Public Interest Law Section presents the 2008 Dan
Tuchscherer
Outstanding Public Interest Law Attorney Award to
Connie Deer,
Madison
Connie Deer, left, with Chief Justice Abrahamson.
The
Dan Tuchscherer Outstanding Public Interest Law
Attorney Award
recognizes a lawyer who has demonstrated a selfless, lifetime
commitment to working in the public interest, both inside and outside
the field of law.
Connie Deer is a staff attorney in the Madison office of Legal
Action of Wisconsin, Inc. where she practices primarily in the area of
landlord tenant law. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from
the U.W.-Madison in 1971 and her J.D. from the U.W. Law School in 1979.
She is a member of the Menominee Indian tribe of Wisconsin and was the
first person of her tribe to obtain a law degree and to graduate from
the U.W. Law School. She is a past president of the board of directors
of the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Inc., past member of the
board of directors of the Wisconsin ACLU, and is currently a board
member of the nonprofit, Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilities
and Dyslexia.
