In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners
J. Aaron Ball, American University-Washington 1997,
has joined Horwood, Marcus & Berk Chartered, Chicago. Ball is
involved in business planning and transactional work for corporations,
partnerships, and limited liability companies.
John M. Christenson, U.W. 1995, and Mark
H.T. Fuhrman, U.W. 1993, have been named directors of Bell,
Gierhart & Moore S.C., Madison. Christenson concentrates on
bankruptcy and business law. Fuhrman concentrates on estate planning,
business law, and real property.
Lawrence Bensky, U.W. 1983 cum laude, has joined
Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison and Sun Prairie. Bensky practices in
employment law and civil and criminal litigation.
Julie A. Zavoral, U.W. 1994, has joined Boyle
Fredrickson Ziolkowski S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate. She has a
masters degree in electrical engineering and previously practiced patent
law at Quad-Graphics and Michael, Best & Friedrich.
Jennifer R. Dorow, Regent University 1996, has
joined the Waukesha County district attorney's office as an assistant
district attorney in the juvenile division. Dorow previously was with
Fuchs, Snow, DeStafanis S.C.
Thomas W. Henshue, U.W. 1991 cum laude, and
Antonina Prestigiacomo have been elected partners in
Foley & Lardner's Madison office. Henshue focuses on mergers and
acquisitions, venture capital and equity financing, technology and
licensing, and general business law. He previously was a law clerk for
Justice William G. Callow. Prestigiacomo focuses on financial
transactions, especially franchise financing. She previously was with
Sanwa Business Credit Corporation, Chicago. The following have been
elected partner in the firm's Milwaukee office: Dr. Brian P.
Akers, Stanford 1991, G. Michael Halfenger,
Chicago 1991 with honors, Mary Ann C. Halloin,
Northwestern 1991, and Thomas E. Hartman, U.W. 1991 cum
laude, all of the business law department; Rachelle R.
Hart, U.W. 1989 cum laude, in the health law department;
Adam J. Wiensch, Georgetown 1991 magna cum laude, in
the tax and individual planning department; Joseph N.
Ziebert, U.W. 1991 with honors, and Walter E.
Zimmerman, U.W. 1990 cum laude, in the intellectual property
department. Akers is board certified in internal medicine and focuses
his practice on intellectual property litigation, product liability
defense, corporate personal injury defense, and insurance litigation.
Halfenger is a member of the antitrust, appellate, and intellectual
property practice groups, and Halloin practices in energy and
infrastructure finance, acquisition, and development. Hartman focuses on
public and private equity and debt financing, acquisitions,
dispositions, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, federal
and state securities law compliance, and general business law. Hart
represents health systems, hospitals, medical clinics, physicians,
nursing homes, and other health care providers in corporate, regulatory,
and contractual matters. Wiensch, in the estates and trusts and
executive compensation practice groups, concentrates on estate and
business succession planning, executive compensation and life insurance
planning, estate and trust administration and litigation, marital
property law, charitable giving, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
Ziebert practices in the electronics practice group. Zimmerman focuses
on intellectual property law issues, and litigation involving patents
and trade secrets.
Vernon W. Francissen, U.W. 1995, has been elected
partner in McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff, a Chicago
intellectual property firm. He is a patent attorney focusing on the
protection of advanced technology for electronics, software, and
communications.
James B. Gehrke, Marquette 1995, has joined the
staff of Sen. Mary A. Lazich, Senate District 28. Gehrke previously was
with National Right to Life, Washington, D.C.
Lydie Arthos Hudson, Michigan 1986, has joined
Lathrop & Clark LLP, Madison, practicing in copyright and trademark
law.
Christopher E. Rogers, U.W. 1995, and
Christine D. Esser, Drake 1994, have joined Habush,
Habush, Davis & Rottier S.C. as associates. Rogers will practice out
of the Lake Geneva and Racine offices, and Esser will practice out of
the Milwaukee office.
John P. Higgins, U.W. 1977, has been named the
governmental affairs director for the Racine Board of Realtors Inc. and
the Kenosha Realtors Association Inc. Higgins previously was counsel in
the Milwaukee legal office of Employers Insurance of Wausau.
Heidi D. Kuster, Loyola 1998 cum laude, has joined
Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry S.C., Green Bay, as an
associate focusing in litigation.
Maria S. Lazar, Georgetown 1989, has been named
shareholder in Galanis, Pollack & Jacobs S.C., Milwaukee, practicing
in commercial litigation.
Douglas G. Lemke, Marquette 1996 cum laude, has
joined Brown & Bain P.A., Tucson, as an associate focusing on real
estate transactions, municipal law, land use planning and development,
and corporate and business transactions.
Earl H. Munson, U.W. 1959, has joined Boardman Law
Firm LLP, Madison, as a partner practicing in trial law and complex
litigation. Munson is listed in The Best Lawyers in America -
Business Litigation.
Michael E. Perino, Marquette 1966, has
joined Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue LLP as a partner and member
of the condemnation team located in the firm's Delafield office. Perino
formerly was with the Department of Justice and served as director from
1989-99, and the Department of Transportation.
Bryan K. Nowicki, U.W. 1997 cum laude, has joined
Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry S.C., Green Bay, as an
associate practicing primarily in corporate law.
Todd Podell, Marquette 1993, has joined Palm Inc.,
Santa Clara, Calif., as a global commodity manager, responsible for
negotiating contracts.
James T. Prosser, U.W. 1986, has joined Jewelers
Mutual Insurance Company, Neenah, as general counsel. He previously was
in private practice also in Neenah.
Shawn Raiter, William Mitchell 1993, has become a
partner in Larson o King LLP, St. Paul, Minn. Raiter practices primarily
in mass tort, product liability, and medical malpractice defense.
Edward E. Robinsin, U.W. 1995, has joined Cannon
& Dunphy S.C., practicing plaintiff personal injury law in the
firm's Brookfield office.
William L. Stroik, Marquette 1984, and
Elizabeth J. Nevitt, Oklahoma 1992 cum laude, have
joined Silton, Seifert, Carlson & Gamble S.C., Appleton, as
associates. Stroik will practice in estate planning, probate, real
estate, and business law. Nevitt will practice in divorce and family law
and guardianship law.
Robert W. Stack, Tennessee 1996, has joined Reitz
& Mandelman LLC, Milwaukee, as an associate practicing in family
law, worker's compensation, small business law, and general civil
litigation. Stack previously was with the Racine County child support
department.
Paul T. Van Den Heuvel, Marquette 1998 cum laude,
has been promoted to staff attorney II for United Wisconsin Services
Inc. He focuses his practice on information technology and real estate
transactions and provides legal counsel for United Wisconsin and its
affiliate, Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin.
Amy Klemm Verbos, U.W. 1984 cum laude, has been made
general counsel of V.K. Development Corporation, Brookfield, a real
estate developer. She previously was a shareholder of Davis &
Kuelthau S.C., Milwaukee.
Von Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, has added the
following attorneys. Kalisa B. Barratt, Vermont 1994,
and Leslye Herrmann, Chicago 1992, join the health care
practice group. Barratt practices in medical staff, corporate
compliance, fraud, and abuse. She previously was associate general
counsel for the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. Herrmann practices
in Medicare compliance. Terri Boxer, U.W. 1982, joins
the estate planning and probate section, advising clients on tax
planning and business succession planning. Karen E.
Geiger, Marquette 1999, joins the compensation and benefits
section, advising clients on ERISA compliance for health and welfare and
qualified and nonqualified plan design and administration. David
A. Westrup, Michigan 1989, joins the banking, bankruptcy, and
business litigation section, concentrating in antitrust litigation and
counseling.
Peter M. Koneazny, New York 1983, and Jefren
E. Olsen, U.W. 1988 cum laude, have joined the Wisconsin State
Public Defender Office as assistant public defenders, Koneazny in the
Milwaukee appellate office and Olsen in the Madison appellate office.
Koneazny previously was with the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation and the
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee. Olsen previously was a New Hampshire
public defender and a legislative attorney with the Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau.
Margaret G. Zickuhr, Marquette 1999, has joined
Dubin & Balistreri, Ltd., Milwaukee, as an associate. She will
practice in litigation, personal injury, family, and criminal law.
Zickuhr previously worked in private practice in Lake Geneva.
Appointments, Elections
The American Board of Trial Advocates-Wisconsin Chapter has elected
the following officers: president - John C. Mitby,
Madison; vice president/president elect - J. Michael
End, Milwaukee; and secretary/treasurer - James T.
Murray Jr., Milwaukee.
James L. Brown, U.W. 1972, director of the Center
for Consumer Affairs, U.W.-Milwaukee, has been elected to a three-year
term on the board of overseers for the Institute for Civil Justice of
the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. He also was elected a fellow
of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers.
Robert O. Burr, Marquette 1996, has been elected
vice president of the Hendry-Glades, Florida Bar Association.
Dominic H. Frinzi, Marquette 1951, has been
appointed consular correspondent to Enrico Granara, Italian consul
general of Chicago. Frinzi also has been included in the second edition
of Who's Who Among Italian Americans, published by the National
Italian American Foundation.
Elizabeth L. Gracie, U.W. 1983, has been named vice
chair of the National Center on Poverty Law (NCPL). She has served on
the board of directors and as chair of its development committee since
1999. The NCPL (formerly the National Clearinghouse for Legal Services)
is the nation's most comprehensive center for research, analysis,
advocacy, and litigation on matters affecting those who live in poverty.
Gracie is a partner at O'Keefe Ashenden Lyons & Ward, Chicago. She
also is vice chair of Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care
Network.
The Justinian Society of Lawyers, Wisconsin Chapter, an affiliate of
the National Italian American Bar Association, has elected these
officers: president - Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge John
J. DiMotto; president-elect - Milwaukee County Court
Commissioner Anthony J. Machi; treasurer -
David R. Saggio; and secretary - Shannon C.
Schmidt, all of Milwaukee.
Bob Kanuit, a partner in Maki, Durst, Ledin, Bick,
Lehr & Kanuit S.C., Superior, has been appointed as a Chapter 7
bankruptcy trustee for the District of Minnesota, Duluth Division.
Kanuit also practices estate planning, business law, real estate law,
and personal injury law in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Truman Q. McNulty, Whyte Hirschboek Dudek S.C.,
Milwaukee, has been appointed to the American Bar Association Continuing
Education of the Bar Committee. The committee organizes, coordinates,
and implements CLE activities sponsored by the ABA or any of its
entities, and supervises the activities of the ABA Center for Continuing
Legal Education.
Awards, Degrees, Honors
Jeffrey A. Pitman, Marquette 1990, has been
certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a civil trial
advocate. Pitman is with Pitman & Kyle S.C., Milwaukee, practicing
in plaintiff personal injury law in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Mergers, Relocations, New Associations
Amelia Ramirez, U.W. 1985, and Michael J.
Edmonds, U.W. 1985, have formed Ramirez & Edmonds
LLC, at 740 N. Plankinton Ave., Suite 530, Milwaukee. The
general practice firm has concentrations in consumer bankruptcy,
criminal defense, immigration, and business litigation. Ramirez formerly
was a staff attorney for the Department of Justice, Office of the U.S.
Trustee for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Charles B. Palmer, Marquette 1990, and John
D. Finerty Jr., Marquette 1992, have formed Palmer
& Finerty S.C., 20800 Swenson Dr., Suite 425, Waukesha, a
labor and employment law firm serving small and middle market
businesses.
Davis & Kuelthau S.C. has opened an Oshkosh
office with three attorneys and has added two attorneys to its Green Bay
office. Shareholders Edward J. Williams, Louisville
1974, and James R. Macy, U.W. 1982, and associate
Tony J. Renning, Marquette 1997, staff the Oshkosh
office. All have joined the firm from Godfrey & Kahn S.C. The
Oshkosh office is at 219 Washington Ave. Dennis W.
Rader, U.W. 1975, and Robert W. Burns,
Willamette 1980, have joined the Green Bay office as shareholders. Both
were formerly with Godfrey & Kahn S.C. Shareholder Robert J.
Simandl, Marquette 1987, and associate Mary S.
Gerbig, Marquette 1994, continue residence in the Green Bay
office.
Robert R. Henak, N.Y.U. 1982, has opened
Henak Law Office S.C. at 1223 N. Prospect Ave.,
Milwaukee. He will continue focusing on state and federal criminal
appeals and federal sentencing guidelines. He previously practiced with
Shellow, Shellow & Glynn S.C.
The Great Lakes Law Network (GLL), created by von
Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, and Walter &
Haverfield, Cleveland, has added Chuhak & Tecson P.C., Chicago. GLL,
comprised of independent, mid-sized law firms, provides clients with
one-stop legal shopping.
Thomas R. Thibodeau, Minnesota 1967, David
M. Johnson, Minnesota 1992, Jerome D.
Feriancek, William Mitchell 1993, and Timothy
Costley have opened Thibodeau, Johnson, Feriancek &
Costley PLLP, at 800 Lonsdale Bldg., 302 W. Superior St.,
Duluth, Minn. All formerly were with Johnson, Killen, Thibodeau &
Seiler PA, also in Duluth.
Electronic Resources
Family Law Update, a free email service for lawyers,
accountants, therapists, and others interested in family law issues, has
been launched by Loeb & Herman S.C., Milwaukee. Subscribers will
receive periodic updates on family law issues, including recent court
decisions, news items, legislation, and articles in national
publications. To subscribe go online, or send an email.
Retirements
Assistant Attorney General James C. McKay Jr., U.W.
1963, has retired from the Department of Justice after 27 years. He
served as a criminal prosecutor in the criminal litigation unit,
director of the Medicaid fraud control unit, and a criminal prosecutor
and civil enforce-ment litigator in the environmental protection unit.
He previously was a Dane County assistant district attorney and in
private practice in Superior with his father.
In Memoriam
Ervin L. Doepke, U.W. 1960, Beaver Dam, May 27, 1932
- 2000.
James C. Herrick, U.W. 1943, Oregon, March 12, 1918
- Feb. 19, 2000.
Morgan L. Midthun, U.W. 1949, Wisconsin Rapids, Oct.
13, 1921 - Feb. 25, 2000.
Andrew S. Zieve, U.W. 1978, Brookfield, Nov. 24,
1949 - Jan. 2, 2000.
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