For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Christi Powers
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
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Eckert to chair State Bar section
Rhinelander attorney will head Litigation section
MADISON, June 9, 2003 - Attorney Michael L. Eckert
will serve as chairperson for the State Bar of Wisconsin's Litigation
section beginning July 1. During his one-year term, he will oversee a
15-member committee that monitors civil litigation, insurance law and
tort law. The section sponsors educational seminars and helps prepare
briefs in appellate cases that affect litigation matters.
As a managing partner of Eckert, Kost & Vocke, LLP, Eckert
practices law in the areas of civil and business litigation. He
graduated magna cum laude from UW-Eau Claire in 1972 and from the
UW-Madison Law School in 1975. In addition to his State Bar committee
work, Eckert has served on the board of directors for the Civil Trial
Council of Wisconsin and was named president in 1997. Having taught
classes at both theUW-Madison Law School and Marquette University Law
School, Eckert has also led seminars on trial practice and civil trial
preparation. His civic activities include serving as chairperson of the
St. Mary's Hospital Foundation and as a board member for WXPR, a public
radio station in Rhinelander.
The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association,
created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a law
license in Wisconsin. With more than 20,000 members, the State Bar aids
the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides
continuing legal education for its members to help them maintain their
expertise, and assists Wisconsin lawyers in carrying out community
service initiatives to educate the public about the legal system and the
value of lawyers.
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