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Vol. 72, No. 10, October
1999 |
In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners |
Kevin D. Anderson, Michigan 1981, has joined the Washington national
tax office of the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP as a partner.
He will practice in accounting methods and periods, and tax issues related
to mergers and acquisitions.
Sarah A. Davies
, U.W. 1995, has joined Balisle & Roberson
S.C., Madison, as an associate practicing in family law, estate
planning, probate, and appellate law. She previously was clerk
to Court of Appeals Judge Neal Nettesheim.
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Louis E. Baureis, University of Missouri-Kansas City
1990, has joined Daniel P. Kondos S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate
in business litigation and personal injury. Baureis formerly
was associated with Alan C. Olson & Associates S.C.
Caleb Bedford, U.W. 1999, has joined Pellino, Rosen,
Mowris & Kirkhuff S.C., Madison, as an associate concentrating
in family law, criminal defense, and personal injury.
Malina R.P. Fischer, U.W. 1991, has been named assistant
director of labor relations for the Madison Metropolitan School
District. Fischer previously was a partner with Lathrop &
Clark, Madison.
Julie M. Bogle, U.W. 1999, has joined the firm of Boardman,
Suhr, Curry & Field LLP, Madison, as an associate.
Sean N. Duffey
, U.W. 1986, has completed training as a firefighter/EMT
for the Milwaukee Fire Department. He also has resumed his association
with Schultz & Duffey S.C. practicing in tort law, insurance
coverage, and civil appeals.
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Beth M. Brockmeyer, Marquette 1995, has joined Lanser
Law Office, Milwaukee, as an associate. She will continue to
concentrate her practice in bankruptcy law.
Dennis M. Cook, Marquette 1971, has joined the Milwaukee
office of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., practicing in civil
litigation. He previously was staff trial counsel with American
International Group.
Cassandra J. Crall, Marquette 1994, has joined Swartzberg
& Duggan S.C., Milwaukee, and will continue to practice in
personal injury and family law.
Shane W. Falk, Minnesota 1996, has joined Seidl &
Stingl S.C., Wausau, as an associate. His practice will emphasize
general litigation and personal injury. He formerly worked for
Grischke & Bremer LLSC, Wausau.
Scott J. Grady
, U.W. 1983, has joined the Schroeder
Group S.C., Waukesha, as a shareholder, focusing on corporate
and business law, and commercial and real estate transactions.
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Juliet K. Basile, Colorado 1994, and Richard J.
Anderson III, U.W. 1999, have joined Hurtado S.C., Brookfield,
as associates. Basile practices in real estate development and
construction dispute resolution. She also is licensed to practice
in New Mexico. Anderson practices in construction and construction
insurance. He formerly was employed by the Wisconsin Office of
the Commissioner of Insurance.
Timothy J. McDermott, Nebraska 1975, has joined Milam
Otero, Jacksonville, Fla., as a partner. He formerly was a partner
with Tripp Scott, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. McDermott is board certified
under the Florida Bar in both business litigation and civil trial
practice.
Timothy S. Crisp, Duke 1990, has become a partner with
Michael Best & Friedrich in the firm's Madison office.
Billie Jean Strandt, U.W. 1992, has become a partner in
the firm's Milwaukee office.
Brenda K. Muench
, John Marshall 1998, has joined Redfield
Law Offices LLC, Stevens Point, practicing family, criminal,
and bankruptcy law.
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Todd J. Mitchell, U.W. 1968, has joined Schober &
Schober S.C., Hartland. The firm is now called Schober Schober
& Mitchell S.C. Mitchell previously was with Meissner
Tierney Fisher & Nichols S.C.
Lori K. Murphy, William Mitchell 1994, has joined the
Milwaukee office of Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke,
Hawks & Domer as an associate in the general practice division.
She will continue to practice in civil litigation, focusing on
family, real estate, construction, and business litigation including
intellectual property.
Jeffrey A. Pitman, Marquette 1990, and Thomas W.
Kyle, Hamline 1996, have become partners and formed the law
firm of Pitman & Kyle S.C., located at 1110 N. Old World
Third St., Suite 620, Milwaukee. The firm will practice plaintiff
personal injury. Pitman is on the Wisconsin Association of Trial
Lawyers board of directors and is a state delegate to the American
Trial Lawyers Association.
Elizabeth G. Rich
, Illinois 1984, has joined Frazer &
Schapiro S.C., Milwaukee, as a shareholder. The firm has been
renamed Frazer Schapiro & Rich S.C. Rich practices in environmental
law. She formerly was a shareholder in the Milwaukee offices
of Whyte Hirschboeck & Dudek S.C. and Godfrey & Kahn
S.C.
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The following attorneys have joined Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen,
Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman S.C.: Jackson T. Main Jr.,
U.W. 1988, practices in personal injury, worker's compensation,
family law, criminal law, and traffic law in the firm's
Green Bay office. He previously served as Kewaunee County District
Attorney. Ryan J. Hetzel, U.W. 1997, practices in personal
injury, worker's compensation, criminal law, and traffic
law in the Milwaukee office. William H. Ramsey, U.W. 1998,
practices labor relations law and labor litigation in the Milwaukee
office.
Bradley W. Raaths, Marquette 1999, has joined DeWitt,
Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison, as an associate concentrating
in business law and commercial litigation.
Eric P. Slotegraaf
, Detroit 1994, has joined O'Neil,
Cannon & Hollman S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate concentrating
in taxation, business transactions, and estate and succession
planning. Slotegraaf received his LL.M. in taxation from Wayne
State University in 1996. Previously, he was associated with
the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP.
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Timothy C. Hall, U.W. 1999, has joined Rohde Dales
LLP, Sheboygan, as an associate practicing in real estate and
employment law. Lisa L. Kritske, U.W. 1999, has joined
the firm as an associate practicing in litigation, employment,
and family law.
David Satola, U.W. 1986, was promoted to senior counsel
in the legal department of the World Bank. He continues to work
with legal and regulatory reform and privatizations in telecommunications
in the developing world.
Michael Silhol, U.W. 1985, has been named vice president
of legal operations for Triad Hospitals Inc., a Dallas-based
holding company. Silhol previously was vice president of operations
for the Louisiana Division of Columbia/HCA.
Mia Cahill, Denver 1992, has been appointed a visiting
scholar at the Institute for Law and Society, New York University.
Her work focuses on the implementation of sexual harassment law
and civil rights law within corporations.
John W. Daniels Jr.
, Harvard 1974, has been named president
of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). Daniels,
a partner and member of the Quarles & Brady management team,
is the first attorney from Wisconsin to head ACREL. He is also
among a select few minority attorneys ever elected to head a
national legal organization. Daniels previously served as the
national treasurer, national vice president, and national president-elect
of the college.
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Julita Kishma de Leon, U.W. 1996, has been appointed
legal counsel for the Coastal Zone Management Board in St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands. She will practice in environmental and natural
resources litigation, contract law, municipal law, public financing,
real estate, business law, and administrative proceedings. de
Leon previously clerked for a trial court judge in St. Thomas
and with an appellate court judge in Madison.
Mark Grapentine, U.W. 1997, has been named to both
the Law Enforcement & Crime Commission and the Juvenile Justice
Commission by Gov. Tommy Thompson. Grapentine is a policy advisor
to Thompson on justice-related issues.
Michael J. Gratz, U.W. 1994, has been appointed chair
of the Milwaukee Bar Association's Intellectual Property
Law Section. Gratz is with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., where
he practices in intellectual property and computer law, including
patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, and
related litigation.
Matthew Sanidas, Denver 1991, has been appointed to
the Office of Rules and Regulations at the United Nations, New
York. He formerly was the legal officer to the Office for Outer
Space Affairs, United Nations, Vienna. Sanidas holds an LL.M.
from the University of the Pacific.
Jay A. Urban
, Marquette 1992, a shareholder with Urban Taylor
& Stawski Ltd., Milwaukee, has been appointed to the City
of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission by Mayor John O. Norquist.
The five-member commission serves to ensure equal education,
housing, and employment opportunities for all Milwaukee residents
while providing business and community leaders with resources
toward these goals. Urban practices in plaintiff personal injury.
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Nancy K. Splain, U.W. 1977, has begun her second year
in Kyiv, Ukraine, as rule of law liaison with the American Bar
Association Central and East European Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI).
Splain works with lawyers on CLE and strengthening bar associations
as well as with the supreme court and lower courts in Ukraine.
CEELI is a public service project of the ABA, designed to advance
the rule of law in the world by supporting the law reform underway
in Central and Eastern Europe and the new independent states
of the former Soviet Union.
Hon. Diane Sykes, Marquette 1984, has been appointed
to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to fill the seat vacated by retiring
Justice Donald Steinmetz. Sykes leaves a position with the Milwaukee
County Circuit Court.
The Waukesha County Bar Association has created a criminal
law section. Several sections also exist for lawyers who deal
in municipal law, family law, and probate. Daniel Fay,
Marquette 1977, Pewaukee, has been elected to chair the new section.
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