Holly Georgell

Personal

• Born: Dec. 11, 1968, Homestead A.F.B., Fla.
  
  
• Residence: Greenfield, Wis.

Education

• De Paul University, B.A. political science (1990)
  
  
• U.W. Law School (1993)

Practice

• Associate, Krukowski & Costello, Milwaukee, Wis., emphasizing labor negotiations, mediation, arbitration and discrimination
  
  
• Attorney/Labor Relations Specialist, State of Wisconsin, Department of Employment Relations, Division of Collective Bargaining, 1993-96

Professional activities

• State Bar of Wisconsin:Young Lawyers Division, board of directors; YLD Consumer Legal Education, co-chair; YLD Member Services Committee
  
  
• Other: American Bar Association, member, Labor Law and Litigation sections; National Public Labor Relations Association; Human Resource Management Association; speaker at CLE and association programs

Comment

Simply put, I am running for YLD president-elect because I believe in young lawyers and contributions to the practice of law and public service. This simple statement may sound like "lofty" jargon. As a newly graduated lawyer with very few contacts in the legal profession, I would have agreed. However, four years later and after signing the YLD committee interest form, I have participated in a dynamic process where young lawyers transform brainstormed ideas into concrete projects benefiting young lawyers and the public. I am proud of this process and the YLD's accomplishments. These accomplishments include:

• a videotape for counseling children in CHIPS actions;
  
  
• moderate-cost CLE programs throughout the year;
  
  
• job seeking strategy workshops;
  
  
• a survival guide for young lawyers;
  
  
• a lawyers guide to "hot issues" in consumer law;
  
  
• representation of young lawyers' interests before the State Bar; and
  
  
• a Law Day guide of community projects that local bar organizations can implement to increase the public's understanding of and trust in the legal profession.

To gain your vote, I am not going to make fancy and unrealistic promises to you. However, if elected, I am committed to these goals:

• broader participation by young lawyers in the YLD at all levels;
  
  
• continuing to represent young lawyers' interests on issues impacting upon all YLD members;
  
  
• increasing the number of projects benefiting young lawyers and the public.

I hope that I will get your vote and that together we can accomplish great things with the YLD.