John Daniels Jr., chairman of Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, received the Friend of the University Award from the Marquette University Alumni Association. The award recognizes distinguished leadership and/or service to Marquette University by a nonalumnus/alumna. Daniels was selected due to his work as a supporter of Marquette’s Urban Scholars Program, which provides 10 full-tuition [...]
Nathaniel Cade Jr., of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP, Milwaukee, was named to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2012 Fellows Program. Fellow members include general counsel and managing partners from top law firms and in-house legal departments across the country.
Perkins Coie LLP was named one of the 2012 Top 10 Family Friendly Firms by Yale Law Women, a student organization devoted to promoting the interests of women in law school and the legal profession. This is the fourth time in the past five years that Seattle-based Perkins Coie, which has an office in Madison, has been included on the list.
Douglas Dehler joined the litigation group at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC, Milwaukee. Dehler’s litigation practice covers business, class action, whistleblower and ERISA fiduciary cases, as well as a wide range of insurance matters.
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Michael Hupy, of Hupy & Abraham SC, Milwaukee, donated $100,000 to the Milwaukee Justice Center.
Grzeca Law Group SC, a seven-attorney firm with offices in Milwaukee and Madison practicing exclusively immigration law, opened a new office at 314 S. Madison St., Green Bay.
Kevin Martin opened Martin Law Office SC at 7071 S. 13th St., Suite 208 in Oak Creek.
Carlos Pastrana joined the Milwaukee office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
Nicole Druckrey, a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP’s Milwaukee office, has been appointed to the city of Oak Creek’s Community Development Authority. She will serve a three-year term.
Victor Allen, Dayna Frenkel, M. Rhett Holland, Gregory Tears and Zachary Watters joined Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in its Milwaukee office.
Thomas Burmeister, Nicholas Castronovo, Ryan Gehrke and Eileen Kelley joined von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee.
Nicole Druckrey, a partner in the Quarles & Brady LLP’s Milwaukee office, has been appointed to the City of Oak Creek’s Community Development Authority. She will serve a three-year term.
Attorneys Lisa Nester Kass, Rebecca Frihart Kennedy, Joseph Voiland and Nathan Wautier were named shareholders at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC, Milwaukee.
State Rep. Jon Richards has joined the Walny Legal Group LLC, Fox Point.
Employees at the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP did more than socialize at this year’s holiday party – they put on a show.
Tamara Skoglund has joined Bakke Norman SC, with offices in Baldwin, Menomonie and New Richmond.
Edward Vopal, a shareholder at Habush Habush & Rottier SC’s Green Bay office, was elected president of the Wisconsin Association for Justice at the organization’s annual meeting Saturday.
Attorney Brian Thill has been named a shareholder at the law firm of Murphy Desmond SC, Madison.
Marney Hoefer has joined Stafford Rosenbaum LLP as a senior associate. Hoefer’s practice focuses on environmental law and governmental affairs. She received her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2000.
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YOU’RE HIRED: Thomas Vance has joined Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC, Milwaukee, in the firm’s tax practice. Vance advises his clients on tax litigation, audit and planning matters. He earned his Master of Laws degree in taxation from New York University School of Law and his law degree, cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School. Godfrey [...]
Randall Erickson has joined Godfrey & Kahn SC in the firm’s securities practice group in Milwaukee.
Shana Lewis has joined the Labor & Employment law practice group at Davis & Kuelthau SC’s Madison office. Lewis practices in the areas of labor and employment, and school and municipal law.
For the third year, the Milwaukee Bar Association recognized an individual attorney, an organization and a law student for outstanding pro bono work with its annual Pro Bono Publico awards Oct. 12 at the MBA’s eighth annual State of the Court Luncheon.
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC announced the addition of six new associates to the firm’s Milwaukee office.
The law firm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC, Madison, announced that the Wisconsin Law Foundation honored its partner, Donald Leo Bach, with the Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award at the Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation dinner Sept. 27 in Madison.
Sheila Shadman and Drew Jelinski have joined Halloin & Murdock, SC, Madison, as associates.
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Attorney Jennifer Olk of Godfrey & Kahn SC has been appointed chair of the Estate & Trust Section of The Milwaukee Bar Association.
