Wisconsin Law Journal honors its 2015 Up and Coming Lawyers

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The Wisconsin Law Journal welcomed 300 of its closest friends to the Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee to celebrate this year’s Up and Coming Lawyers.

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Here’s this year’s Up and Coming Lawyers:

Improving Milwaukee motivates Bynum

Although Marvin Bynum II may miss the mountains of Portland , Ore., where he spent much of his childhood, he’s determined to use his practice in real-estate law to improve Milwaukee, which has been his home since 2001.

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Collins proves youth doesn’t mean inexperience

Amy Collins spent years on the stage singing, dancing and acting.

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Wyant sees benefits to waiting for law school

A little life experience gave Leah R. Wyant (Harrand) a lot of perspective before starting law school.

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Case variety keeps Harvey engaged

Patrick Harvey likes to mix it up.

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Hebl carries on legacy of helping others

Andrew Hebl doesn’t keep his cape in his briefcase, although he should probably consider it.

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Municipal lawyer Hoffer enjoys giving back

Municipal lawyers have to be jacks-of-all-trades but don’t have the usual accompanying luxury of being master of none.

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Jerabek didn’t take the traditional road to shareholder status

People always ask me how I went from public relations to law, and they’re actually more similar than you might think,” said Jerabek, who made shareholder in July with von Briesen & Roper in Madison after five years with the firm. “I spend most of my day writing, as I did before, and trying to solve problems for people, as I did before. The subject matter, the expertise is different, but the day to day is actually very similar.”

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Kinnel balances unique case mix

Laurna Kinnel readily acknowledges that her practice at Fox, O’Neill and Shannon, entails an unusual mix of business and family-law cases.

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Krumrie’s talent has him rocketing to success

Ryan Krumrie made quite an in impression when he interviewed at Hager, Dewick & Zuengler.

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Leffler building a legal career

Matthew Leffler grew up in the family business of real estate and development, but he knew he needed to find his own direction in an industry he loved.

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It’s all in the family for Lonergan

New attorneys don’t come much tougher than Emily Lonergan.

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MacGillis takes pride in helping others

Christopher MacGillis feels lucky for what he gets to do every day – helping those injured in accidents.

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McFarlane helps others rekindle passion for law

Laura McFarlane proves being a do-gooder isn’t a bad thing.

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McGinn makes transition from classroom to courtroom

On the surface, you wouldn’t think there were a lot of similarities between teaching and being a lawyer. But Colin McGinn, an assistant state public defender at the Milwaukee’s State Public Defender’s office, sees them every day.

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SPD’s office has strong pull for Moses

Faun Moses is driven to help those who need it.

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Mueller on a mission to help others

For Travis Mueller, practicing law is all about relationships.

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No matter the case, Murphy gives it his all

Patrick Murphy straddles two very different types of practice — insurance coverage and intellectual-property litigation — but enjoys the test of his abilities each brings.

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Pittman nurturing offshoot of the family firm

Soon after graduation from law school, Wade Pittman opened the Madison branch of his family’s law firm: La Crosse-based Pittman & Pittman Law Offices LLC.

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Building on a Rock

Hannah Rock helped to create her current job while still in law school.

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Sanford there for clients at tough times

Court was the natural place for Eric Sanford, who is the son of a prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney and the grandson of a judge.

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Sarmiento a strong insurance policy

Joseph Sarmiento is drawn to insurance litigation because of all the thinking it requires.

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Electrical engineering past gives Schlevensky a jolt

Eric Schlevensky draws on his more than a decade of experience as an electrical engineer when working with clients to meet their intellectual-property needs.

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Schmidt relishes taking on difficult cases

When Elizabeth Schmidt first started at West Bend-based Alan C. Olson & Associates, short-term and long-term disability cases merely sounded interesting.

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Snapp’s passion for advocacy helps her weather tough times

What motivates Breanne Snapp is simple.

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Splitek excels at simplifying complicated cases

Matthew Splitek regularly deals with complex cases in his commercial-litigation practice at Quarles & Brady LLP.

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Tahk sows the seeds for next generation of attorneys

Although she went to Yale Law School, Susannah Camic Tahk knew she wanted to teach.

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Triebenbach took time to ensure legal career was right fit

Somewhere deep inside, Lauren Triebenbach knew she was supposed to be a lawyer.

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From Big Ten to Big Brother, Weininger finds his domain

Andrew Weininger always knew he wanted to open his own firm.

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Witkov balances love for law with love for people

Adam Witkov loves problems.

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Wong creating a patent on her work

Sarah Wong is fast establishing herself as an expert in intellectual property law at the Milwaukee-based firm Boyle Fredrickson SC. The 2012 Marquette University Law School graduate earned an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering, which helped lead to her area of specialization within the law.

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