Wisconsin
Lawyer
Vol. 81, No. 10, October
2008
In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners
The Hon. Kitty Brennan, U.W. 1977, has been appointed to the
Wisconsin Court of
Appeals by Gov. Jim Doyle. Brennan, previously chief judge of the
Milwaukee County Circuit
Court, replaces the late Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. and will serve a term
ending July 31, 2009.
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Carol A. Chapman, Marquette 2006, has joined Axley
Brynelson LLP, Madison, in the
litigation and labor and employment practice groups. She previously was
a law clerk to
the Hon. Joan F. Kessler, Wisconsin Court of Appeals. |
Michael C. Curran, U.W. 2008, has joined
Pfeil, Millonzi & Curran LLC (formerly Pfeil & Millonzi)
as a shareholder and focuses on family, criminal, and traffic law
in the firm's new Spring Green office.
Teirney S. Christenson, U.W. 2008, and
Daniel J. Kennedy, Illinois 2004 magna cum laude, have joined
Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Milwaukee, as associates. Christenson
focuses on products liability matters. Kennedy focuses on products
liability defense and
commercial litigation. |
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Jeremy T. Gill, U.W. 1999, has been made a partner with Nash,
Spindler, Grimstad
& McCracken LLP, Manitowoc.
Marilyn Hamilton, Georgia State 1995, has become an
administrative law judge with
the Social Security Administration Office of Disability Adjudication and
Review, West
Des Moines, Iowa.
Kristin Hays, U.W. 2007, has joined State Bar CLE Books as an
attorney editor.
She previously was a solo practitioner concentrating in criminal defense
and appellate work.
Megan L.W. Jerabek, Marquette 2008, has joined Cook &
Franke S.C., Milwaukee, as
an associate and focuses on corporate and business law, estate planning
and probate,
taxation, and real estate.
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Joseph F. LaDien, Marquette 2008, has joined Laufenberg
& Hoefle S.C., Milwaukee, as
an associate and focuses on personal injury matters. |
Walter J. Lanier, Michigan 1995, has been appointed assistant
general counsel for
Milwaukee Area Technical College. He continues working with clients on a
limited basis
at Lanier Law Offices Ltd., Milwaukee.
David J. Espin, Marquette 2008, and Lindsey R.
King, Marquette 2005, have joined Petrie & Stocking S.C.,
Milwaukee, as associates. King previously practiced law in
the Milwaukee area.
Todd Podell, Marquette 1993, has been promoted to vice
president of purchasing
for Novartis, Atlanta, a health care products company.
Don M. Millis, U.W. 1990 cum laude, and
William H. Tobin, Boston Univ. 1997 cum laude, have been named
shareholders in Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Millis chairs
the governmental relations practice and practices with the tax and the
litigation
departments in the Madison office. Tobin is with the employee benefits
department in the
Milwaukee office. |
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Tobin |
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Allison Sell, U.W. 2006, has joined Quarles & Brady
LLP, Milwaukee, as an associate
on the public finance team. She formerly was an associate at Baker
& Daniels LLP. |
Fern Freedlander Knepp, U.W. 2008 magna cum laude,
Krista R. Pleviak, U.W. 2008 cum laude, and
Jordan D. Taylor, American Univ. 2004 cum laude, have joined
Stroud,
Willink & Howard LLC, Madison, as associates. Knepp and Pleviak
practice in estate planning,
real estate, and business transactions. Taylor practices in business
transactions and
real estate with an emphasis on tax and estate planning.
Shawn Thao, Drake 2002, has joined Hinkfuss, Sickel, Petitjean
& Wieting, Green Bay,
as an associate and focuses on civil litigation, criminal defense,
personal injury,
and family law. He is bilingual in English and Hmong.
Eight attorneys have become equity shareholders with Whyte
Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. In
the Madison office: Cynthia L. Buchko, U.W. 2000 cum laude,
focuses on commercial
litigation, administrative law, and energy and public utilities law.
Mary E. Eberle, Marquette 1999, focuses on intellectual property
law, particularly biotech,
agriculture, and renewable energy industry matters. In the Manitowoc
office:
Michelle Birschbach, Marquette 1998 cum laude, focuses on trusts
and estates, corporate law, and real
estate. In the Milwaukee office: Pamela L.
Gergens, U.W. 1995 cum laude, focuses on
representing developers, investors, and other companies in environmental
law matters.
Frank A. Gumina, Marquette 1991 cum laude, focuses on
management-side labor and employment
law matters. Michael D. Rosenberg, Northwestern 1990, focuses on
products liability
litigation, toxic torts, personal injury defense, insurance coverage,
and
transportation litigation. Amy M. Salberg, U.W. 1998,
concentrates in consumer finance law.
Heather M. Tiltmann, Nebraska 2000, focuses on labor, employment,
and immigration-related
matters.
Four attorneys have joined the Wisconsin Department of Justice as
assistant
attorneys general. Lewis W. Beilin, U.W. 2003, is with the state
programs, administration,
and revenue unit. He previously was with Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren
s.c.
Steven C. Kilpatrick, U.W. 1998, Abigail C.S.
Potts, Vermont 2004, and Melissa Rhone,
U.W. 2006, are with the civil litigation unit. Kilpatrick previously was
with
Connecticut Legal Services Inc. Potts previously was with Anderson &
Kent, Madison. Rhone
previously was a staff attorney for the Hon. William Foust and the Hon.
Michael Nowakowski,
Dane County Circuit Court.
Gordon M. Wright, U.W. 2007, has joined Ziolkowski Patent
Solutions Group SC,
Milwaukee, as a patent attorney. He previously worked in engineering
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Emily Zimmerman, Marquette 2008, has joined Reff Baivier
Bermingham & Lim
S.C., Oshkosh, as an associate.
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Mergers, Relocations, New Offices
Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLC has opened new offices at
Plaza E. Office Center,
330 E. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee, and 200 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 3100,
Chicago. Heading
the offices is Charles W. Pautsch, Illinois 1977, who focuses on
management-side
labor relations and employment law. Lisa A.
Baiocchi, Marquette 2006, and Brian G.
Nuedling, Marquette 2003, also have joined the offices. Pautsch,
Baiocchi, and
Nuedling previously were with Wessels, Pautsch & Sherman P.C.,
Milwaukee.
Geimer Law Offices S.C. has relocated its Green Bay office to
2333 Riverside
Dr., Green Bay, and continues its focus on elder law, estate planning,
probate, real
estate, and business law.
Heuer Law Offices S.C. has relocated to 9312 W. National Ave.,
West Allis, and
continues its focus on creditors' rights.
Margaret S. O'Connor, U.W. 2000, has moved her law office to
the Northside
Professional Building, 1442 N. Memorial Dr., Suite 4, Racine.
Jeffry W. Smith, Chicago-Kent 1988, has relocated
Smith Law Office to 8000 Excelsior Dr., Suite 301, Madison.
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Appointments, Elections
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Anthony D. Cotton, Marquette 2005, has been
elected to the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers board. He is with Kuchler & Cotton Law
Offices, Waukesha. |
Nick Fairweather, Case Western Reserve 2000, has been elected
chair of the State
Bar's General Practice Section. He is with Cullen Weston Pines &
Bach, Madison.
The Hon. Gregory E. Grau, U.W. 1984, has been appointed chief
judge of the Ninth
Judicial District by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is a Marathon
County Circuit
Court judge.
Kelly Kuglitsch, DePaul 2002, has been elected president of
the Wisconsin
Retirement Plan Professionals Ltd. board. She is a member of the
employee benefits team in the
Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. and focuses on employee
benefits, labor
and employment law, and HIPAA matters.
The Jefferson County Bar Association has elected the following
officers: president
- Tiffany L. Highstrom,
Watertown; vice president - Jennifer L.
Weber, Johnson Creek; and treasurer - Vicki
E. Zick, Johnson Creek.
The Hon. Jeffrey A. Kremers, U.W. 1975, has been appointed
chief judge of the
First Judicial District by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He is a
Milwaukee County Circuit
Court judge.
The Hon. Benjamin D. Proctor, U.W. 1971, has been elected
"chief of the chiefs" by
the Wisconsin Committee of Chief Judges. He is chief judge of the Eau
Claire County
Circuit Court.
Bruce T. Block, Boston Univ. 1979 magna cum
laude, and Kevin J. Howley, Illinois 1984 magna cum laude, have
been elected to the board of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
s.c., Milwaukee. Block is a shareholder and chair of the real estate
department in the
Milwaukee office. Howley is a shareholder in the business law and
international departments. |
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The Society of Family Lawyers has elected the following officers:
president -
Judith Budny, West Allis; vice president -
Kent Tess-Mattner, Brookfield; secretary -
Carrie Watkins, Milwaukee; and treasurer -
Kimberly Best, Menomonee Falls.
The Waupaca County Bar Association has elected the following
officers: president-elect
- Eric Daniel Hendrickson, New London; and secretary/treasurer -
Arthur B. Parry, Waupaca.
Shareholders Bruce Arnold, Michigan 1981, and
Nathan Fishbach, Villanova 1977, have been reelected to the board
of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee. Arnold focuses
on health care law. Fishbach focuses on complex civil and white collar
litigation.
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Authors, Speakers
Kimberly A. Hurtado, Marquette 1987, has coauthored
Contract Issues in the Use of Construction Building Information
Modeling, Int'l Constr. L. Rev. (July 2008). She
is managing shareholder of Hurtado S.C., Wauwatosa.
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Awards, Degrees, Honors
Lawrence G. Albrecht, Valparaiso 1973, received the ABA Rule
of Law Award for his
pro bono clinical and human rights teaching and consulting at several
schools and bar
associations in Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. He also has authored a
review of
international death penalty developments during 2007 in 42 Int'l Law.
755 (2008).
Richard J. Steinberg, Marquette 1958, was commended by the
Brookfield Common
Council for his 34 years of meritorious service as Brookfield municipal
judge. He has been
appointed a reserve municipal judge for Waukesha County and maintains a
general law
practice with an emphasis in employment law.
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Pro Bono, Public Service
Hupy and Abraham S.C., Milwaukee, was the presenting sponsor
of the Milwaukee
Bar Association's Foundation Golf Outing, held in August in Port
Washington. The firm
also sponsored a motorcycle safety program and advertisement and a
motorcycle exhibit
during Harley-Davidson's 105th anniversary celebration in Milwaukee in
August.
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In Memoriam
Timothy R. Conrad, U.W. 1978, Minneapolis, May 12, 1953 - July
25, 2008.
Hon. Roland B. Day, U.W. 1947, Madison, June 11, 1919 - July
26, 2008.
John E. Forester, U.W. 1936, Wausau, April 8, 1913 - April 4,
2008.
John P. Koberstein, U.W. 1965, Madison, Jan. 2, 1942 - Aug.
13, 2008.
Henry J. Loos, Harvard 1965, Milwaukee, May 21, 1940 - July
17, 2008.
Orin S. Purintun, Yale 1948, Milwaukee, March 6, 1923 - Aug.
14, 2008.
C. Donald Straub, U.W. 1953, Elm Grove, Aug. 22, 1925 - July
12, 2008.
James H. Whiting, U.W. 1950, Antigo, Feb. 10, 1922 - Aug. 18,
2008.
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