Everybody wants a piece of the personal injury pie in a small town, from small firms trying to branch out to major firms with large marketing and advertising budgets.
After four decades in law, John Skilton still marvels that a history major could argue patent cases — and that his specialty started almost accidentally.
It’s been a circuitous path to her life as a litigator, but Maria Kreiter wouldn’t have it any other way.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Carl Ashley has presided over a variety of different courts during his 13 years on the bench.
Like father like daughter? Sort of, but not exactly.
Thomas Farley came into the role of Waukesha County Corporation Counsel just as the county seated its first county executive. Appointed in 1991, Farley was the county’s lead attorney as Dan Finley moved into the newly created role of county executive. Finley held that position until he moved on and Dan Vrakas succeeded him.
There’s one accomplishment that stands out for John Storck as he wraps up his six-year stint as chief judge for the Sixth Judicial District in Dodge County Circuit.
When it comes to handling personal injury cases, veteran litigator Lynn Laufenberg makes it personal — from the moment he meets new clients and gets to know them until the cases are long over and he continues to stay in touch with them.
Ask Michael Crooks what he would have done if he had not been a lawyer and you may find him at a loss for words.
Looking back at her two dozen years on the Waukesha County Circuit Court bench, Judge Kathryn W. Foster is most proud of the moments when she has had a positive effect on someone’s life.
Baseball players who jump from team to team often are labeled journeymen to emphasize their nomadic tendencies.
As a young attorney fresh out of law school in the early 1980s, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker wanted to work for the federal government prosecuting organized crime.
Rob Teuber knows most people don’t associate tax law with hard rock, but for the attorney with Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP, the two are a compatible blend.
When Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Charles Kahn joined the bench in 1992, he brought with him not only 17 years of legal experience, but an artistic eye, as well.
Defending lawyers accused of professional misconduct isn’t glamorous, but Milwaukee attorney Richard Cayo, of Halling Cayo SC, said he loves it anyway.
Waukesha attorney Don Murn has always enjoyed being his own boss.
Tax time never ends for Michael Best & Friedrich attorney Robert Gordon.
It was all about Olympic cycling when Kent Tess-Mattner was in college.
A little fatherly advice went a long way in setting Kelli Thompson on her path to become Wisconsin’s state public defender.
During law school, Milwaukee attorney Tim Trecek struggled to sit through classes on the theory of law. But when he took a course on Advanced Trial Practice, he said, he found his calling.
After 22 years practicing law in downtown Milwaukee, bankruptcy attorney Bruce Lanser opted to move three years ago to a more family friendly location.
Life as a litigator can be tense, but attorney Kathy Nusslock finds necessary relief in her second career as a substitute Pilates teacher.
The start of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Marshall Murray’s Wisconsin legal career coincided with one of the biggest criminal cases of the past 20 years.
When attorney Pat Brennan graduated law school in 1981, he could have joined his father’s Janesville law practice, Brennan Steil SC.
The pull to work in the public sector is something attorney Cari Anne Renlund said she felt early in her legal career.
When Dan Blinka took a job teaching at Marquette University Law School in 1985, he intended to stay no longer than five years.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez said he doesn’t consider himself a role model, aside from setting a good example on how to live life for his three children.
Tears and emotional highs and lows are all part of day’s work for attorney Noleta Jansen of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC, Milwaukee.
When von Briesen & Roper SC attorney Christy Brooks graduated law school in 1977, she wanted to avoid traditional practice areas for female lawyers at the time, such as trusts and estates, and labor and employment law.
When attorney Bob Gegios started practicing law 30 years ago, the Milwaukee native said he never dreamed of a legal career that would allow him to travel around the world.
