Gagan named State Bar president-elect

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A Green Bay lawyer has been named president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Bob Gagan will step into that position July 1, when Pat Fiedler will take over the presidency of the organization from Kevin Klein of Phillips. The president-elect serves a year-long term before becoming president.

Gagan is a partner at Calewarts, Duffy & Gagan in Green Bay, a graduate of Marquette Law School and president of the Brown County Bar Association. He is on the State Board Bar of Governors and is a member of the State Bar’s Litigation Section, Administrative & Local Government Law Section and Solo/Small Firm & General Practice Section.

Meanwhile, Kevin Lyons of the Milwaukee-based Davis & Kuelthau SC was elected to a two-year term as treasurer for the bar. And Amy E. Wochos of Milwaukee won a three-year seat on the Wisconsin Judicial Council.

Elected to serve two-year terms as district representatives on the State Bar Board of Governors were:

• District 1: Joseph M. Cardamone III, Kenosha County Corporation Counsel;
• District 2: Andrew P. Beilfuss of Quarles & Brady LLP; Michael J. Cohen of Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols SC; Martin P. Gagne of Gagne & O’Halloran LLC; Margaret W. Hickey of Becker, Hickey & Poster SC; Lisa M. Lawless of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC; Brett H. Ludwig of Foley & Lardner LLP; Thomas J. Phillips of Quarles & Brady LLP;
• District 3: Paul G. Swanson of Steinhilber, Swanson, Mares, Marone & McDermott;
• District 5: Bruce J. Brovold of Kostner, Koslo & Brovold LLC;
• District 6: Ronald J. Sonderhouse of Wolff & Sonderhouse LLP;
• District 7: John R. Orton of Hollenbeck & Orton SC;
• District 9: Douglas S. Buck of Foley & Lardner LLP; David E. Jones of Perkins Coie LLP; Nilesh P. Patel of Mahadev Law Group;
• District 11: Richard J. Summerfield of Kostner-Kostner & Summerfield SC;
• District 13: Robert G. Barrington of Dodge County District Attorney’s Office; and
• District 15: Gregory A. Pitts of Schoone, Leuck, Kelley, Pitts, Knurr SC.