Kevin Terry has joined Ruder Ware LLSC, Wausau. He will serve as a member of the Employment, Benefits & Labor practice group and the Local Government & Municipalities and School Districts & Educational Institutions focus teams.
New hires at Grzeca, Davis & Kuelthau and more
Lindsey Kraig has joined Buelow Vetter Buikema Olson & Vliet LLC.
Recently retired Circuit Court Judge Edward Leineweber is now Of Counsel to Bell, Moore & Richter SC, a 160-year-old Madison law firm with offices located at 44 E. Mifflin St.
Anne McIntyre, Northern Illinois 2007 magna cum laude, has joined Nelson, Irvings & Waeffler, SC, Wauwatosa as an associate. She will concentrate her practice in elder law, probate, and disability planning. She was previously with the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee. The law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC has announced the election of Kim [...]
Sarah Knutson has joined Urban & Taylor SC as an associate trial attorney. Her legal practice will focus exclusively on plaintiff personal injury and employment rights litigation. She is a 2011 graduate of Marquette University Law School.
Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Sarah Coyne, a partner in the firm’s Madison office and chair of the firm’s health law group, has been named “Wisconsin Health Law Attorney of the Year” by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Health Law Section. The award is presented annually to an attorney who has contributed to the [...]
Ruder Ware announced the addition of Bryan Symes to their attorney team. He will be based in the Eau Claire office as a member of the Employment, Labor & Benefits and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. Symes represents management-side clients in the areas of employment and labor law and provides counseling and litigation services. [...]
Godfrey & Kahn SC will hosts the 60th Annual Meeting of the 7th Circuit Bar Association on the evening of May 16 at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. The annual dinner will include remarks from United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in her inaugural year as Associate Justice for the Seventh Circuit. The keynote [...]
von Briesen & Roper s.c., announces that the firm is being considered for the 2011 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Emerging Technology Champion Awards. The project that resulted in the nomination is an open source intranet that has a similar look, feel and functionality to iGoogle called “vBDash.” Winners will be announced at ILTA’s annual [...]
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek honored the selection of Nathan Fishbach as the recipient of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association 2011 Judge Myron L. Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award with a lead gift to Marquette University Law School to create a new student-development fund. The Nathan Fishbach Student Development Fund will enable Marquette Law School’s Career [...]
Michael Hupy, Marquette 1972, and Jason Abraham, Marquette 1992, testified before the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate Joint Committees on Insurance in opposition to SB 7. The bill would severely restrict the legal rights of anyone hurt in a motor vehicle accident in Wisconsin. SB 7 would repeal much of the Truth in Auto Law passed [...]
• Corneille Law Group LLC announces that Attorney Jacqueline Lorenz Sehloff has joined the firm’s Green Bay office. Sehloff graduated from Marquette University Law School in 2006. The Corneille Law Group focuses on personal injury and medical negligence defense. • Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators announces the election of the following individuals to its Board [...]
Michelle Jacobs, a former U.S. attorney, joined the law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as a partner. Jacobs will handle complex litigation matters and appellate work with an emphasis on cases before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Jacobs successfully argued before the federal courts of appeals more than 50 cases, including the [...]
Foley & Lardner LLP announced that 19 of its attorneys have been elected to the partnership. This includes attorneys from the firm’s Boston, Detroit, Jacksonville, Madison, Milwaukee, New York, Orlando, San Diego/Del Mar, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa and Washington, D.C. offices.
O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC announces that Attorney John R. Schreiber and Attorney Joseph M. Maier have been elected as shareholders of the firm. Schreiber will continue his practice in the Banking and Creditors’ Rights practice group assisting creditors, commercial landlords and other entities, in the enforcement, collection and workout of loans, leases [...]
Lawrence University in Appleton will bestow an honorary degree on former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold this summer.
Quarles & Brady announced that Christopher L. Nickels has joined the firm’s Milwaukee office as an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group. Nickels’ practice focuses on representing employers and employees on a wide range of labor and employment matters, including claims of race, age, gender and religious discrimination as well as claims under [...]
Buelow Vetter announces that attorneys Gary M. Ruesch and Renae Waterman Aldana have joined the firm’s school law practice.
• von Briesen & Roper announces that attorney Gottlieb John Marmet has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Marmet is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group and Technology Law Section. He focuses his practice on intellectual property law, patent prosecution, litigation, product liability and toxic [...]
Judge Thomas Barland of Eau Claire has been chosen as the new chair of the Government Accountability Board. Under state law, the Board’s leadership is chosen by lot at its first meeting in January each year. Judge Gerald Nichol of Madison was chosen as Vice Chair for 2011, and Judge Gordon Myse of Appleton was [...]
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren announces that attorneys Nathan K. Johnson, Amy L. Lindner and Lucas J. Pagels have been named shareholders in the firm. Johnson, a member of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice, serves a wide range of clients including individuals, closely held businesses and charitable organizations. Johnson received his law degree, cum laude, [...]
von Briesen & Roper announces the addition of two attorneys: Shareholder Bryan M. Becker and Associate James J. Wawrzyn.
DiRenzo & Bomier, a law firm that has been providing legal services throughout Northeastern Wisconsin for more than 55 years, announces a new collection of oil paintings by Impressionistic artist Judi Ekholm is currently on display in the firm’s art gallery. The collection, called “Vistas and Horizons,” will be on display through Jan. 28, 2011, [...]
Former State Representative Joe Handrick has joined the Government Relations Team at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren. Handrick will work out of Reinhart’s Milwaukee and Madison offices.
The Education Law Association (ELA) has named Godfrey & Kahn attorney Jon Anderson to its board of directors effective immediately.
Ruder Ware attorney Christopher M. Seelen has been appointed to the panel of Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for the Western District of Wisconsin. Seelen practices at the firm’s Eau Claire office.
Robert L. Gegios, a Kohner, Mann & Kailas (www.kmksc.com) shareholder and Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, hosted a Fellows reception at the University Club of Milwaukee on Oct. 21. This year’s reception honored G. Lane Ware for his contributions to the Bar and to the ideals championed by the American Bar Foundation.
Judges from Milwaukee and St. Croix counties were selected to travel to The Hague this fall to participate in an international judicial conference. The group included Deputy Chief Judge Scott R. Needham, St. Croix County Circuit Court, and Judges David L. Borowski and Jeffrey A. Conen, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, along with Court of Appeals Judge Joan F. Kessler of Milwaukee.
Davis & Kuelthau (www.dkattorneys.com) announces that Charles G. Maris has been admitted to practice law in Florida. Maris, an estate planning practitioner with more than 25 years of experience, joins several Davis & Kuelthau attorneys who have each demonstrated their commitment to comprehensive client service through qualification for practice in multiple jurisdictions. Although Maris’ practice will remain based in Davis & Kuelthau’s Brookfield office, his admission to the Florida bar will enable him to serve the firm’s many business and individual clients with Florida interests.
