2005 State Bar of Wisconsin Elections Announced

MADISON, April 22, 2005 – Madison attorney Steve Levine has officially been named president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin after winning a statewide election of Wisconsin lawyers. Levine will serve as President-elect for one year beginning July 1, 2005. He will then take office as president of the bar for a one-year term July 1, 2006.

Levine defeated Wausau attorney Dean Dietrich and La Crosse attorney G. Jeffrey George. He will succeed Milwaukee attorney D. Michael Guerin as president. Guerin's term as president runs from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.

"I feel grateful and honored to have been chosen by my fellow lawyers as State Bar President," said President-elect Levine. "The election results seem to indicate that Wisconsin lawyers want some important changes in the bar and the legal profession, and over the next three years I'll do my best to help bring about those changes."

Levine has served two terms on the State Bar Board of Governors and is a past chair of the State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice and the Judiciary. He currently serves as a member of the State Bar Board of Bar Examiners Review Committee and the State Bar Administrative, Appellate and Energy Law Sections.

In 1973 he graduated from Georgetown University Law School and received a Master of Laws degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1984. He presently works as Assistant General Counsel for the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Dane County Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the Western District of Wisconsin, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. His work focuses on energy, telecommunications and water and sewer law. He has presented Continuing Legal Education programs on administrative law and public utility law. He has served two terms on the State Bar Board of Governors and has participated on several State Bar Committees including the Committee on Administration of Justice and the Judiciary and the Board of Bar Examiners Review Committee.

The State Bar of Wisconsin elections are held annually in April. President-elect Levine will be sworn in on Thursday, May 5 at during the State Bar's Annual Convention at the Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee.

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