In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners
Gino M. Alia, Marquette 1995, has became a
shareholder in O'Connor & Willems S.C., Kenosha. Alia practices in
civil litigation, personal injury, and insurance law.
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Barbara K. Boxer, Marquette 1994, has joined
Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach S.C., Milwaukee,
as shareholder and co-chair of its new government relations practice
area. She has years of political involvement and experience as a
registered lobbyist and formerly was with Michael Best &
Friedrich.
Matthew J. Cornetta, Iowa 2001, has joined Garvey,
Anderson, Johnson, Geraci, & Mirr S.C., Eau Claire, practicing in
tort and insurance defense and civil litigation.
Michael Buxton Devine, Drake 1980, was appointed
lecturer in law and course leader for the master of laws degree in
international commercial law at the Robert Gordon University School of
Public Administration and Law, Aberdeen, Scotland. He also joined
BarristerWeb - The Internet Chambers, Barristers-at-Law, London,
England, as a full tenant and Rougemont Chambers, Barristers-at-Law,
Exeter, England, as a door tenant. He remains of counsel to Pavelic
& Levites P.C., New York, and maintains his home office in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Christine Rew Barden, Indiana 1995, Cari
Anne Renlund, U.W. 2001, and Mindy Rowland
Buenger, U.W. 2001, have joined DeWitt Ross & Stevens as
associates, Barden in the firm's west Madison office, Renlund and
Buenger in the Madison office on the Capitol square. Barden focuses her
practice on estate planning, and probate and trust administration.
Renlund's practice focuses on general litigation and environmental
matters. Buenger's practice focuses on employment relations, both in
counseling employers on compliance issues, and litigating
employment-related matters.
Michael A. Dodge, Marquette 1999, has joined the
Madison office of Davis & Kuelthau S.C. as an associate, focusing
his practice on civil and environmental litigation.
Tajara Dommershausen, Marquette 2001, has joined
Kachinsky & Petit Law Offices, Neenah, as an associate practicing in
criminal, juvenile, and mental health law.
Sarah J. Friday, U.W. 1999 cum laude, has joined
Kavit, Gass, Hovel & Leitner S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate
practicing in civil litigation. She previously served as law clerk to
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Diane S. Sykes.
Timothy A. Hartin, Harvard 1987 cum laude, has
joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as a partner in the Madison
office, focusing on health care law and government relations. He
formerly was general counsel for the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
Christopher Henry, U.W. 1998, has joined Kelly &
Habermehl S.C., Madison, focusing on family law.
Jocelyn A. Hirsch, U.W. 1995, has been made a
partner of Kirkland & Ellis effective Oct. 1. Hirsch practices in
the firm's corporate, venture capital, and private equity practice,
focusing primarily on secured lending and financing transactions in
connection with leveraged buyout transactions.
Kenneth W. Krause, Drake 1996, has joined
Fitzpatrick, Blackey & Associates LLC, La Crosse, focusing on
personal injury and worker's compensation litigation.
Adam Levitsky, U.W. 1990, has been named a
shareholder in the 70-attorney Troy, Michigan law firm of Cox, Hodgman
& Giarmarco PC. His practice includes worker's compensation defense,
general liability defense, business litigation, criminal law, and
municipal law.
Laurie J. McLeRoy, Marquette 1987, has joined the
Milwaukee office of Otjen, Van Ert, Lieb & Weir S.C. as a senior
associate practicing in medical malpractice.
Kelly C. Nickel, Marquette 1999, has joined Brennan,
Steil, Basting & MacDougall S.C., Janesville, as a resident attorney
in the Delavan office, practicing civil litigation and municipal
law.
Bennet J. Berson, U.W. 1992, and Gregory T.
Everts, Michigan 1990, have been promoted to partner with
Quarles & Brady LLP, Madison. Berson is a member of the firm's
intellectual property practice group. Everts focuses on commercial and
intellectual property litigation. He previously was a trial attorney
with the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., and associate
counsel in the office of the vice president.
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Lance R. Trollop, U.W. 2001, has joined the Grischke
& Bremer Law Center, Wausau, as an associate practicing plaintiff's
personal injury.
The following attorneys have joined Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C.
as associates: John J. Lott, Northwestern 1994,
Melanie S. Lee, Iowa 1998 with distinction, and
Ryan J. Owens, U.W. 2001 with honors, have joined the
Madison office. Lott joins the business organizations department, Lee
the real estate department, and Owens the litigation and
telecommunications and energy departments.
Kent A. Lee, Marquette 2000, Bridget M.
Hubing, Notre Dame 2001, Lucien A. Beaudry,
U.W. 2001 cum laude, Meghan K. Shannon, U.W. 2001 magna
cum laude, Susan U. Ladwig, Marquette 2001 magna cum
laude, Richard V. Esposito, Boston 2001, Eido
M. Walny, Boston 2001, and Kristin K.
Langhoff, Marquette 2001, have joined the Milwaukee office. Lee
joins the intellectual property department, Hubing the litigation
department, Beaudry the tax department, Shannon the business
organizations department, Ladwig the benefits department, Esposito and
Walny the business organizations department, and Langhoff the real
estate department.
Greg Rutzen, Indiana-Bloomington 1987, has been
appointed director of planned giving for Marian College, Fond du Lac.
Previously he worked in institutional advancement for Central Methodist
College and Valparaiso University. He is a member of the National
Committee on Planned Giving.
Kurt N. Schacht, U.W. 1983, has joined Wyser-Pratte
& Co., New York, a hedge fund, as general counsel and chief
administrative officer responsible for operational, compliance, and
regulatory matters. He also has become of counsel to Grant &
Eisenhofer, Wilmington, Del., focusing on shareholder litigation and
corporate law. Schacht previously was chief legal counsel for the State
of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), Madison.
Marcella S. Spoto, U.W. 2001, has joined Kasieta
Legal Group LLC, Madison, focusing on personal injury and employment
law.
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Rakita |
Timothy M. McCutcheon, U.W. 1992, and
Richard J. Rakita, Marquette 1970, have joined Weiss
Berzowski Brady LLP as partners in the Milwaukee office. McCutcheon is
in the employee benefits section, counseling clients in all aspects of
employee benefits law including ERISA, qualified pension and
profit-sharing plans, executive compensation, flexible compensation
programs, welfare benefit plans, and retiree health plans, as well as
litigating employee benefit claims and disputes. Rakita is in the real
estate and litigation practice groups, involved in the purchase and sale
of commercial and multi-family property, tax-free exchange,
landlord/tenant matters, commercial eviction, and real estate
litigation.
Scott Winkler, U.W. 1984, has joined the Law Offices
of Robert A. Levine, Milwaukee, practicing plaintiff's tort law. For the
last 11 years he was with the Law Offices of Stilp & Cotton,
Milwaukee and Brookfield, practicing insurance defense. He also is on
the Board of Zoning Appeals for the City of Milwaukee.
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Wright |
James P. Denis III, Marquette 1999, and
Andre Wright, U.W. 2001, have joined the Milwaukee
office of the law firm Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Both are members of
the Litigation practice group.
Wright was a summer associate at the firm.
Mergers, Relocations, New
Associations
Charles F. Church, U.W. 1990 cum laude, has opened a
solo general practice at 5 E. Park St., Montello. Church formerly was
with the Smiley Law Office, Portage.
Appointments, Elections
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David R. Barnes, Calif.-Davis 1984, has been
appointed by Gov. McCallum to the Wisconsin Department of Financial
Institutions' InvestWisconsin Advisory Board. He is a principal attorney
with von Briesen & Barnes, a division of von Briesen, Purtell &
Roper S.C., practicing in the Kenosha and Racine offices.
InvestWisconsin is an economic advisory group established to promote
capital formation, stimulate economic activity, and create well-paying
jobs in Wisconsin.
Nicholas Chiarkas,Temple 1978, Wisconsin State
Public Defender, has been elected to serve on the Alumni Executive
Council at Harvard University's JFK School of Government. The 20-member
advisory group provides strategic counsel to the Kennedy School of
Government on carrying out its mission around the world using its
alumni. Chiarkas will serve a four-year term.
Chiarkas' election was based on the innovations
and efficiencies he has implemented in the SPD Office. The agency was
recognized last year with a Wisconsin Forward Award for its
organizational excellence. Chiarkas also was named Administrator of the
Year in 2000 by the American Society for Public Administration's
Wisconsin Capital Chapter.
Mel Flanagan, U.W. 1984, was elected vice president
of the National Association of Women Judges at the association's annual
conference in New York.
John P. Savage,Marquette 1967, was elected president
of the Building Owners and Managers Association/Apartment Owners and
Managers Association of Milwaukee Inc., at its annual meeting. He has
been involved in real estate since 1969.
Michael J. Gratz,U.W. 1994, a shareholder at Boyle
Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz S.C., was unanimously elected vice
president and president-elect of the State Bar's Intellectual Property
Section. Gratz, a registered patent attorney, practices intellectual
property law.
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Joel Hirschhorn, U.W. 1967, was named
president-elect of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers at its annual
meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Patrick B. McDonnell,Marquette 1972, a special
deputy in the Milwaukee City Attorney's office, has been elected chair
of the State Bar's Administrative & Local Government Law
Section.
T. Michael Schober,Marquette 1969, of Schober
Schober & Mitchell S.C., New Berlin, has been elected to the board
of directors of the Waukesha County Community Foundation. The foundation
was established in 1999 as a pool of permanent, endowed philanthropic
funds contributed by Waukesha County residents to be invested and
distributed to benefit charitable causes and organizations primarily
within the county.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed the following to the
Preliminary Review Committee of the lawyer regulation
system:James D. Friedman, Notre Dame 1972, Milwaukee;
Joan Greendeer-Lee, Tomah;Bernard T.
McCartan, Marquette 1976, Madison; and Frank D.
Remington,U.W. 1984, Madison.
The court also has appointed Dennis R.
Cimpl,Marquette 1975, and Claire A. Fowler to
their first full three-year terms on the Board of Administrative
Oversight, commencing Oct. 1, 2001, and expiring Sept. 30, 2004, or
until further ordered by the court.
Authors, Speakers
Ronald R. Hofer, Marquette 1981, delivered the
Charles Alan Wright Memorial Lecture to the Texas Supreme Court and the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas. The lecture series,
honoring the late Prof. Wright of the University of Texas at Austin
School of Law, is a joint undertaking of the courts and the law
school.
Judith A. Langer,Marquette 1985, spoke recently at
the 2001 annual convention of the National Association of Subrogation
Professionals in Reno, Nev., on "The HIPAA Privacy Rules: Impact on the
Subrogation Industry." In New York City, she presented "Navigating HIPAA
Privacy" to the American Conference Institute's Second National Legal
Forum for Healthcare Attorneys and Corporate Counsel in Managed Care
Organizations. She is with Cobalt Corporation, Milwaukee.
Awards, Degrees, Honors
Charles Barnhill,Michigan 1968, a partner in Miner,
Barnhill & Galland P.C., Madison, has become a fellow of the
American College of Trial Lawyers. The college identifies and recognizes
outstanding trial lawyers, and improves the standards of trial practice,
the administration of justice, and the ethics of the profession.
John A. Fiorenza,Marquette 1956, and Joseph
G. Alioto,U.W. 1981, were honored by the Justinian Society of
Lawyers, Wisconsin Chapter, an affiliate of the National Italian
American Bar Association, as the Society's 2001 Citizens of the
Year.
Kathleen S. Bray, Minnesota 1991, and Cheryl
Prince,U.W. 1988, of Hanft Fride Law Firm, Duluth, Minn., have
been named "rising stars" in Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine. The
publication's panel of attorneys - statistically the top 5 percent of
the state's lawyers - selected Bray and Prince based on their
accomplishments as young attorneys.
Bray is a shareholder experienced in worker's compensation defense,
employment and labor law, and general civil litigation. Prince focuses
primarily on family law, including divorce, adoption, paternity, and
prenuptial agreements.
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Michigan 1968, has been
named to the American Bar Association's new Task Force on Terrorism and
the Law. Parker is general counsel of the U.W. System and former general
counsel of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Donald K. Schott,Harvard 1980, has been inducted as
a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The college
identifies and recognizes outstanding trial lawyers and improves the
standards of trial practice, the administration of justice, and the
ethics of the profession.
Schott represents clients in trial and appellate proceedings in state
and federal courts in Wisconsin and other jurisdictions.
Charles J. Stansberry Jr.,Marquette 2001, an
associate with Schober Schober & Mitchell S.C., Hartland, has passed
the Illinois Bar Exam. He advises clients on estate planning, general
corporate law, real estate, and probate matters.
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
Methodius J. Anzich,Marquette 1945, Naples, Fla.,
Oct. 5, 1915 - Aug. 2001.
Richard J. Ash,Marquette 1956, Wauwatosa, June 11,
1931 - Aug. 16, 2001.
Stephen A. Boeder, U.W. 1938, Oconomowoc, Sept. 12,
1913 - Aug. 29, 2001.
Gerald Dennenberg,U.W. 1956, St. Thomas, V.I., Oct.
5, 1931 - Feb. 6, 2001.
Rodney J. Edwards, U.W. 1948, Duluth, Minn., June
30, 1921 - Dec. 11, 2000.
Terry W. Frazier,U.W. 1981, Madison, Aug. 5, 1955 -
Sept. 6, 2001.
Gilbert N. Geraghty,Marquette 1954, Mauston, Jan.
26, 1930 - Oct. 21, 2001.
Charles N. Goerdt, Iowa 1947, La Crosse, Sept. 17,
1917 - Sept. 5, 2001.
Robert L. Grindell,U.W. 1938, Frederic, May 19, 1914
- Nov. 28, 2000.
Harry F. Gundersen,U.W. 1954, Grantsburg, Nov. 30,
1924 - Sept. 19, 2001.
Sandra J. Janssen, U.W. 1986, Milwaukee, Dec. 8,
1955 - June 6, 2001.
James H. McDermott,Marquette 1948, Madison, Aug. 19,
1918 - Sept. 2001.
Patrick T. McMahon,Marquette 1963, Elm Grove, Dec.
5, 1937 - Sept. 26, 2001.
Alan D. Moeller,U.W. 1980, Black River Falls, Aug.
24, 1952 - May 18, 2001.
Herbert J. Mueller,U.W. 1933, Milwaukee, Feb. 14,
1910 - Sept. 9, 2001.
Robert B.L. Murphy, U.W. 1932, Madison, Dec. 5, 1905
- Sept. 11, 2001.
Andrew J. Nilles,Hamline 1985, Racine, Nov. 22, 1960
- Aug. 17, 2001.
Raymond E. Porter, U.W. 1960, Sheboygan, May 3, 1924
- July 27, 2001.
Edwin C. Rachow, Georgetown 1956, Elm Grove, Oct.
12, 1930 - Oct. 17, 2001.
Steven L. Ross, George Washington 1967, Minneapolis,
Minn., Aug. 18, 1942 - Aug. 1, 2001.
David J. Schmechel, U.W. 1949, Milwaukee, April 14,
1921 - Aug. 13, 2001.
William J. Schmitz, Notre Dame 1956, Monroe, July
20, 1932 - Oct. 1, 2001.
Grant C. Schwartz, Marquette 1941, North Prairie,
Dec. 10, 1916 - Aug. 21, 2001.
Clifford H. Thoma, Marquette 1951, Wauwatosa, May
22, 1918 - Aug. 31, 2001.
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