing 1526 S 12th St 200 Sheboygan, WI 53081-5244 Phone: (920) 457-7744 Fax: (920) 457-1011 Email: wffale@ffhlawoffices.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 District 5 - Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Richland, Trempealeau, Vernon Atty. Charles E. Hanson Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik 505 King St # 300 PO Box 1927 La Crosse, WI 54602-1927 Phone: (608) 784-3540 Fax: (608) 784-7414 Email: ceh@haleskemp.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 District 6 - Waukesha Atty. Kimberly K. Haines Waukesha County Corporation Counsel 515 W Moreland Blvd Ste 330 Waukesha, WI 53188-2428 Phone: (262) 548-7432 Fax: (262) 548-7490 Email: khaines@waukeshacounty.gov Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 Atty. Sarah A. Ponath Law Offices of Sarah A Ponath LLC 14885 W Lisbon Rd Ste 1A Brookfield, WI 53005-1691 Phone: (262) 439-9326 Fax: (262) 565-0394 Email: sarah@attyponath.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Atty. Deborah Brown Price Waukesha County Corporation Counsel 515 W Moreland Blvd Ste 330 Waukesha, WI 53188-2428 Phone: (262) 548-7432 Fax: (262) 548-7490 Email: dprice@waukeshacounty.gov Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 District 7 - Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood Atty. William T. Curran Curran, Hollenbeck & Orton SC 111 Oak St PO Box 140 Mauston, WI 53948-0140 Phone: (608) 847-7363 Fax: (608) 847-4155 Email: wcurran@curranlawoffice.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 District 8 - Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce, Saint Croix Atty. R Michael Waterman Mudge, Porter, Lundeen & Seguin SC 110 2nd St PO Box 469 Hudson, WI 54016-0469 Phone: (715) 386-3200 Fax: (715) 386-5447 Email: michael.waterman@mpl-s.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 District 9 - Dane Atty. Brian L. Anderson DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC 2 E Mifflin St Ste 600 Madison, WI 53703-2865 Phone: (608) 252-9340 Fax: (608) 252-9243 Email: bla@dewittross.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 Atty. Christine Rew Barden Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC 22 E Mifflin St # 600 PO Box 2018 Madison, WI 53701-2018 Phone: (608) 229-2225 Fax: (608) 229-2100 Email: cbarden@reinhartlaw.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2013 Atty. Susan Lynn Collins Associated Banc - Corp 8040 Excelsior Dr Madison, WI 53717 Phone: (608) 259-3663 Fax: Email: susan.collins@associatedbank.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2013 Atty. Steven A. Levine 5010 Buffalo Trl Madison, WI 53705-4768 Phone: (608) 661-4427 Fax: Email: steven.levine@charter.net Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 Atty. Christopher Earl Rogers Habush Habush & Rottier SC 150 E Gilman St Ste 2000 Madison, WI 53703-1481 Phone: (608) 255-6663 Fax: (608) 255-0745 Email: crogers@habush.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Atty. James S. Thiel Wisconsin Department of Transportation Office of General Counsel 4802 Sheboygan Ave # 115B PO Box 7910 Madison, WI 53707-7910 Phone: (608) 266-8928 Fax: (608) 267-6734 Email: jim.thiel@dot.wi.gov Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 Atty. Laura Skilton Verhoff Stafford Rosenbaum LLP 222 W Washington Ave Ste 900 PO Box 1784 Madison, WI 53701-1784 Phone: (608) 259-2649 Fax: (608) 259-2600 Email: lsverhoff@staffordlaw.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 District 10 - Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano Atty. Thomas P. Schwaba Schwaba & Sparks LLP 1851 Riverside Ave PO Box 570 Marinette, WI 54143-0570 Phone: (715) 735-8900 Fax: (715) 735-8901 Email: tps@schwabalaw.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 District 11 - Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln,Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn Atty. Richard J. Summerfield Kostner-Kostner & Summerfield SC 1102 17th Ave Bloomer, WI 54724-1602 Phone: (715) 568-1230 Fax: (715) 568-1130 Email: richsummerfield@bloomer.net Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 District 12 - Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock Atty. George K. Steil Jr. Brennan Steil SC 1 E Milwaukee St Janesville, WI 53545-3029 Phone: (608) 756-4141 Fax: (608) 756-9000 Email: gksteil@brennansteil.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2014 District 13 - Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington Atty. Frederick B. Kaftan Law Office of James Pauly 1900 S 18th Ave West Bend, WI 53095-8796 Phone: (262) 334-6497 Fax: (262) 338-5058 Email: fkaftan@wbmi.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 District 14 - Brown Atty. Robert Richard Gagan Calewarts, Duffy, Gagan 716 Pine St PO Box 488 Green Bay, WI 54305-0488 Phone: (920) 432-4391 Fax: (920) 432-4158 Email: rrgagan@new.rr.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2013 District 15 - Racine Atty. Robert R. Goepel Goepel Law Office 1400 Main St Racine, WI 53403-1933 Phone: (262) 637-5100 Fax: (262) 637-8353 Email: rgoepel@gmail.com Term: 7/1/2009-6/30/2013 District 16 - Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas Atty. John E. Danner Harrold, Scrobell & Danner SC The Heritage House 315 Oneida St PO Box 1148 Minocqua, WI 54548-1148 Phone: (715) 356-9591 Fax: (715) 356-1504 Email: jdanner@hsdlaw.net Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Divisions YLD Representative Atty. Sherry Coley Godfrey & Kahn SC 200 S Washington St Ste 100 Green Bay, WI 54301-4298 Phone: (920) 432-9300 Fax: (920) 436-7988 Email: Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 NRLD Representative Atty. Thomas P. Gehl Locke Lord LLP 111 S Wacker Dr Ste 4500 Chicago, IL 60606-4309 Phone: (312) 443-0700 Fax: (312) 896-6282 Email: tgehl@lockelord.com Term: 7/1/2010-6/30/2013 NRLD Representative Atty. Anthony J. Gray Sikorsky Aircraft Corp 6900 Main St PO Box 9729 Stratford, CT 06615-9129 Phone: (203) 386-6775 Fax: (860) 622-3466 Email: ajgray@aya.yale.edu Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2015 SLD Representative Atty. Thomas G. Ragatz Foley & Lardner LLP Verex Plaza 150 E Gilman St PO Box 1497 Madison, WI 53701-1497 Phone: (608) 258-4212 Fax: (608) 258-4258 Email: tgragatz@yahoo.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2013 NRLD Representative Atty. Daniel F. Rinzel Redmon, Peyton & Braswell LLP PO Box 12 Mount Vernon, VA 22121-0012 Phone: (703) 360-5136 Fax: (703) 684-5109 Email: dfrinzel@rpb-law.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 GLD Representative Atty. Melanie J. Rutledge Milwaukee City Attorneys Office 200 E Wells St Rm 800 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3515 Phone: (414) 286-8012 Fax: (414) 286-8550 Email: mrutle@milwaukee.gov Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2013 NRLD Representative Atty. Todd R. Seelman Lathrop & Gage LLP 950 Seventeenth St Ste 240 Denver, CO 80202-2822 Phone: (720) 931-3200 Fax: (720) 931-3201 Email: tseelman@lathropgage.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2014 NRLD Representative Atty. H Charles Stahmer Stahmer Law Firm 1700 W Koch # 11 Bozeman, MT 59715-4148 Phone: (406) 586-9488 Fax: (406) 586-4922 Email: stahmerc@aol.com Term: 7/1/2011-6/30/2015 Supreme Court Appointees Atty. Susan K. Miller N2410 Long Cove Dr Waupaca, WI 54981-9528 Phone: Fax: Email: sue_mill79@yahoo.com Term: 7/1/2012-6/30/2014 Mr. Leland Wigg-Ninham Oneida Tribal Judicial System PO Box 19 Oneida, WI 54155-0019 Phone: Fax: Email: leland@developconsensus.com Term: 1/10/2012-6/30/2014