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Who’s Doing What: Weber named fellow; Michael Best earns LGBT honor

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//March 13, 2017//

Who’s Doing What: Weber named fellow; Michael Best earns LGBT honor

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//March 13, 2017//

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Weber named fellow of College of Trial Lawyers

Ralph Weber has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Weber, a partner in the firm of Gass Weber Mullins, became a fellow during the ACTL’s recent 2017 Spring Meeting in Boca Raton, Fla.

Gimbel adds Karnes to firm

Russell Karnes
Russell Karnes

The Milwaukee-based trial and litigation law firm of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown has added Russell Karnes to its civil litigation, real estate and business law team.

Karnes, a 2010 graduate of Marquette Law School, has joined the firm after coming from a local creditor rights law practice.

12 associates join Reinhart 

Twelve new associates have joined Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, including 10 in the Milwaukee office, one in the Madison office and one in the Rockford, Ill., office.

New to the Milwaukee office are:

  • Hana Cho, Corporate Law Practice;
  • Benjamin Genzer, Tax Practice;
  • Christopher Hruska, Corporate Law Practice;
  • Katherine Kratcha, Employee Benefits Practice;
  • Kilian Murphy, Real Estate Practice;
  • Andrew Otto, Trusts and Estates Practice;
  • Jeffrey Roeske, Litigation Practice;
  • Jeunesse Rutledge, Litigation Practice;
  • Sarah Sargent, Litigation Practice; and
  • Christopher Schuele, Labor and Employment Practice.

New to the Madison office is:

  • Monica Mark, Litigation Practice.

New to the Rockford office is:

  • John Whelan, Intellectual Property Practice.

Michael Best earns LGBT workplace honor

Michael Best & Friedrich has received a 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. The perfect score earns Michael Best distinction among the Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality and reflects a commitment to workplace equality with respect to tangible policies, benefits, and practices.

The 2017 CEI rated 1,043 businesses in the report, which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community.

Michael Best partners Jorge Leon and José Olivieri have also been recognized among the 2016 Top Latino Lawyers by Latino Leaders magazine. The list recognizes the most influential Latino lawyers in the country for making a significant impact on the legal profession and their communities.

Leon is chair of Michael Best’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Olivieri, a Milwaukee labor and employment partner, is founder and co-chair of Michael Best’s immigration law practice, chair of the Higher Education Industry team, and former chair of the Labor and Employment Relations practice group.

von Briesen helps set the PACE

PACE Wisconsin, a statewide program that enables property owners to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation building improvements, is now available for implementation by Wisconsin municipalities and counties.

Creating a PACE program from the ground up can be time consuming and resource-intensive, which is why — with the support of the Wisconsin Counties Association, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Green Tier Legacy Communities, the Wisconsin State Energy Office, and WECC — von Briesen & Roper helped establish the Wisconsin PACE Commission. The Commission developed PACE Wisconsin, an efficient and cost-effective solution for administering a uniform PACE program throughout the state.

A number of Wisconsin counties have already adopted PACE Wisconsin, including Eau Claire, La Crosse, Douglas, Dunn, Chippewa, Iowa, Jefferson, Fond du Lac, Racine, Sheboygan, and Washington.

Foley names partners

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Matthew Impola
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Jason Kohout
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Holden Brooks
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Pirozzolo-Mellowes

Foley & Lardner recently promoted H. Holden Brooks, Matthew Impola, Jason Kohout and Rebecca Pirozzolo-Mellowes to partners in the Milwaukee office.

Neal joins DeWitt’s IP group

DeWitt Ross & Stevens has added Elizabeth Neal to its Brookfield office as a member of its Intellectual Property group.

Neal concentrates her practice on protecting intellectual capital, conducting patentability and infringement searches, and prosecuting patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and with foreign patent offices.

Godfrey & Kahn elects 3 new shareholders

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Brian Spahn
Shane Delsman
Shane Delsman
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Peter Wilder

Godfrey & Kahn has elected Shane Delsman, Brian Spahn and Peter Wilder as the firm’s newest shareholders.

Delsman is a shareholder in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice groups. Spahn is a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Ogletree Deakins names Kopplin a shareholder

Keith Kopplin
Keith Kopplin

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart has elected Keith Kopplin as a shareholder.

Kopplin, who has more than a decade of experience representing employers in employment law matters, practices in the firm’s Milwaukee office.

5 attorneys join DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore

DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore, an affiliate of the Wisconsin-based firm DeWitt Ross & Stevens, has added a team of attorneys formerly from Peterson Habicht. They are:

  • Ryan Burt, specializing in health care, litigation and dispute resolution;
  • William Habicht, specializing in business, banking and real estate;
  • Ronald Peterson, specializing in business and real estate law;
  • Paul Quast, specializing in business, corporate, trust and estates, and tax law; and
  • Mai Lee Yang, specializing in health care law.

DeKraay named Murphy Desmond shareholder

Sarah DeKraay
Sarah DeKraay

Murphy Desmond has named Sarah DeKraay as a shareholder with the firm.

DeKraay’s practice focuses on divorce and family law, including child custody, child support, post-divorce issues, marital agreements, grandparents’ rights, collaborative divorce proceedings and mediation.

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