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Supreme Court appoints 18 to district investigative committees

Mark Amadeo, U.W. 1996, LL.M. Georgetown, has joined Sprenger & Lang, Washington, D.C., as an associate. He previously was with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as an attorney for the Office of the General Counsel.

Douglas Baker, Creighton 1989 cum laude, has joined the State Bar of Wisconsin as a legal editor with the CLE Books Department. While at Creighton, Baker was a member of both the Law Review and the Moot Court Board. He has served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, has been in private practice, and most recently served as a judicial clerk with the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

Paul N. Bley, U.W. 1980, LL.M.-Labor G.W.U. 1984, has joined the Department of Defense's TRICARE Management Activity, Office of General Counsel, Falls Church, Va., as the associate general counsel (personnel law and administrative services). He previously was with the Office of General Counsel, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Fort Belvoir, Va.

Clifford D. Bobholz, Hamline 1979, has joined the Baraboo office of Quale, Hartmann, Pulsfus & Groeneweg S.C., working primarily in corporate, estate planning, business, and employment law. He previously was a magistrate in Iowa, and a corporate attorney with Menard Inc.

Jill Hutchinson Bollettieri, U.W. 1995, has joined the legal department of General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, focusing on software, technology, and e-commerce transactions, as well as food, advertising, and marketing law. She formerly was an associate at Leonard, Street & Deinard P.A., Minneapolis.

Corr	Shereff	Newcomb

Christopher J. Brown, U.W. 1986, has become a director of Thomas Miller P&I Ltd., London, England, managers of the United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited, the largest marine liability insurer. After a period in London, Brown will be based in Hong Kong, responsible for claims operations in Asia. Brown's emphasis is on cargo transportation, funding of oil spills, and other marine environmental liabilities.

Charles G. Curtis Jr., Chicago 1982, has joined Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP's Madison office, in the environmental and intellectual property litigation national practice groups. In addition to his appellate litigation practice, Curtis will continue building his national practice in Native American law, environmental and natural resources law, and intellectual property litigation.
Curtis has played a key role in lawsuits defining the historic treaty rights and present-day regulatory powers of several tribes, and has extensive experience handling Indian law issues before federal, state, and tribal tribunals. Curtis previously was with Foley & Lardner, where he served as national chair of that firm's appellate practice group.

Frank T. Pasternak, John Marshall 1994, has joined Domnitz, Mawicke & Goisman S.C., Milwaukee and Kenosha, as an associate practicing in personal injury.

Robert L. Jaskulski, Marquette 1988, also with Domnitz, Mawicke & Goisman, was elected an associate with the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

John Donahue, U.W. 1975, has joined Godfrey & Kahn S.C., Milwaukee, as a shareholder in the employee benefits group. Donahue previously was a partner with Weiss Berzowski Brady & Donahue.

Conta	Fleming

Jeffrey J.P. Conta, Marquette 1992, and Colleen M. Fleming, Marquette 1989, have joined Cook & Franke S.C., Milwaukee, as associates. Conta, previously with Otjen, Van Ert, Lieb & Weir S.C., will focus on defense litigation; and Fleming, previously with Gutglass, Erickson & Bonville S.C., will focus on class action lawsuits.

Leslie E. Erickson, Marquette 2000, has joined Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, as associate director of major gifts. She previously was a senior research analyst in the office of development research and systems and resource development with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Faye M. Hammersley, Marquette 1998 cum laude, has been named corporate counsel - intellectual property for Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va. She previously was an associate with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner.

Scott Kowalski, John Marshall 1995, has become president of The Prairie Group, a newly created business accelerator service company. He pre-viously was director of state government business for AE Business Solutions.

Lohre

John Lohre, Marquette 1974, has joined Port Washington State Bank, Port Washington, as director of wealth management services. Lohre previously was vice president and senior trust officer for the Milwaukee office of U.S. Bank, and vice president and head of trust for the Milwaukee office of Biltmore Investors Trust.

Paul Lucey, U.W. 1985 cum laude, has joined Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, as a partner practicing in bankruptcy and creditors' rights. He has represented both creditors and debtors in business and financial restructurings in retail, real estate, warehousing, publishing, food processing, hospitality, manufacturing, and professional services.

Philip P. Mann, Washington University 1983, has been named a member of Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC, a Seattle intellectual property firm. Mann joined the firm's litigation department as of counsel in 1998, and will continue practicing in patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition litigation.

The following associates have joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in the Milwaukee office: Neera Anand, Florida 2000 with honors, in the taxation law practice group; Kent P. Barnes, Drake 2000, focusing on business and corporate law; Dereck R. Brower, William Mitchell 1998 magna cum laude, in the land and resources group; Emily C. Canedo, Marquette 1999, focusing on trademark law, and previously with Firstar Corp.; Kelly Cochrane, Marquette 1996, focusing on environmental law, and previously with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce; Gregory M. Hildebrand, Marquette 2000, in the employment relations law practice group; Prashanth Jayachandran, Syracuse 1998 cum laude, practicing labor and employment law; Lee R. Jones, U.W. 1997, in the employment relations law practice group, and previously special assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida and a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps staff judge advocate; Amy V. Kossoris, U.W. 1998, focusing on litigation; Lori S. Meddings, Marquette 2001, in the intellectual property law practice area; Cyna L. Rosenthal, Boston 1999 cum laude in the employment relations practice group; Chad W. Shea, U.W. 2000 cum laude, focusing on intellectual property law; and Martin P. Tierney, U.W. 1998 cum laude, in the employment law practice group.
The following associates have joined the firm's Madison office: Roisin H. Bell, U.W. 2000, in the litigation practice area; Melanie S. Lee, Iowa 1998 with distinction, in the business practice group; and Meggin R. McNamara, Marquette 1998, in the land and resources practice group.
Chadwick T. Brown, Iowa 2000, has joined the firm's Manitowoc office in the business law practice group.

William S. Milne, U.W. 2001, has joined Garvey, Anderson, Johnson, Geraci & Mirr S.C., Eau Claire, practicing in estate planning.

Smith

Michael M. Smith, Marquette 2001, has joined von Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate in the health law practice group. He previously was with a large managed care organization.

Christopher J. Stroebel, Harvard 1994, has joined LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee. He previously was in-house counsel for Epic Systems Corp., Madison, and an associate with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago.

Kim M. Peterson, McGeorge 1991, has joined Eiche & Frakes S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate. She previously was an associate with Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, Calif.

Earl Taylor, Marquette 1996, has been named assistant general counsel at Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee. His insurance practice is focused on life and disability, emphasizing claims and coverage issues.

Lucie A. Usher, Hamline 1997, has joined the City of Eau Claire as an assistant city attorney. She previously was an associate with Garvey, Anderson, Johnson, Geraci & Mirr, Eau Claire.

Paul E. Volbrecht, Marquette 2000, has joined Rizzo & Vignali S.C., Kenosha, as an associate practicing in real estate, business, estate planning, and elder law.

Christopher D. Wolske, Marquette 1992, has been made partner in Hinshaw & Culbertson, Appleton, practicing in civil litigation with an emphasis in insurance, professional malpractice, and tort law.

Mergers, Relocations, New Associations

Mark Grossman, Potomac 1979, has joined Carmen Patti and Bob Brill to form Grossman, Patti & Brill, 300 W. Washington St. #1200, Chicago.
Grossman practices in intellectual property and commercial litigation matters, including jury trials and appellate practice. Most recently, he practiced with Grossman & Grossman.
The firm's practice covers all intellectual property and commercial litigation matters, including patent, trademark and copyright litigation, U.S. and international patent and trademark preparation and prosecution, as well as licensing.

C. Michael Hausman, Marquette 1967, has formed C. Michael Hausman & Associates Ltd., 329 Genesee St., Delafield, focusing on family and divorce law, personal injury and products liability, and worker's compensation. He formerly was a partner with Slattery & Hausman Ltd., Waukesha.

Urban Taylor & Stawski Ltd., Milwaukee, has opened a branch office at Stone Ridge II Bldg., Suite 250, N14 W23777 Stone Ridge Dr., Waukesha. The firm focuses on plaintiff personal injury and employee rights litigation.

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