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    November 01, 2001

    Wisconsin Lawyer November 2001: In the News

    In the News


    New Hires, Promotions, Partners

    Brian K. Barton, Creighton 2001 cum laude, has joined Moen Sheehan Meyer Ltd., La Crosse, practicing in estate planning, real estate, business law, and trust and probate law. He served five and a half years in the U.S. Navy and served in the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 32nd Engineer Company, Onalaska. While in law school, he was an adjunct professor at Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Neb.

    John E. Murray, Iowa 1991, and Alan G.B. Kim Jr., U.W. 1991, have been elected shareholders at Davis & Kuelthau s.c.
    Murray is a member of the employment litigation practice group in the Milwaukee office. Kim is a member of the litigation and environmental law sections in the firm's Madison office, focusing on construction, land use/real property, and commercial litigation.

    Travis J. Stieren
    Stieren

    Travis J. Stieren, Notre Dame 1998, has joined Lee, Kilkelly, Paulson & Younger S.C., Madison, as an associate practicing in corporate law, commercial transactions, and commercial and general litigation.

    Patrick M. Donnelly, Golden Gate 1980, has been promoted to deputy first assistant state public defender in the Wisconsin Public Defender's Madison appellate office. He previously was assistant state public defender in the Madison trial division and appellate division offices.

    Michael J. Farley, Marquette 1992, has joined the Washington, D.C., office of Mayer, Brown & Platt. He will continue his practice in government contracts. He previously was with Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, D.C.

    Gordon R. Shea, Marquette 1998, has joined CCH, Inc., Chicago, as a writer/analyst. CCH, Inc. is a legal publishing company providing business law information and software, and producing publications on tax, business, health care, and other law in print and electronic form for legal professionals.

    Lance S. Grady
    Grady

    Lance S. Grady, Marquette 1985, has joined the Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, as a shareholder. He represents insurance companies and self-insured corporations on liability claims and is a litigator. Grady formerly was with Hinshaw & Culbertson, Milwaukee. He is a lieutenant on the Delafield Fire Department.

    G. Steven Kaminski, U.W. 1986, with Kaminski Law Offices, Milwaukee, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and the U.S. Army. He has assumed the position of command judge advocate for the 264th engineer group in Chippewa Falls.

    Tricia L. Knight, Michigan 2000 with honors, has joined Cross Law Firm S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate focusing on employment law. She formerly was with Michael, Best & Friedrich.

    Daniel J. Finerty, Marquette 1998, Timothy C. Kamin, Marquette 2001, and Dean F. Kelley, Marquette 1998, have become associates of Krukowski & Costello S.C., Milwaukee, practicing labor and employment law.

    Jeffrey A. McIntyre
    McIntyre

    Jeffrey A. McIntyre, Northwestern 1994, has joined Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison, in the litigation practice group. He formerly was with Widman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago.

    Daniel R. Plane, Marquette 1996, has joined the Hong Kong office of Baker &McKenzie. Plane will be an associate practicing in the intellectual property group, focusing primarily on prosecution, infringement, and anti-counterfeiting matters in the People's Republic of China.

    Peter M. Silver, Marquette 1987, has joined Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., Milwaukee, as a senior associate representing employers, insurance companies, and third-party admin-istrators in worker's compensation matters. He previously was with the Law Offices of Mark H. Miller as in-house senior trial attorney.

    The U.W. has recently hired the following:

    Catherine Albiston Anuj Desai John Ohnesorge
    Albiston
    Desai
    Ohnesorge

    Catherine Albiston, Boalt Hall 1993, as assistant professor teaching civil procedure, sociology of law, women and the law, and law and social change. She holds affiliate appointments in sociology and women's studies. Albiston, who recently completed a Ph.D. in jurisprudence and social policy at Berkeley, previously practiced law at the Employment Law Center, a project of the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, and was a recipient of a Skadden Fellowship to litigate some of the first federal cases brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act. She also was a judicial clerk in the Northern District of California.

    Anuj Desai, Boalt Hall 1994, as assistant professor at the law school and the School of Library and Information Studies. He previously was an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, Wash., practicing primarily in Internet, First Amendment, and intellectual property law, including litigation in First Amendment, defamation, news-gathering, copyright and trademark (both trial and appellate level); drafting colinking and comarketing Internet agreements; and advising clients with respect to First Amendment, copyright, and privacy issues.

    John Ohnesorge, Minnesota 1989, Harvard LL.M. 1995, as assistant professor teaching business organizations, administrative law, and comparative law. He will receive his S.J.D. from Harvard this year. Ohnesorge was a judicial clerk in the District of Massachusetts and previously practiced law in Seoul, Korea, and was a lecturer at Harvard, coteaching the Pacific legal community seminar.

    Richard Ross Leslie Shear
    Ross
    Shear

    Richard Ross, Yale 1989, as assistant professor of law and history. Previously he taught at the Univer-sity of Chicago and Indiana Univer-sity (Indianapolis) law schools, where he won the "Best New Professor" award. He has a Ph.D. in history from Yale and was a visiting scholar at the Harvard history department. In his first year, he will teach trusts and estates in the law school, and American legal and constitutional history, the rule of law in historical perspective, and a seminar on legal cultures in early America for the history department.

    Leslie Shear, Miami 1985, as clinical assistant professor and director of the Family Law Project at the law school's Frank J. Remington Center. She previously was a shareholder with Murphy & Desmond, Madison, where she practiced family law with an emphasis on divorce, child custody and placement, and support and property division. She also worked in real estate and domestic partner-ships. Shear was included on the Madison Magazine list of Best Family Law Attorneys for 2001. She continues to be of counsel at Murphy & Desmond.

    Thomas K. Houck, Marquette 1996 cum laude, has joined Gruber Law Offices LLC, Milwaukee, as a litigation associate, continuing his practice in plaintiff's personal injury and wrongful death law.

    Mergers, Relocations, New Associations

    The Law Office of John C. Cabaniss has moved to 205 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 300, Milwaukee, (414) 278-6066; email: john@cabanisslaw.com. In addition, Jacob F. Reynolds, U.W. 1999, has become associated with the firm.

    Hills Legal Group Ltd., formerly Hills & Hicks S.C., is now located at Squires III, Suite 333, N19 W24075 Riverwood Dr., Waukesha. Rick E. Hills, U.W. 1983, Paul J. Pytlik, U.W. 1984, Christine M. Benson, Marquette 1988, and Cori Lynn Prahl, U.W. 1990, are the shareholders. Steven J. Snedeker, Marquette 1992, was appointed senior trial attorney.

    Michael J. Katarincic, Marquette 1997 cum laude, and Mark R. Hollinger, Marquette 1997, have opened the law firm of Katarincic & Hollinger LLC, at 205 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 330, Milwaukee; (414) 278-1237 or (877) 278-1242.
    Katarincic, formerly of Katarincic Law Office LLC, practices primarily in plaintiff's side employment discrimination and civil rights, personal injury, vaccine injury, and IRS negotiations and practice. Hollinger, formerly staff attorney for the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, practices labor law representing union interests and also plaintiff's side employment discrimination and civil rights, personal injury, vaccine injury, and IRS negotiations and practice.

    Timothy F. Nixon, U.W. 1990, has relocated to Godfrey & Kahn's Green Bay office from the Madison office. He is a shareholder in the firm's creditor's rights and financial restructuring group.

    The Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law, has a new Web site: www.tsglaw.com.

    Appointments, Elections

    The Association for Women Lawyers has elected these officers: president - Gwendolyn G. Connolly; president-elect - Mary L. Richards; secretary - Susan E. Lovern; and treasurer - Mary E. Triggiano, all of Milwaukee.

    David R. Berman, Marquette 1993, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the board of directors for the Southeast Wisconsin Tri-County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The chapter serves Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties. He previously served as vice-chair.

    Patty Brzezinski has agreed to serve as the Native American representative on the State Bar's board of governors. She is past chair of the Indian Law Section and current vice chair, and is also immediate past president of the Brown County Bar Association. Brzezinski is an attorney for the Oneida Tribe, Green Bay.

    The Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin has elected the following officers: president - Patrick W. Brennan, Milwaukee; president-elect - Wayne L. Maffei, Baraboo; and secretary/treasurer - Bernard T. McCartan, Madison.

    Mark Darnieder, Marquette 1978, with Darnieder, West & Davis, and Philip Halley, Ohio State 1981, with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., have been elected to Dominican High School's board of directors for 2001-2002.

    Tom Grogan, U.W. 1982, has been appointed legislative liaison for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. He previously worked at U.W.-Oshkosh as legal counsel and administrator.

    Paul R. Van Grunsven, Marquette 1986, has been appointed to the Milwaukee Bar Association's Community Relations and Legislative committees. He also received an award from the Marquette University Health Law Society for his contribution and service to legal education. Van Grunsven is chair of the health law practice at Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., Milwaukee.

    The Walworth County Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Theodore N. Johnson, Elkhorn; president-elect - Maureen D. Boyle, Elkhorn; and secretary/treasurer - Stephen M. Compton, Delavan.

    The Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers has elected these officers: president - Elaine E. Richards; president-elect - Gregory M. Wesley; secretary - Patricia A. McGowan; and treasurer - Sherman C. Mitchell, all of Milwaukee.

    Marla J. Stephens, Marquette 1981, has been reelected chair of the Wisconsin Judicial Council. Stephens is director of the Appellate Division for the Wisconsin Public Defender Office. She previously was first assistant of the Milwaukee appellate office, and assistant state public defender in the Milwaukee appellate and trial offices. Ruth A. Bachman, U.W. 1978, has been reelected vice-chair of the Judicial Council. She is an assistant district attorney in Barron County, and previously was district attorney in Eau Claire County, assistant district attorney in Eau Claire and Ashland counties, and assistant attorney general.

    Authors, Speakers

    Stephen W. Hayes

    Hayes

    Stephen W. Hayes, Illinois 1969, of the Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, spoke at the special needs adoption advocacy training program sponsored by the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys in Savannah, Ga., on "Liability and Accountability of Agencies and Adoption Disruption."

    Awards, Degrees, Honors

    Michael L. Brutlag, Minnesota 1980, with Brutlag, Hartmann & Okoneski PA, Minneapolis, Minn., was selected as a "super lawyer" by Minnesota Law & Politics and MSP Communications for the fifth year in a row. The recognition is based on more than 5,000 votes from Minnesota attorneys.

    Gregg Hagopian, U.W. 1987, received both the 2001 Wisconsin Association of Assessing Officers (WAAO) and the 2001 International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) distinguished research and development awards. The WAAO award was for his work as the governor's appointee to the "Benevolent Retirement Home for the Aged" legislative task force, in researching and writing the government-5 report for that task force. The WAAO, a statewide body of governmental assessors and taxation officials, recognizes outstanding original research in property assessment and taxation matters.

    The IAAO is an international body of assessors and lawyers who practice in property taxation and assessment matters. Hagopian also received the IAAO 2001 Bernard L. Barnard award for "'Nonprofit' Senior Housing and Property Tax Exemptions." The award recognizes the best article or essay on technical innovations in assessment or property tax administration.

    Hagopian also spoke at the National Brownfields 2001 Conference in Chicago, put on annually by the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency and the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania. Hagopian's topic, "Secret Weapons for Brownfields Redevelop-ment - Milwaukee's Approach to Tax-delinquent Brownfields," highlighted new Wisconsin statute section 75.106 and the development potential it offers with respect to brownfields.

    Pro Bono, Public Service

    Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Foundation, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, and Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District joined to create a tribute to the 5,000 Miller Park construction workers and to the three workers who lost their lives. Two permanent monuments were donated, one titled "Teamwork," a three-figured 12-foot-high bronze statue created with a gift from the Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Foundation. The other, titled "Worker's Wall," includes bronze plates listing the workers who contributed to the park's construction.

    In Memoriam

    Jack F. Aulik, U.W. 1958, Sun Prairie, Jan. 4, 1934 - July 4, 2001.

    Irving M. Berenson, U.W. 1948, Kenosha, Sept. 18, 1921 - June 2, 2001.

    Thomas E. Dolatowski, Indiana 1971, Burlington, May 12, 1945 - July 7, 2001.

    Jack H. Goldman, U.W. 1950, Glendale, Jan. 8, 1924 - June 20, 2001.

    John P. Herr, Marquette 1945, Mooresville, N.C., Aug. 30, 1920 - July 16, 2001.

    John D. Heywood, U.W. 1938, Hudson, June 22, 1914 - June 14, 2001.

    Daniel T. Kelley, U.W. 1958, Beloit, Feb. 17, 1930 - Jan. 19, 2001.

    William P. Kopish, Marquette 1955, Marinette, March 2, 1927 - July 11, 2001.

    John A. Moore, Harvard 1935, Oshkosh, Sept. 6, 1911 - March 15, 2001.

    Roger D. O'Neal, U.W. 1937, Green Valley, Ariz., April 10, 1913 - April 23, 2001.

    Raymond E. Porter, U.W. 1960, Sheboygan, May 3, 1924 - July 27, 2001.

    Charles E. Prieve, U.W. 1941, Bradenton, Fla., March 13, 1913 - Aug. 7, 2001.

    John T. Pryor, Marquette 1954, Milwaukee, Feb. 5, 1930 - June 19, 2001.

    John L. Riley, U.W. 1944, Madison, Sept. 24, 1918 - Jan. 24, 2001.

    Michael S. Rizzo, Marquette 1938, Kenosha, Nov. 8, 1910 - May 18, 2001.

    Mark Allen Sewell, U.W. 1997, Mequon, Sept. 1, 1956 - July, 2001.

    Arthur L. Sweitzer, U.W. 1962, Madison, Jan. 18, 1928 - July 8, 2001.

    Norman Wengert, U.W. 1942, Stoughton, Nov. 7, 1916 - Sept. 14, 2001.

    Louis A. Wilson, Appleton, Aug. 20, 1908 - June 14, 2001.

    Paul L. Witkin, U.W. 1942, Superior, May 26, 1917 - June, 2001.


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