Personal Mentions
Michael Aldana, Michigan 1990, has joined Quarles
& Brady, Milwaukee, as an associate practicing in labor and
employment law.
Brian W. Blanchard, Northwestern 1989, has joined
Quarles & Brady, Madison, as an associate concentrating in
litigation law. He formerly was an assistant U.S. attorney for the
Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.
Linda Bennett, U.W. 1989 cum laude, has joined the
legislation department of the American Federation of Government
Employees, AFL-CIO, as a legislative representative.
David R. Berman, Marquette 1993, has joined with
John Anthony Ward, John Marshall 1985, and Gary N. Lento, Catholic 1992,
to form Ward, Lento & Berman, Attorneys at Law, located at 2424 63rd
St., Kenosha. The new firm's address was listed incorrectly in the
August Personal Mentions.
James R. Cauley, Minnesota 1980, was appointed
assistant general counsel of General Signal Corp., Necedah. He continues
as general counsel and secretary for the Best Power unit of General
Signal. His office is located in Waukesha.
Timothy E. Kronquist, DePaul 1995, has joined Cook
& Franke S.C., Milwaukee, practicing in real estate transactions and
development. Jason R. Handal, Marquette 1995, also has joined the firm,
practicing in estate planning, marital property, real estate and general
corporate and business law.
Frank Thomas Crivello, Marquette 1973, law review,
has established a mediation, arbitration and litigation support practice
in the offices of Piano, Harris & Tishberg. He also will focus on
consultation and litigation assistance to other law firms in civil and
criminal cases. He previously was a Milwaukee County circuit court judge
and a faculty member of the National Judicial College.
Justice Louis J. Ceci, Wisconsin Supreme Court
(retired), recently completed all statutory requirements imposed by the
Florida Supreme Court for certification as a mediator in civil matters.
Justice Ceci maintains his mediation office at 611 N. Broadway St.,
Suite 304, Milwaukee.
Three 1997 graduates of Marquette University Law School have joined
Davis & Kuelthau, Milwaukee, as associates. Stacy L.
Alvarez is a member of the corporate law section; Ellen
K. Basting will practice labor and employment law; and
Erin S. Sutherland joins the employee benefits
section.
Paul G. Kent, U.W. 1981, a shareholder at DeWitt
Ross & Stevens S.C., has been chosen president-elect of the Dane
County Bar Association. Donald Leo Bach, U.W. 1974, also a shareholder
with the firm, has been appointed chair of the State Bar Bench Bar
Committee. L. Stuart Rosenberg, U.W. 1995, an associate with the firm,
has been appointed to the board of directors of the State Bar
Environmental Law Section.
Laurie A. Eggert, U.W. 1976, and Michael J. Edmonds,
U.W. 1985, have formed Eggert & Edmonds S.C., located at 1840 N.
Farwell Ave., Suite 303, Milwaukee. Eggert's practice emphasizes the
representation of police unions. Edmonds concentrates on criminal and
civil litigation in state and federal courts.
Erica M. Eisinger, U.W. 1982 magna cum laude, has
been named director of lawyering skills and associate professor at Wayne
State University Law School in Detroit, Mich.
John Michael Maier, U.W. 1984, and Lisa R.
Richardson, Minnesota 1991, of Milwaukee's EMJAY Corp., co-authored
The Participant Directed Investment Answer Book, published by
Panel Publishers.
James P. Enright, U.W. 1988, has become an associate
at Law, Weathers & Richardson P.C., Grand Rapids, Mich., practicing
environmental law.
The Equal Justice Coalition Inc. has appointed the following
officers: president - John S. Skilton, Foley &
Lardner, Madison; vice-president - Herbert C. Liebmann
III, Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry S.C., Green Bay;
secretary - Nathan A. Fishbach, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
S.C., Milwaukee; and treasurer - Michelle A. Behnke,
CUNA Mutual Group, Madison. The coalition's executive council is
co-chaired by former Chief Justice Nathan S. Heffernan,
Madison, and Maureen A. McGinnity, Foley & Lardner,
Milwaukee. The coalition's mission is to preserve and promote equal
justice for all residents of Wisconsin. It is engaged in a statewide
fund-raising campaign to raise $5 million over the next three years.
Campaign revenue will fund direct civil legal representation for
low-income Wisconsin residents.
Lee J. Fehr, North Dakota 1989, has opened Lee J.
Fehr Law Office in Onalaska. The firm handles insurance defense,
subrogation and personal injury matters and various other civil
litigation cases.
Two May 1997 U.W. graduates have joined Foley & Lardner's Madison
office as associates. David A. Meisinger joins the
litigation department and Michelle M. Umberger joins
the business law department.
Jim Fullin, Ohio State 1972, was awarded a
certificate from the Marquette University Graduate Program in Dispute
Resolution. Fullin has a solo practice in law and mediation in Madison
and is one of two lawyers to have completed this 15-credit program.
Julius W. Gernes, William Mitchell 1988, has become
a shareholder and partner with Spence, Ricke & Thurmer P.A., St.
Paul, Minn. He practices in insurance defense and railroad litigation in
both Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Carl W. Gilmore, U.W. 1994, was named to the
editorial board of the ABA's Family Law Section Family Advocate
magazine. Gilmore's book chapter, "Deconstructing Leases: A method and
critique of lease valuation in divorce proceedings," appeared in the
1997 Wiley Family Law Update, published in June. Gilmore is
completing a book titled, Gitlin on Parentage, which will
outline the law of parentage in Illinois. He is an associate with Gitlin
& Gitlin, a law firm focusing on matrimonial law in Woodstock,
Ill.
Martin J. Greenberg, Marquette 1971, presented a
paper, "What the Future Holds for the European Transfer System: The
American Experience," at the Fifth I.A.S.L. Congress in Nafplio, Greece,
in July. He also participated in a conference in Dallas, Texas, in
August as sponsored by the International Association of Assembly
Managers on Arena Sports Lease Update. He will teach in October at
Anglia Law School, Chelmsford, England, as part of his visiting
professorship at the law school. In December he will participate in a
government-sponsored conference on sports endorsements, licensing and
sponsorship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ben Griffiths, U.W. 1992, has become an associate
university legal counsel with the U.W.-Madison Office of Administrative
Legal Services. His responsibilities will focus on trademark,
purchasing, contract review, tax, and public records and open meetings
issues.
K. Scott Wagner, Marquette 1989 cum laude, has
become a shareholder of Hale & Lein S.C., Milwaukee. He practices in
commercial, securities and antitrust litigation. David M.
Skoglind, Baylor 1982, also has become a shareholder in the
firm. Skoglind, formerly a shareholder with Warshavsky, Rotter, Tarnoff,
Reinhardt & Block, Milwaukee, practices in product liability,
medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Paul D.
Bauer, Marquette 1997 magna cum laude, has joined the firm as
an associate, practicing in general civil litigation.
Hiring and Firing in
Wisconsin, by Bradden C. Backer, Kim
E. Patterson and Robert K. Sholl, published by
State Bar CLE Books, received the 1997 Award of Professional Excellence
in Publications from the Association for Continuing Legal Education
(ACLEA). This award is ACLEA's top honor in its annual, national
competition.
Barbara S. Hughes, U.W. 1986, has joined Hill,
Glowacki, Jaeger & Reiley, Madison, concentrating on elder law,
estate planning, probate and trust administration and marital
property.
Christopher B. Hughes, U.W. 1980, has joined
Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, with offices in Madison and
Sun Prairie, as an associate practicing in municipal law.
Daniel W. Hildebrand, of DeWitt Ross & Stevens
S.C., Madison, has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the
ABA's Standing Committee of Ethics & Professional
Responsibility.
Jeffrey Hart, Seattle 1992, has joined Weld, Riley,
Prenn & Ricci S.C., Eau Claire, as an associate. Hart, a CPA,
represents businesses and individuals in tax-related matters.
John R. Jakubiak, Marquette 1996, has been
commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General Corp of the
U.S. Army Reserve. He is an associate in the Milwaukee law firm of
Lindner & Marsack S.C., practicing employment and labor law and
worker's compensation.
Elisabeth Townsend Bridge, Nebraska 1981, and
John E. Munger, John Marshall 1984, have become
shareholders of Jansson & Shupe Ltd., Racine. The firm also has
changed its name to Jansson, Shupe, Bridge & Munger Ltd., and
continues its practice specializing in intellectual property law and
litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright and unfair
competition matters.
Julia L. Jensen, U.W. 1993, has joined Tishman
Speyer Properties Deutschland GmbH, New York City, a construction
development and commercial property management company as legal counsel.
She is on the law faculty of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany; she
teaches one section of an introductory course on U.S. law.
John G. Jartz, Washington University 1978, has
become senior vice president - general counsel, business development and
corporate secretary of The Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, Ill. He previously
was vice president - general counsel and business development.
Mark D. Kelly, Marquette 1981, has joined Nilles
& Nilles S.C., Milwaukee, focusing on intellectual property law,
including patent litigation and prosecution, and unfair import trade
practices. He formerly was an attorney-advisor with the U.S.
International Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., and a patent examiner
with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Va.
Derek R. Kritzer, Marquette 1997, has joined
Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall S.C., Janesville. He will
practice in individual and corporate business and general
litigation.
Daniel J. La Fave, Northwestern 1992 cum laude,
Order of the Coif, has joined Quarles & Brady as an associate,
concentrating in products liability and litigation. He most recently
practiced with Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach
S.C.
Kristine A. Long, U.W. 1992, an associate with
Hurley, Burish & Milliken S.C., is now practicing under the name of
Kristine A. Edwards due to her recent marriage to
Gregory J. Edwards.
The Manitowoc County Bar Association has elected these new officers:
president - Peter W. Deschler; vice president -
William R. Wick; and secretary/treasurer -
Phillip R. Maples.
Craig E. Miller, U.W. 1969, and Charles J.
Stansberry, Marquette 1969, have relocated their general
practice firm, Miller & Stansberry S.C., to 705 E. Silver Spring
Dr., Whitefish Bay. The firm handles criminal trial and appellate
matters and juvenile, family and civil litigation.
Robert J. Marchant, U.W. 1997, has joined Bender,
Levi & Buss, S.C., Watertown, as an associate.
Kevin J. O'Connor, assistant attorney general in the
Wisconsin attorney general's office, was presented with the Marvin Award
at the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) summer meeting.
The award recognizes O'Connor's outstanding leadership, expertise and
achievement as chair of the Multistate Antitrust Task Force of NAAG, and
his work leading numerous multistate enforcement actions nationally.
The Oneida-Vilas-Forest County Bar Association recently elected these
officers: president - Thomas Lawrence, Minocqua; vice
president - Lawrence Wiesneske, Rhinelander; treasurer
- C. Gordon Paulson, Rhinelander; and secretary -
Alexander E. Brown, Eagle River.
Joseph T. Kreye, U.W. 1997, has joined the Madison
office of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir S.C., as an associate
practicing in insurance defense and other civil defense matters.
Brett D. Stacey, Marquette 1997, has joined the firm in
its Milwaukee office as an associate practicing in insurance defense and
other civil defense matters.
Keith H.S. Peck, Marquette 1996, has joined Edmunds,
Maki, Verga & Thorn, Honolulu, Hi., practicing class action and
business litigation, medical malpractice and personal injury. He was of
counsel with the firm's predecessor, Edmunds & Verga. Peck also
serves on the litigation committee of the Hawaii ACLU.
Catherine M. Priebe Hertzberg, U.W. 1994 cum laude,
has joined Davis & Kuelthau S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate in the
estate planning and probate section. She will emphasize the design and
drafting of estate plans, marital property agreements, gifting
strategies, informal and formal probate administration, guardianships
and related estate planning issues. She previously was an associate at
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.
Shelly Principe, Marquette 1989, has joined the
Chicago, Ill., office of Fragomen, Del Rey & Bernsen P.C., where she
continues to practice immigration and nationality law. She previously
served on the staff of U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold.
Ross and Chatterton announce that Frank A. Ross,
U.W. 1951, is practicing as a sole practitioner at 324 S. Hamilton St.,
Suite 202, Madison, and William A. Chatterton and
Leslie Brodhead Griffith are practicing as a
partnership at 324 S. Hamilton, Suite 201, Madison.
Lois E. Rentmeester, U.W. 1984, has relocated her
practice to 6000 Gisholt Dr., Suite 108, Madison.
Robinson, Peterson, Berk & Cross has relocated its Green Bay
office to the Jefferson Court Building, 125 S. Jefferson St., Suite 205.
The opening of the office is marked by the addition of Lise
Lotte Gammeltoft, U.W. 1976, who joins Avram
Berk, U.W. 1975, in directing the office.
Gary M. Ruesch, Marquette 1980, has joined Quarles
& Brady, Milwaukee, as a partner. He focuses in labor and employment
law and school law.
Amy J. Sanborn, Cornell 1990, has opened Silent
Partner Legal Services S.C., Madison. Silent Partner provides temporary
legal work to Wisconsin attorneys.
Sonnet C. Schmidt, U.W. 1993 cum laude, has joined
Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton P.C., Kansas City, Mo., after
several years of practice with an electric utility law firm in
Washington, D.C. Joining the firm's utility/energy law group as an
associate, she will continue her practice in energy, electric utility
and regulatory issues.
Steven P. Schneider, U.W. 1985, has joined Honigman
Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Detroit, Mich., as a partner. He formerly was
a senior attorney responsible for tax and litigation matters with the
Coastal Corporation's ANR Pipeline Co. subsidiary.
David M. Simon, U.W. 1989 cum laude, has been
elected a partner in the Chicago, Ill., law firm of Wildman, Harrold,
Allen & Dixon. He practices in commercial and environmental
litigation.
Gregory J. Strasser, Hamline 1988, previously with
Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler & Conway S.C., Wausau, and
Matthew Yde, Marquette 1989, previously with Ruder,
Ware & Michler S.C., Wausau, have formed Strasser & Yde S.C., at
718 Grand Ave., Schofield.
William H. Strohmeyer, U.W. 1996 cum laude, has
joined Wells, Anderson & Race LLC, Denver, Colo., as an associate
practicing in insurance and general civil defense. He previously was
with Vaglica, Meinhold & Maldonado, Colorado Springs.
C. Thomas Sylke, U.W. 1985, an intellectual property
partner in Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee office, has been elected to
the board of directors of the Blood Center Research Foundation Inc., the
fund-raising arm of the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc. The
foundation raises money for basic research in transfusion medicine and
blood-related diseases.
Deborah Kilbury Tobin, William Mitchell 1987, has
joined the Equal Justice Coalition Inc. as executive director. Tobin
continues to serve as pro bono coordinator for the State Bar of
Wisconsin.
Janice K. Wexler, U.W. 1979, has joined the Madison
law firm of Krekeler & Scheffer S.C., focusing in family and
juvenile law. Wexler also is a U.W. Law School lecturer for the legal
research and writing program.
Dennis M. Wesolowksi, Marquette 1979, formerly vice
president and assistant general counsel of Tyco Toys Inc., has been
appointed vice president and general counsel of Fisher-Price Inc., a
subsidiary of Mattel Inc., following the merger of Tyco Toys with
Mattel. He will be relocating to East Aurora, N.Y. He original joined
Tyco Toys Inc. in 1989 as corporate counsel.
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek has promoted two attorneys from associates to
shareholders. Craig A. Caliendo, Marquette 1989,
practices primarily in commercial real estate transactions and financing
in the firm's Milwaukee office; and Marcus S. Loden,
N.Y.U. 1989, practices primarily in corporate law, taxation and estate
planning in the firm's Madison office.
Jay A. Urban, Marquette 1992, has been appointed as
the first chair of the newly established Wisconsin Academy of Trial
Lawyers - New Lawyers Section. He is practicing plaintiffs personal
injury litigation with Techmeier & Van Grunsven S.C., Milwaukee.
Mary T. Lokensgard, U.W. 1993, has been appointed a
member of WATL's Program & Seminar Committee for the New Lawyers
Section. She is practicing plaintiffs personal injury litigation with
Robinson, Peterson, Berk & Cross, Appleton. The New Lawyers Section
will provide a means for members of WATL who are younger than 35 years
old or in practice less than five years to exchange ideas and formulate
programs to become better advocates of injured consumers.
The Wisconsin Municipal Judges Association has elected its new
officers and board of directors for 1997-98. Officers: president -
Louis B. Butler Jr., Milwaukee; vice president -
George Weber, reserve judge for Milwaukee County;
secretary/treasurer - Ronald Wambach, Franklin; past
president - James A. Gramling Jr., Milwaukee. Board of
Directors: Joanne Eiring, Brookfield; Shelley
Gaylord, Madison; John Kerski, Marinette; and
Mark Goodman, Sparta. Richard Steinberg has been
appointed legislative trustee for the association; Thomas
Wilkoski as program chair; and Reserve Judge Charles
Dewey as public affairs chair.
Mark J. Bradley, Ruder, Ware & Michler S.C.,
Wausau; George A. Dionisopoulos, Foley & Lardner,
Milwaukee; Thomas J. Drought, Cook & Franke S.C.,
Milwaukee; John C. Frank, Lathrop & Clark, Madison;
Mary M. Hogue, Mary M. Hogue Law Office, Wausau;
Joyce Littlejohn Kiel, Wisconsin Legislative Council,
Madison; John A. Kussmaul, Kinney & Urban,
Lancaster; Richard J. Langer, Michael, Best &
Friedrich, Madison; Judith G. McMullen, Marquette
University Law School, Milwaukee; Sally C. Merrell,
Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee; Randy S. Nelson, Weiss,
Berzowski, Brady & Donahue, Milwaukee; J. Lewis
Perlson, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee; Carl
J. Rasmussen, Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, Madison;
Linda Roberson, Balisle & Roberson S.C., Madison;
Robert Conrad Severson, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.,
Madison; and Paul J. Tilleman, Quarles & Brady,
Milwaukee, are authors of the third edition of the Workbook for Wisconsin Estate
Planners, recently published by the State Bar of Wisconsin CLE
Books.
In memoriam
Cindra R. Carson, U.W. 1980, Eau Claire, April 21,
1954 - July 1997.
Richard A. Hanson, Marquette 1969, Milwaukee, Jan.
25, 1942 - June 23, 1997.
Bernard J. Moser, Marquette 1931, Green Valley,
Ariz., May 22, 1906 - March 31, 1997.
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