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May 24, 2016

Marquette Admissions: Welcoming 126 New Lawyers to the State Bar of Wisconsin

The State Bar Welcomes the 126 graduates of Marquette University Law School who took the Attorney’s Oath and signed the Supreme Court Roll on May 23, 2016.

By Shannon Green

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Newly-made Wisconsin attorney Elizabeth Ehrmann points at her name and poses with her mother Tammy and father, Wisconsin attorney Mark Ehrmann of Madison.

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May 24, 2016 – They came from across Wisconsin, as well as California, Rhode Island, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and even Puerto Rico and Russia.

But they are all now alumni of Marquette University and all new Wisconsin lawyers.

In the Wisconsin Capitol building, before members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court as well as friends and family members, 126 graduates took the Attorney’s Oath and signed the Supreme Court Roll.

“This is a celebration,” said Chief Justice Patience Roggensack.

The new lawyers include Brycen Breazeale, now the first lawyer in his family, who entered law school as the best way to help others; and Katrina Seipel, who, after working at a rape crisis center and learning the victims’ point of view, plans to go into criminal law.

And there’s Elizabeth Ehrman, who according to her mother, always wanted to be lawyer. “I knew she wanted to be an attorney since she started to talk,” said Tammy Ehrmann. It is now a family tradition – Elizabeth joins her father Mark Ehrmann of Madison and grandfather Thomas Ehrmann of Brookfield as Wisconsin lawyers. She is pursuing sports law as a practice area.

126 Marquette Law School graduates became Wisconsin lawyers in four separate ceremonies on May 23, 2016, at the State Capitol. Here, 31 lawyers take the Attorney’s Oath, administered by Justice Rebecca Bradley.

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Patrick Hancock traveled a long way to see his godson, Christopher Rundell, graduate and become a Wisconsin lawyer. Hancock, from Texas, was briefly admitted by Chief Justice Roggensack to act as movant for Rundell. “I’m so proud of him,” Hancock said. “If I needed a lawyer, he’s the one I’d want.”

For Meghan Pirics, the choice of Marquette as a law school was an easy one: she’s going into sports law – and has worked as a legal intern for Marti Wronski, vice president and general counsel for the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club. Growing up in Chicago, Pirics and her family are lifelong Cubs fans, says Meghan’s mother, Gail. But it is a privilege to work with Wronski. “Meghan’s very willing to put on a Brewers shirt,” Gail said.

Shannon Green is communications writer for the State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison. She can be reached by email or by phone at (608) 250-6135.

Rebecca Borkovec is a pioneer, the first Marquette student to earn the joint degrees in law and human resources. With her J.D. in hand, she has one more – and probably much less stressful – year to go to complete her master’s degree in human resources. The two degrees will allow her to do what she is passionate about – helping people do the best at their work, and helping employers support them.

Perhaps the graduate who traveled the farthest is Olivia Fitzgerald, adopted from Russia at age 10. She now joins her aunt, attorney Marcia O’Loughlin of Madison, as a Wisconsin lawyer – an achievement after coming to the U.S. and learning English as her second language.

“She’s overcome obstacles, persevered, and worked harder to get here than anybody else in this room,” O’Loughlin said of her niece while speaking as her movant.

During the ceremony, all graduates received words of wisdom from Justice Annette Ziegler, including encouragement to help the next generation. “Try to be the type of lawyer you’d want as a mentor,” she said. “Then go forward and be a mentor.”

And don’t miss opportunity when it knocks on your door, even if you think you don’t have the right experience. Frequently, opportunity is “dressed in overalls and looks like work,” Justice Ziegler said. “Walk through that door and give yourself a chance. There’s all sorts of people out there who really need your help.”

Marquette University Law School graduate Molly Rose Madonia signs the Supreme Court Roll to become a Wisconsin lawyer at the Madison Club in Madison on May 23, 2016.

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The new Wisconsin lawyers are:

Alex R. Ackerman, Oshkosh

Matthew Ackmann, Milwaukee

Matthew W. Adrian, Milwaukee

Shannon Lynn Alberts, Brussels

Alicia Anderson, Madison

Lindsey M. Anderson, Germantown

Francesco J. Balistrieri, Milwaukee

Joseph P. Bastien, Milwaukee

Robert Paul Berry, Milwaukee

Rebecca Marie Borkovec, Franklin

Nicole Alice Brandemuehl, Milwaukee

Brycen Breazeale, Milwaukee

Sean Adam Bukowski, Milwaukee

Krista Czapla Callaghan, Mequon

Alexa Callahan , Milwaukee

Samuel John Casson, Milwaukee

Joel Steven Chappelle, Janesville

Kevin James Clark, Oconomowoc

Nicholas John Conrardy, Milwaukee

Larissa Dallman, Milwaukee

Mallory Rachel Davis, Milwaukee

Evann Dahl Schwerm Derus, Milwaukee

Joshua Anthony Dryak, Brown Deer

Elizabeth Loran Ehrmann, Madison

Mary Catherine Ellis, New Berlin

Kirk R. Emick, Wauwatosa

Abbey M. Essman, Milwaukee

Anna V. Fay, Twin Lakes

Jordan Feest, Two Rivers

Nathaniel Colin Stephenson, Sacramento, California

N. Swanson, Milwaukee

Daniel J. Fiorenza, Brookfield

Olivia Fitzgerald, Madison

Anne Eileen Flinchum, Milwaukee

Zachary J. Flood, Milwaukee

Laurel Nicole Foshag, Mequon

Alex Foundos, Milwaukee

Morgan M. Galusha, Milwaukee

Solomon H. Gatton, Belgium

Carl Gee, Pleasant Prairie

Zachary C. Geren, Francis Creek

Jonathan J. Gigot, Milwaukee

Timothy James Gisi, Wauwatosa

Nathan Daniel Groth, Monona

Justin J. Harrison, Franklin

Ryan P. Heiden, Milwaukee

Tyler M. Helsel, Milwaukee

Thomas L. Henry, Milwaukee

Elizabeth M. Herrick, Milwaukee

James Thomas Hornstein Jr.,
Lincoln, Rhode Island

Andrew S. Hovestol, Milwaukee

Trace P. Hummel, Milwaukee

Jessica Jurevis, Chicago, IL

Rebecca Kaj, Milwaukee

Caleb Christian-Dale Katz, Bloomington, Illinois

Ashley Swick, Milwaukee

Dawid T. Szymanski, Milwaukee

Kyle Thelen, Appleton

Teresita Torres, Milwaukee

Katherine Anna Trudell, Kenosha

Cassandra J. Van Gompel, Green Bay

Steven Wah, Wauwatosa

Gerard Maximilian Warren, Lake Forest, Illinois

Jeremy M. Klang, Milwaukee

Jennifer Krueger, Sussex

Kevin Lasiter, Oak Creek

Kyle Christopher Lepak, Sheboygan

Christopher R. Little, Milwaukee

Claire F. Longdin, Whitefish Bay

Darius Love, Milwaukee

Joshua Lurie, Milwaukee

Molly Rose Madonia, Milwaukee

Daniel Marazan, Hawthorn Woods, Illinois

Adam Victor Marshall, Milwaukee

Sean Patrick McCarthy, Milwaukee

Miguel F. Mendez Lopez, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Collin T. Mettelka, Milwaukee

Phillip Tyler Munson, Naperville, Illinois

Daniel Murphy, Milwaukee

Mark James O’Neil Jr., Milwaukee

Ryan Andrew Onosko, Milwaukee

Sheldon Oppermann, Milwaukee

Michael David Panlener II, Milwaukee

Carlos M. Pedraza, Summerfield, North Carolina

Alexander Dominic Perwich III, Milwaukee

Connor Peterson, Milwaukee

Jillian Pfeifer, Waukesha

Kelly Pingel, Milwaukee

David Watson, Whitefish Bay

Nicole M. Ways, Milwaukee

Theodore James Wendel, Whitewater

Patrick Louis Wewel, Cedarburg

Larry Alexander Whitley, Milwaukee

John Wilson, Mt. Prospect, Illinois

Rachael A. Wolfe, Milwaukee

Meghan Mae Pirics, Milwaukee

Joseph Paul Poehlmann, Milwaukee

Morgyn Marie Ray, Wauwatosa

Benjamin P. Reider, Muskegon, Michigan

Vanessa El Richmond, Milwaukee

Andrew Rissler, Santa Clara, California

Shane Thomas Roeber, Pewaukee

Brianna K. Ross, Rockton, Illinois

TalorMarie Rudolph, Milwaukee

Patrick Ruelle, Milwaukee

Christopher Charles Rundell II, Milwaukee

Gabriella R. Saenz, Milwaukee

Aleksa Akerfelds Sanders, Milwaukee

Natalie Schiferl, Golden Valley, Minnesota

Armand Schonscheck, Oak Creek

Jordan Christine Schrader, Milwaukee

Katrina Seipel, Milwaukee

Jacob Aaron Shapiro, Madison

Lori Noelle Shaw, Milwaukee

Stephanie Jo Shelton, Milwaukee

Daniel Simandl, Milwaukee

Megan A. Slayback, Waukesha

Jeffrey Alan Smith, Westborough, Massachusetts

Elisabeth H. Sobic, Mequon

Arthur M. Sonneland IV, De Pere

Ryan M. Spott, Milwaukee

John Tucker Woodson, Menomonee Falls

Lucas Andrew Wyshnytzky, Milwaukee

Jeff Yostanto, Milwaukee

Kaitlin Ann Zitterman, Milwaukee

Claire Zyber, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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