Fourteen lawyers were inducted into the 2005 Class of Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation on Nov. 10 in Appleton. More than 70 guests attended the annual black tie evening with featured speaker Robert Grey, immediate past president of the American Bar Association.
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Foundation inducts 2005 Class of Fellows, guest speaker cites
importance of jury system
Fourteen lawyers were inducted into the 2005 Class of Fellows of the
Wisconsin Law Foundation on Nov. 10 in Appleton. More than 70 guests
attended the annual black tie evening with featured speaker Robert Grey,
immediate past president of the American Bar Association.
2005 Class of Fellows
Christy A. Brooks, Milwaukee
Donald J. Christl, Milwaukee
George W. Curtis Jr., Oshkosh
Raymond M. Dall'Osto, Milwaukee
Diane Diel, Milwaukee
Susan A. Hansen, Milwaukee
Thomas E. Lister, Black River Falls
Earl H. Munson, Madison
John O'Melia Jr., Rhinelander
J. Paul Morrow, Dodgeville
Thomas P. Schwaba, Menominee
Justice Donald Steinmetz, Okauchee
James A. Walrath, Milwaukee
John Wilcox, Eau Claire
"Every profession has men and women whose contributions cause them to
stand out as examples of the profession at its best," said Tom Shriner,
Fellows of the WLF cochair. "Tonight we honor 14 lawyers who have indeed
earned that status as a result of their outstanding contributions to the
profession, service to the public, and earnest efforts to assist in the
promotion and improvement of the justice."
Grey, who devoted his ABA term to creating better justice through
better juries via the American Jury Initiative, spoke about the value
and the importance of the American jury system, citing that in 2004 more
than one million jurors served on more than 85,000 juries worldwide and
of those juries 85 percent were in this country. "As lawyers in the
largest country in the free world, we have a responsibility to set the
example of and help spread democracy," he said.
The Class of 2005 is the sixth class inducted to the Fellows program
and increases membership to 161. Fellows are elected by the Board of
Trustees of the Fellows.
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