Personal Mentions
Matthew C. Abad, Marquette 1998, has joined the firm of Bass &
Moglowsky S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate. He will practice in consumer
credit litigation.
Bruce G. Arnold, Michigan 1981 cum laude, a shareholder
practicing in health care, bankruptcy, and litigation at the
Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., has been elected
a managing director and member of the firm's Management
Committee.
James T. Barry III, University of Chicago 1989, has
been named president of James T. Barry Co. Inc./Colliers International,
a Milwaukee-based commercial and real estate brokerage firm.
The Barry Company is the Milwaukee affiliate of Colliers International
which provides commercial real estate services in major markets
worldwide.
James R. Cauley, Minnesota 1980 magna cum laude, has
been appointed group general counsel of SPX Corporation in Waukesha.
He is responsible for the DeZurik, Best Power, Lindberg, GFI/Genfare,
Metal Forge, and Waukesha Electric Systems business units.
Craig A. Fieschko, U.W. 1994, and Joseph T. Leone,
Marquette 1992, have been named members of DeWitt Ross &
Stevens S.C., Madison, in the firm's west office. Fieschko
and Leone are registered patent attorneys and practice in the
firm's intellectual property practice group. Fieschko focuses
on securing patents in the computer, electrical, and mechanical
arts, and maintains an extensive trademark practice. Leone focuses
on securing and litigating patents in the chemical, pharmaceutical,
and biotechnology fields, and maintains a trademark practice.
Peter R. Dohr has moved his office from the firm's
west to its Capitol Square location at 2 E. Mifflin St., Suite
600, Madison. Dohr practices in business law, real estate development,
and other land use matters.
William Ryan Drew, Marquette 1966, has been reelected
vice chair of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.
He also was recently appointed executive director of the Milwaukee
County Research Park Corporation. Drew is of counsel with the
Milwaukee law firm of O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman S.C.
He concentrates his practice in municipal and real estate development
law, and assists businesses and individuals with zoning and municipal
regulatory issues and land use development.
Anthony S. Earl, University of Chicago 1961, a Quarles
& Brady LLP partner and former Wisconsin governor, has been
appointed to another two-year term on the state's Clean
Air Act Advisory Committee. He also will serve as a cochair of
the subcommittee on climate change and as a member of the subcommittee
on accidental spills. Earl also is chair of the Center for Clean
Air Policy and director of the Great Lakes Protection Fund.
Michelle R. Elfers, U.W. 1994, and William J. Caplan,
U.W. 1996, have formed Elfers & Caplan LLC, with
offices at 900 John Nolen Dr., Suite 210, Madison. Caplan moves
from a position as corporate counsel at Epic Systems Corp. to
join Elfers' solo immigration practice. The firm will focus
exclusively on immigration law and other legal issues of interest
to the immigrant community.
James W. Fransen, U.W. 1975, has been appointed legislative
counsel of the U.S. Senate. As legislative counsel, he heads
an office of 25 attorneys who draft federal legislation for the
Senate. He will continue as one of the principal drafters of
federal tax legislation.
Mark J. Gelhaus, U.W. 1989, recently accepted a position
as tax counsel with Briggs & Stratton Corp., Wauwatosa. Gelhaus,
an attorney/CPA, is working in local, state, federal, and international
taxation.
Timothy Harper, U.W. 1978, is the author of Moscow
Madness, published by McGraw-Hill, a book about Americans
trying to do business in the new Russia legally despite inherent
corruption and the lack of business law in particular and the
rule of law in general. This is his ninth book.
Sonja Davig Huesmann, Hamline 1994, has joined Huesmann
Law Office in Holmen, practicing with her husband, Mark A.
Heusmann, North Dakota 1994. The firm provides general practice
representation including personal injury, bankruptcy, family
law, criminal defense, and probate and estate planning.
Stephen P. Hurley, Illinois 1972, has become a Fellow
of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a partner in
the Madison firm of Hurley, Burish & Milliken S.C.
The Republic of Austria has established a consulate in Milwaukee
with responsibility for the State of Wisconsin, and has appointed
Robert J. Kalupa as honorary consul. Kalupa, U.W. 1958,
is a retired partner of Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee. The
consulate office is located at 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 3000.
Lisa F. Kinney, Hamline 1989, has been named head of
the new Ironwood, Mich., office of Minneapolis-based Cousineau,
McGuire & Anderson, Chartered.
Tori Lynne Kluess, Marquette 1991 magna cum laude,
has become a partner with Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak &
Jerry S.C., Green Bay. She practices in intellectual property,
computer and business law, and estate planning and adoption law.
Mark S. Knutson, Loyola 1978, formerly of the Law Offices
of Mark S. Knutson S.C., Brookfield, and Joseph S. Heino,
Marquette 1982, formerly a partner of Denny & Yanisch, Elm
Grove, have established the law office of Knutson & Heino
S.C. at 13105 W. Bluemound Rd., Brookfield. Martha A.
Lundin, Marquette 1996, continues as an associate of the
firm. Timothy W. Schelwat, Drake 1997, has joined
the firm as an associate.
Carol E. Krigbaum, Marquette 1988, has established
her own practice in Whitefish Bay. She emphasizes real estate
law, but also continues her general practice in family law, wills,
criminal/traffic, consumer bankruptcy, and juvenile law.
Richard M. Lavers, Michigan 1972 cum laude, general
counsel of Coachmen Industries Inc., in Elkhart, Ind., has been
elected secretary of the company. He also is of counsel to Whyte
Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. on international transactions.
Benjamin D. Levin, Harvard 1990 cum laude, who practices
in the real estate group in Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee
office, has been elected to partnership in the firm. Levin practices
in all areas of real estate law, including financing, development,
sales and acquisitions, and leasing. He also focuses on municipal
real estate, including redevelopment authority, community development
authority, and tax incremental finance matters.
Vincent A. Maeder, Marquette 1989, has achieved board
certification as a civil trial advocate through the National
Board of Trial Advocacy. He practices with Jerome A. Maeder Law
Office S.C., Wausau
Thomas F. McDonald, Marquette 1995, has been promoted
at West Group in Eagan, Minn., to West's product quality
group where he will work as attorney-consultant with Keycite-Statutes
and related electronic research products. He represented Keycite
at the national Legal Tech Conference in New York City in February.
He also has been appointed as an adjunct faculty member at the
Minnesota Business School and will teach a litigation seminar
for the fall and spring semester.
Elizabeth A. McDuffie, Marquette 1990, has joined Davis
& Kuelthau S.C. as a shareholder in the employee benefits
section. She previously was a shareholder at Krukowski &
Costello S.C. McDuffie will continue her practice in FMLA, executive
compensation, and other employee benefit-related issues.
Michael D. Morneault, U.W. 1995 cum laude, has joined
the management team of McKessonHBOC Automated Healthcare in Pittsburgh,
Penn. He formerly was associated with the business and finance
section in the Pittsburgh office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
LLP, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and technology
transactions.
Michael J. Morse, Marquette 1981, has been appointed
the village attorney for the Village of Menomonee Falls by the
Village Board of Trustees. He previously was a shareholder in
the firm of von Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C.
Lincoln K. Murphy, U.W. 1979, has achieved Board Certification
as a civil trial attorney through the National Board of Trial
Advocacy. He practices with Murphy, Paulson, Murphy and Schroeder
S.C. in Racine.
Patrick F. Norris, Marquette 1986, has joined the Horicon
State Bank in its Ripon office as a vice president and commerical
lender. He also has become a member of the Wisconsin Trust Account
Foundation Inc. board of directors.
Judith O. O'Connell, Marquette 1986, has become
associated with the Milwaukee law firm of Peterson, Johnson
& Murray S.C. She is starting the firm's family law
practice, including such matters as divorce, custody, support,
and adoption.
Brian K. Oppeneer, Marquette 1996, has joined the Eau
Claire law firm of Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci S.C. as an
associate. He practices primarily in employment and labor law.
Tamara Packard, U.W. 1994, has become associated in
the Madison law firm of Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, practicing
in the labor and employment areas.
Melissa R. Peterson, U.W. 1998, has joined the law
firm of Metzler and Hager S.C., Green Bay, practicing in estate
planning, probate, and business law.
Shelly A Ranus, Marquette 1990, has joined the Milwaukee
office of Gonzalez, Saggio, Birdsall & Harlan LLP as a partner
and member of the firm's equal opportunities and employment
law group. She formerly was a shareholder with the Milwaukee
firm of Krukowski & Costello S.C.
Debra Riedel, Marquette 1989, with offices in Milwaukee
and Jefferson counties, has moved her Milwaukee office to 829
N. Marshall St. Her firm practices in family law/domestic relations.
James L. Santelle, the University of Chicago 1983,
has accepted a temporary assignment as a principal deputy director
of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys at the U.S.
Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He will be working
on a variety of criminal and civil litigation policy issues,
including matters related to legislative action, personnel management,
budgeting allocations, attorney training, program development,
and judicial function. During his detail tenure, he will retain
his status as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin.
Jeffrey E. Schelble, Marquette 1981, and John T.
Podbielski Jr., Marquette 1992, have opened a new law firm,
Schelble & Podbielski S.C., at Suite 400, 622 N. Water
St., Milwaukee. The firm concentrates its practice in commercial
and retail collection statewide, debtor/creditor law, bankruptcy,
and civil litigation.
Sally A. Piefer, Marquette 1994, and Alan E. Korpady,
U.W. 1981, have joined The Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at
Law, a Waukesha-based business law firm. Piefer practices in
civil litigation, employee benefits, labor, and employment law.
Korpady practices in business law, securities, environmental
law, trademarks, copyrights, technology transfers and licensing,
and franchise and other distribution systems. He also counsels
dealership law, estate and business succession planning, corporate
law, and real estate.
Bruce A. Schultz, Indiana-Indianapolis 1976, has become
a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a shareholder
in the Madison firm of Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauer
S.C.
Steven H. Schuster, U.W. 1990, has joined the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C., as a senior
attorney. He previously was an attorney-advisor with the U.S.
Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
Theresa Fremont Seem, Marquette 1993, has joined the
corporate counsel department at Superior Services Inc., a Milwaukee-based
solid waste services company. She previously was with the law
firm of Darnieder, West, Davis & Geraghty.
Stephen M. Seymour, U.W. 1990, has opened the law offices
of Stephen M. Seymour, Attorney at Law, 802 Michigan
Ave., Sheboygan. He formerly was associated with Halvorsen, Buesing,
& Seymour S.C. in Sheboygan. He will continue as a general
practitioner, with a concentration in civil litigation, family,
criminal, personal injury, and real estate law.
John C. Talis, U.W. 1991 magna cum laude, has joined
the Madison office of Shneidman, Myers as an associate. He formerly
was a labor and employment litigation attorney with Lawton &
Cates S.C. Mark Sweet, Minnesota 1994 cum laude, has joined
the firm's Milwaukee office as an associate. He previously
represented individuals, employees, and labor organizations with
the New Orleans, La., firm of Robein, Urann & Lurye.
Michael B. Spencer, U.W. 1998, has joined the downtown
Los Angeles, Calif., law firm of Konowiecki & Rank as an
associate practicing health-care litigation.
Elyse Mollner Stackhouse, U.W. 1990, has joined Rice
Management Inc. as corporate counsel. Rice owns 10 nursing home
and health-care facilities throughout Wisconsin and Michigan.
Stackhouse will be responsible for all aspects of the company's
legal and human resource issues.
L. Denise Steele, U.W. 1992, has been promoted to vice
president of The Associates, Dallas, Texas. She continues as
assistant general counsel for the company.
Vincent P. Tomkiewicz, U.W. 1986, has joined Bollinger,
Ruberry & Garvey in Chicago, Ill. He will practice in insurance
coverage and litigation.
Wickwire Gavin P.C., a national law firm practicing
construction, environmental, government contracts, and commercial
law, has moved its Midwest office to 22 E. Mifflin St., Suite
800, on Madison's Capitol Square. Attorneys in the Madison
office are Robert J. Smith, Brian W. Mullins, Hugh N. Anderson,
Carl A. Sinderbrand, and Mary K. Monville.
Michael Winkelman, Loyola 1982, has joined Wilhelm
Law Service, Appleton, as a patent attorney and associate of
the firm. Winkelman previously spent 15 years in practice at
the Dow Chemical Company and has held positions at CF Braun &
Co. and Union Carbide. He received the U.S. Presidential "Green
Chemistry Challenge Award" in 1996.
Thomas M. Boykoff, Michigan 1967, has been appointed
by Gov. Tommy G. Thompson to the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission
for a term ending March 2001. Don M. Millis, U.W. 1990,
was reappointed to the commission for a full six-year term. Both
appointments were confirmed by the Wisconsin Senate.
Sarah A. Zylstra, U.W. 1998, has joined the Madison
law firm of Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field LLP as an associate.
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