Vol. 75, No. 12, December
2002
In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners
Edward E. Beckmann, U.W. 1999, has joined the St.
Paul, Minn., office of Murnane, Conlin, White & Brandt as an
associate, practicing primarily in commercial, environmental, and
employment litigation.
Lorna Hemp Boll, U.W. 1988, M.B.A., has joined
Thompson Plumb Trust Co., Madison, as vice president and trust officer,
working with existing trust clients and consulting with prospective
individual and institutional clients. She previously was a vice
president with the M&I Trust Co.
Mary S. Gerbig, Marquette 1994 cum laude, and
Cathy Priebe Hertzberg, U.W. 1994 cum laude, have been
named shareholders at Davis & Kuelthau S.C. Gerbig is a member of
the labor and employment, school law, and municipal law sections in the
Green Bay office. Preibe Hertzberg is a member of the estate planning
section in the Milwaukee office. James M. Kalny,
Marquette 1981, has joined the Green Bay office as a shareholder in the
labor and employment law section, focusing on grievance and interest
arbitration, contract negotiations, labor relations, leave and wage and
hour laws, fair employment issues, and consolidation of governmental
services. He previously was director of the combined city/county human
resources department for Green Bay and Brown County.
Susan K. Deschler, John Marshall 2001, has joined
Slattery & Lee Ltd., Waukesha, as an associate, focusing on complex
personal injury litigation, including products liability, malpractice,
and wrongful death.
Scott Andrew Farrow, Marquette 1988, has become a
trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S.
Trustee, Las Vegas. He previously was a shareholder with von Briesen
& Roper S.C., Milwaukee.
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Sara L. Gehrig, Minnesota 1993 cum laude, has joined
Nowlan & Mouat LLP, Janesville, as an associate. She previously was
a prosecutor in Alaska and Idaho.
Arthur Gollwitzer, U.W. 1994, has been named a
partner in Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, continuing to focus on
intellectual property and commercial litigation.
Edward J. Vopal, Valparaiso 1994, has been made a
shareholder in the Fox River Valley office of Habush Habush &
Rottier S.C. Brian P. Beisenstein, Drake 1995, and
Rebecca S. Lindner, Marquette 2001, have joined the
firm as associates, Beisenstein in the Appleton office and Lindner in
the Green Bay office.
Hilary A. Hurt, Vermont 2001, has joined Carlson
Koeck Kirk & Bruni Ltd., Prairie du Sac, as an associate. She
previously was a law clerk for the First Judicial Branch of Iowa,
Dubuque.
Robin S. Jacobs, American Univ. 1986, has joined
Cooke & Franke S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate, focusing on civil
litigation and insurance defense. She previously was a clerk for the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Jennifer A. Joyce, Marquette 2000, has joined The
Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, as an associate,
focusing in estate planning, corporate, and tax law. She previously was
with Arthur Andersen LLP, Milwaukee.
Kevin J. O'Connor, Harvard 1976, has joined
LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, as a partner, chairing the
antitrust and trade practices group. He previously was the assistant
attorney general in charge of antitrust enforcement with the Wisconsin
Department of Justice. Alan S. Ogilvie, U.W. 1990 cum
laude, has joined the insurance practice group as special counsel. He
previously was vice president of legal and e-commerce for Caliber One
Indemnity Co., Yardley, Pa.
Marcia Y. Lucas, Notre Dame 1993, has joined the
Milwaukee office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as an associate,
focusing on general corporate, securities, and venture financing
matters. She previously was an associate with Brobeck Phleger &
Harrison LLP.
Mark D. Munson, South Dakota 1999, has joined Hess,
Dexter, Reinertson & Brunner S.C., Wausau, as an associate,
practicing in estate planning and administration, business and corporate
law, real estate, and municipal law.
Joseph C. Mrazek, Georgetown 1997, has joined
Midwest-Interstate Realty Corp., Racine, as legal counsel, advising on
commercial real estate development and leasing issues. He previously was
an assistant city attorney in Madison.
Kathryn M. Buono, Marquette 1986, has been named
chair of the Quarles & Brady LLP corporate services group, which
includes more than 60 attorneys who practice in Milwaukee, Madison,
Chicago, Phoenix, Tucson, and Naples, Fla. Her practice areas include
mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital and project
finance services, and general corporate work. Ann M.
Murphy, U.W. 1979, has been named to the newly created position
of managing partner of the firm's Milwaukee office, overseeing
operations of the approximately 200 attorneys who work there. She
focuses on tax-exempt finance and commercial lending.
Rebecca J. Smith, Marquette 2002, has joined Runkel,
Ansay & Haggenjos S.C., Port Washington, as an associate, practicing
in family law, probate, and estate planning.
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Hilary E. Segura, Marquette 2002, has joined Chaplin
Law Office, Marinette, as an associate in general practice.
Dennis L. Simon, Colorado 1973, has joined the
Appleton office of Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner, concentrating
in real estate, commercial and banking contracts, business transactions,
personal and business financial and succession planning, and real estate
litigation.
Carmen Anderson, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City 1995,
Maureen Hegarty, Marquette 1995, Linda
Isnard, Marquette 1988, and Susan Lovern, Iowa
1995, have been named shareholders in von Briesen & Roper S.C.,
Milwaukee, all in the litigation section. Anderson concentrates in
products liability, toxic tort, insurance coverage, and general
litigation matters. Hegarty focuses in commercial litigation. Isnard
concentrates in general civil litigation and appeals. Lovern focuses in
contract and other commercial disputes, employment discrimination
defense, land use and zoning, and appeals.
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David Westrup, Michigan 1989, has been named a
principal associate, also in the litigation group. He focuses in
antitrust litigation and counseling, and practices in intellectual
property and white-collar-crime defense.
Judith Knight, U.W. 1995, has been named to the
newly created position of State Bar CLE Books managing editor. She
previously was a legal editor for the Bar. Nigel
Linssen, American Univ. 2002, Mary Lang
Reames, Chicago-Kent College of Law 1995 high honors, and
Mike Sanders, U.W. 1998, have joined the Bar as legal
editors. Reames previously was clerk for the Hon. Kermit E. Bye, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Fargo, N.D., and Sanders
previously was a clerk for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Alan
Freed, Univ. of Texas-Austin 1992, has joined the Bar as a
seminar program attorney. He previously was a staff attorney at the
Montana Advocacy Program, Missoula, Mont., focusing on employment
discrimination and special education.
Janilyn K. Maier, Marquette 2002, and
Jeffrey J. Warchol, Marquette 1993, have joined the
West Allis City Attorney's Office as assistant city attorneys.
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The following attorneys have joined the Milwaukee office of Whyte
Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. as shareholders: John (Jack)
Laffey, Ohio State 1985, Jay R. Starrett, U.W.
1987, and Saul Winsten, Drake 1980. Laffey and
Starrett, previously with Kravitt, Gass, Hovel & Leitner, have
joined the litigation group, with an emphasis on transportation law.
Winsten, previously a partner with Michael Best & Friedrich, has
joined the corporate transactions and business law group.
Lisa M. Arent, Indiana 1992, has become an associate
with the firm. She previously was with Fenwick & West LLP, Palo
Alto, Cal. Eric J. Meier, U.W. 2002, has joined the
business and commercial finance team as an associate. Shailaja
Reddy, U.W. 2001, and Michael R. Sarner,
Marquette 1998, have joined the information technology team as
associates. Reddy previously worked in management information positions
and Sarner previously was with Marsh & McLennan, a national risk
management and consulting firm.
Ralph E. Johnson, Capital 1986, has become managing
attorney at the United Auto Workers (UAW) Legal Services Plan Office,
Janesville, replacing Donald R. Goldberg, Marquette
1975, who has become managing attorney at the UAW Legal Services Plan
Office, Milwaukee. Jason H. Klimowicz, U.W. 1995, and
Heather M. Rasmussen, U.W. 2001, have joined the
Janesville office as staff attorneys.
Mergers, Relocations, New Associations
Judith Sperling-Newton, U.W. 1981, Carol
Gapen, U.W. 1988, and Lynn Bodi, U.W. 1987,
have opened The Law Center for Children and Families at
434 S. Yellowstone Drive, Madison. Theresa Roetter,
Marquette 1993, and Jason Smith, New England 1998, have
joined the firm as associates. The five attorneys were previously
members of the Children's Law Center at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison.
They focus on issues affecting children and families, including
adoption, guardianship, visitation, custody, grandparent and foster
parent issues, and assisted reproduction.
Patricia K. Hammel, U.W. 1980, has opened the
Law Office of Patricia K. Hammel, 122 W. Washington
Ave., Suite 740, Madison, practicing in debtor bankruptcy, family law,
and estate planning. She previously was a member of the King Street Law
Collective.
James G. Nowakowski, Marquette 1983, and
Stephen J. McManus, Arizona 1993, have formed
Nowakowski & McManus LLP, 620 N. Mayfair Rd.,
Milwaukee, concentrating in worker's compensation defense, military
defense, and professional licensing matters.
The Stevens Law Office and Mallery & Zimmerman S.C. have merged.
John Stevens, U.W. 1964, will be resident shareholder
in the Cedarburg office, now known as Mallery, Zimmerman &
Stevens.
Jeffrey C. Thompson, William Mitchell 1992, has
formed Howse & Thompson P.A., Plymouth, Minn. He
concentrates on contract, construction, and real estate dispute
litigation. He previously was with Vest & Howse P.A., Brooklyn
Center, Minn.
Appointments, Elections
Among the newly elected officers of the Dominican High School board
of directors are Mark Darnieder, Marquette 1978, chair,
and Phil Halley, Ohio State 1981, vice chair. Darnieder
is with West, Davis & Geraghty, and Halley is with Whyte Hirschboeck
& Dudek S.C., both in Milwaukee.
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Steven F. Gruel, U.W. 1985, has been selected chief
of the Major Crimes Section, United States Attorney's Office in the
Northern District of California, San Francisco. Gruel previously was
acting chief of the Organized Crime Section.
Joel Hirschhorn, U.W. 1967, has been named president
of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, a national honorary legal
society for outstanding criminal trial lawyers. Hirschhorn, a founder of
Hirschhorn & Beiber P.A., Coral Gables, Fla., focuses on criminal
and civil white-collar defense of corporations, business executives,
elected public officials, and private individuals. He also has been
appointed to the board of the State Bar's Nonresident Lawyers
Division.
The Leander J. Foley Matrimonial Inn of Court, Milwaukee, has
selected the following officers: president - John P.
Savage, Milwaukee; president-elect - Sandra A.
Edhlund, Milwaukee; counselor/administrator - Ernesto
Romero, Milwaukee; treasurer - Mark E.
Sanders, Milwaukee; program director - Dennis H.
Milbrath, Cedarburg; and facilities director - Eric W.
Zaeske, Wauwatosa.
Robert Michelson, Duke 1972, has been appointed
Wisconsin state chair of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy
Attorneys. He is with Michelson Attorneys-at-Law, Racine and Kenosha,
and limits his practice to representing debtors in bankruptcy.
Michael J. Pfau, Marquette 1964, and Anne
Willis Reed, Cornell 1981, have been
reappointed as court commissioners by Milwaukee County Circuit Court
Judge John J. Di Motto. Pfau is a partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson,
and Reed is a partner with Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren S.C., both in
Milwaukee.
Dennis R. Nolan, Harvard 1970, has been named by
President George W. Bush to the presidential board of inquiry on the
West Coast ports labor dispute. He is Webster professor of labor law at
the University of South Carolina Law School.
The Rock County Bar Association has elected the following officers:
president - Kayla K. Hiller; vice president -
Eugene R. Dumas; treasurer - Anne T.
Nack; and secretary - Jonathan W. Groessl, all
of Janesville. Kellie M. Krake, Jody L.
Cooper, James H. Fowler III, Beth M.
Kugler, and John P. Tedesco, all of
Janesville, have been chosen to serve on the executive committee as
members at large.
Among the officers elected by the Wisconsin chapter of the Tax
Executive Institute are Daniel J. Wenzel, U.W. 1985 cum
laude, president, and Laura L. Vogel, Hamline 1985,
treasurer. Wenzel is international tax counsel for S.C. Johnson, Racine,
and Vogel is with Datex-Ohmeda Inc., Madison.
The Wisconsin School Attorneys Association has chosen the following
officers: president - James M. Ward, Eau Claire; vice
president - Jon E. Anderson, Madison; and secretary -
Ken Cole, Madison.
At the annual Wisconsin judicial conference, state judges selected
six circuit court judges to serve on two court system committees. Judge
Steven D. Ebert, Drake 1976, Dane County; Judge
Donald J. Hassin Jr., Marquette 1981, Waukesha County;
and Judge Annette K. Ziegler, Marquette 1989,
Washington County, will serve on the Criminal Jury Instruction
Committee, which prepares model jury instructions for judges to tailor
for use in criminal cases. Judge Dorothy L. Bain, U.W.
1989, Marathon County; Judge Andrew P. Bissonnette,
Wyoming 1975, Dodge County; and Judge Dennis G.
Montabon, John Marshall 1972, La Crosse County, will serve on
the Legislative Committee, which reviews pending legislation and may
take positions supporting or opposing bills.
Pro Bono, Public Service
Murphy Desmond S.C., Lawyers, Madison, was a sponsor
of the Dane County American Heart Walk, held in Madison in October.
Authors, Speakers
von Briesen & Roper S.C. presented a health law
conference for health care executives on Oct. 22 in Green Lake. Issues
covered included regulatory issues, compliance, risk management, labor
and employment, and analysis of strategic and operational options.
Judge James Andrew Wynn Jr., Marquette 1979, who
sits on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, addressed the National
Hispanic Bar Association in Atlanta in October on the topic of judicial
independence.
Awards, Degrees, Honors
The following attorneys at Cook & Franke S.C. have been included
in the 2003-04 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
Francis R. Croak, U.W. 1953, business litigation and
criminal defense, and Thomas J. Drought, U.W. 1959,
trusts and estates.
Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan L.L.P. has been ranked
in the top five firms in Wisconsin for bond counsel volume by The
Bond Buyer, a daily newspaper for the municipal bond industry. The
firm, which focuses on representing major corporations and governmental
entities, is headquartered in Milwaukee and has other offices in
Chicago, Indianapolis, Merrillville, Ind., West Des Moines, Iowa, and
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Habush, Habush & Rottier S.C. has been
recognized by the Milwaukee Safety Commission for providing free bicycle
helmets to Wisconsin children. The firm and the Habush Habush &
Rottier Charitable Foundation donate an average of 4,000 to 5,000
helmets each year to ensure child safety.
Hon. Daniel L. Konkol, Marquette 1976, was presented
the Polish American Heritage Appreciation Award by Woodrow Wilson Post
#11, Polish Legion of American Veterans, Milwaukee. The award recognizes
community service to the Polonia and in the public good.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP was ranked as the
best firm to work for in Milwaukee, according to a survey of mid-level
associates published in the Oct. 2002 issue of The American
Lawyer.
James J. Podell, Michigan 1967, has received the
Outstanding Family Law Practitioner Award, given by the State Bar Family
Law Section board of directors. He is a partner in Podell & Podell,
Milwaukee.
The following attorneys at von Briesen & Roper S.C. have been
included in the 2003-04 edition of The Best Lawyers in America:
Randall D. Crocker, Marquette 1979, Robert J.
Loots, Iowa 1958, Gordon J. Smith, Jr.,
University of Michigan 1953, and Scott W. Taebel,
American University 1986. Loots practices in corporate, mergers and
acquisitions, and securities law and trusts and estates. He has been in
each of the twenty editions of the publication. Crocker is a commercial
trial lawyer and chairs the firm's banking, bankruptcy, and business
litigation practice group. Smith practices estate planning, trust and
estate administration, and planning for closely held businesses. Taebel
is a member of the firm's health care law practice group.
In Memoriam
Joseph E. Baley, Marquette 1952, Milwaukee, Sept. 8,
1923 - May 12, 2002.
Edward T. Berkanovic, U.W. 1933, Greendale, Sept. 1,
1909 - Oct. 22, 2002.
Thomas Brenner, U.W. 1961, Waukesha, Sept. 2, 1935 -
Sept. 8, 2002.
Richard B. Chernov, Marquette 1975, Minong, July 27,
1945 - Dec. 16, 2001.
Frank S. Chittero, Marquette 1960, Wauwatosa, March
10, 1923 - Feb. 11, 2002.
John E. Crass, U.W. 1978, Arlington, Va., Jan. 29,
1954 - July 15, 2002.
Martin L. Croak, U.W. 1940, Madison, Dec. 5, 1915 -
Aug. 23, 2002.
Robert Daniel Dietz, U.W. 1984, La Crosse, Dec. 13,
1951 - Aug. 17, 2002.
Elizabeth L. Erasmus, Marquette 1938, Milwaukee, May
9, 1915 - Sept. 11, 2002.
Frank W. Evans Jr., 1950, Greendale, March 3, 1922 -
Nov. 3, 2001.
Solomon Gad, Marquette 1952, Whitefish Bay, May 29,
1921 - May 6, 2002.
Bernard Goldstein, U.W. 1956, Naples, Fla., March
10, 1930 - Oct. 26, 2002.
Glenn L. Henry, U.W. 1947, Madison, Aug. 25, 1921 -
2002.
Roger W. Hoffman, U.W. 1960, Nekoosa, March 25, 1935
- March 24, 2002.
Quentin Johnson, U.W. 1941, Leesburg, Fla., Sept.
28, 1918 - Jan. 12, 2002.
Edward J. Kulig, Marquette 1938, Independence, April
20, 1913 - Dec. 11, 2001.
Hon. F. Lawrence Lenz, Notre Dame 1949, Freeport,
Ill., July 9, 1925 - Sept. 8, 2002.
Milton D. Lory, U.W. 1946, Janesville, Feb. 21, 1914
- May 14, 2002.
William P. McGovern, Marquette 1941, Milwaukee, Dec.
9, 1915 - June 14, 2002.
Gary C. McGregor, Capital Univ. 1979, Hartford,
Sept. 27, 1950 - May 25, 2002.
Francis Mintz, U.W. 1954, Los Angeles, Aug. 16, 1922
- Oct. 18, 2001.
Richard R. Mybeck, Indiana 1953, Scottsdale, Ariz.,
Dec. 5, 1928 - May 8, 2002.
Walter T. Norlin, Chicago-Kent College of Law 1934,
Iron River, Oct. 24, 1909 - July 6, 2002.
James Plier, U.W. 1941, Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 21,
1916 - Sept. 12, 2002.
Michael Jay Shapiro, U.W. 1994, Chicago, Sept. 7,
1967 - Oct. 5, 2002.
George Solsrud, U.W. 1934, Holcombe, April 14, 1906
- Feb. 2, 2002.
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