Basting wins State Bar President-elect post, Viney wins secretary,
McCracken wins Judicial Council
Thomas J. Basting
Gretchen Viney
Robert McCrackenThomas J. Basting, Brennan, Steil & Basting,
Madison, won the race for State Bar president-elect, defeating Kent I.
Carnell, Lawton & Cates, Madison. Basting received 2,599 votes,
Carnell received 2,092 votes. Basting's term begins July 1 when Steve
Levine, Madison, succeeds D. Michael Guerin, Milwaukee, as State Bar
president.
"First of all, I want to thank all of the lawyers who supported my
candidacy and who voted for me," says Basting. "I also want to thank
Kent Carnell for his leadership as chair of the Board of Governors and
for a vigorous campaign. Kent and I traveled throughout the state during
the past few months speaking to and visiting with lawyers on numerous
issues important to the Bar. I'm deeply honored that the lawyers of
Wisconsin have chosen me to lead them. There are numerous important
issues coming up in the future that will affect all lawyers in this
state as well as our nonresident members. I intend to listen to their
concerns and act not only in their best interests but also, as they will
expect, in the best interests of the public and the administration of
justice."
In other State Bar races, Gretchen Viney, Baraboo,
was re-elected to the office of State Bar secretary, defeating Micabil
Diaz Martinez, Madison, 3,141 votes to 1,487 votes.
Robert L. McCracken, Manitowoc, defeated Jason J.
Hanson, Madison, for a seat on the Judicial Council, 2,470 votes to
1,817 votes.
Those elected to serve on the State Bar Board of Governors are:
- District 2: Lisa M. Arent, James M. Brennan, Grant
F. Langley, Daniel L. Shneidman, Marla J. Stephens, all of
Milwaukee
- District 4: Elizabeth G. Rich, Plymouth
- District 6: John P. Macy, Waukesha, and Michael J.
Morse, Menomonee Falls,
- District 8: James R. Duchemin, Eau Claire
- District 9: Daniel P. Bach, Marsha M. Mansfield,
Paul R. Norman, and Kevin J. Palmersheim, all of Madison
- District 10: Robert W. Swain, Appleton
- District 12: James A. Carney, Janesville
- District 14: Thomas L. Schober, Green Bay
- District 16: John F. O'Melia, Rhinelander
Donna M. Jones, Atlanta, is the Nonresident Lawyers
Division president-elect. Donald L. Heaney, Madison, is
the Senior Lawyers Division president-elect. Joseph M. Cardamone
III, Salem, is the Young Lawyers Division president-elect.
All terms begin on July 1.
