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Who else is running for State Bar positions?

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//April 7, 2014//

Who else is running for State Bar positions?

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//April 7, 2014//

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In addition to president-elect, a number of State Bar offices are up for election in April. Ballots will be mailed out by April 11 and must be returned to the bar by April 25.

The following is a list of positions up for election, and the candidates. Statements for each candidate can be found at Wisbar.org.

Secretary (two-year term)

  • Sherry Coley, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Green Bay
  • Matthew Duchemin, Quarles & Brady LLP Madison

Wisconsin Judicial Council (three-year term)

  • William Gleisner, Law Offices of William C Gleisner III, Hartland
  • Catherine A. La Fleur, La Fleur Law Office SC, Milwaukee
  • Laura Skilton Verhoff, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison

Government Lawyers Division president-elect (three-year cycle includes president and past-president)

  • Miriam Horwitz, Milwaukee Office of the City Attorney

Nonresident Lawyers Division president-elect (three-year cycle includes president and past-president)

  • James Casey Jr., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

Senior Lawyers Division president-elect (three-year cycle includes president and past-president)

  • Hugh Braun, Godfrey, Braun & Frazier LLP, Milwaukee

Young Lawyers Division president-elect (three-year cycle includes president and past-president)

  • Ryan Blay, Lakelaw, Kenosha
  • Brandon Evans, Kendricks, Bordeau, Adamini, Greenlee & Keefe PC, Marquette, Mich.

Board of Governors (two-year term)

District 2 – Milwaukee County (five vacancies)

  • John Birdsall, Birdsall Law Offices SC, Milwaukee
  • Andrew Chevrez, Milwaukee
  • Jill Kastner, Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc., Milwaukee
  • Randy Nash, O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC, Milwaukee
  • Joseph Russell, von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee
  • Amy Wochos, Milwaukee County Courthouse
  • Nicholas Zales, Zales Law Office, Milwaukee

District 4 – Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties (one vacancy)

  • Jeffrey Wisnicky, Kewaunee County Corporation Counsel

District 6 – Waukesha County (two vacancies)

  • Daniel Fay, Oakton Avenue Law Office SC, Pewaukee
  • Kimberly Haines, Waukesha County Corporation Counsel
  • Sarah Ponath, Law Offices of Sarah A Ponath LLC, Brookfield

District 8 – Dunn, Eau Claire, Pierce and St. Croix counties (one vacancy)

  • Daniel Gustafson, Weld, Riley, Prenn & Ricci SC, Eau Claire
  • Nicholas Heike, Ruder Ware LLSC, Eau Claire
  • Deanne Koll, Bakke Norman SC, Menomonie
  • Lauren Otto, Otto Law Firm LLC, Eau Claire
  • Heather Wolske, Eau Claire County Corporation Counsel

District 9 – Dane County (four vacancies)

  • Catherine Dorl, State Public Defender’s Office, Madison
  • Anthony Gray, Institute for Global Ethics, Madison
  • Christopher Rogers, Habush Habush & Rottier SC, Madison
  • James Thiel, Thiel, Vu & Associates, Madison
  • Laura Skilton Verhoff, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison

District 10 – Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor Washburn counties (one vacancy)

  • -Thomas Schwaba, Schwaba & Sparks LLP, Marinette

District 12 – Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and Rock counties (one vacancy)

  • -Kelly Mattingly, State Public Defender’s Office, Janesville

District 14 – Brown County (one vacancy)

  • Byron Conway, Habush Habush & Rottier SC, Green Bay

District 16 – Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marathon, Oneida and Vilas counties (one vacancy)

  • John Danner, Harrold, Scrobell & Danner S.C., Minocqua

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