POSTED: Friday, June 14th, 2013 at 1:31 pm

BY: Allison Batdorff

Sometimes a bummer is the best thing that can happen to you, Tomislav Kuzmanovic said. Case in point: When, following a clerkship, he didn’t get offered a permanent position, Kuzmanovic landed a job at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Milwaukee.

POSTED: Friday, May 31st, 2013 at 12:40 pm

BY: Mary Beth Matzek

Donald Layden Jr. may be a partner at the law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP in Milwaukee, but that’s not the only hat he wears.

POSTED: Friday, May 24th, 2013 at 11:28 am

BY: Mary Beth Matzek

Laura Lyons, an attorney with Bell, Moore & Richter SC in Madison, understands the importance of good role models.

POSTED: Friday, May 10th, 2013 at 12:02 pm

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

Christopher Hughes, a managing partner at Madison’s Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, prods those in his firm to get out there, have fun, do good; and if possible, combine all three.

POSTED: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 9:27 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

After decades of carving out his niche as a white collar and health care attorney in Chicago, Pat Coffey is helping a Milwaukee firm develop a new corporate compliance and white collar defense team.

POSTED: Friday, April 5th, 2013 at 12:31 pm

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

The aptitude test, considered an outdated relic by some, accurately predicted attorney Josh Kindkeppel’s future.

POSTED: Friday, March 22nd, 2013 at 10:53 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

After years of experience in private practice as in-house counsel and starting his own firm, much of how Paul Heaton sees the law still comes down to an epiphany he had in law school.

POSTED: Friday, March 8th, 2013 at 9:24 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Chuck Hanson, after nearly 40 years as an attorney, says he measures himself not by his legal accomplishments but by his work outside the office.

POSTED: Friday, March 1st, 2013 at 11:41 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Bob Gagan’s path to Calewarts, Duffy & Gagan in Green Bay was not typical.

POSTED: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 at 10:32 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Credibility is key in trial, but sometimes it’s best just to admit you’re doing voir dire in your tennis shoes because you packed for two left feet.

POSTED: Friday, February 15th, 2013 at 11:46 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

It’s not a seismic shift, but the economic collapse of 2008 definitely moved the line on Mark Malloy’s real estate caseload.

POSTED: Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 10:49 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Jessica Lewis has a bachelor’s degree in zoology and a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology. So, of course, she became a lawyer.

POSTED: Friday, January 25th, 2013 at 1:02 pm

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

The biggest case of Kelly Dodd’s career started off as just another attempt to collect child support.

POSTED: Friday, January 4th, 2013 at 11:55 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Learning that Ted Barthel ended up an intellectual property lawyer is kind of like skipping to the last page of a whodunnit.

POSTED: Friday, December 28th, 2012 at 11:52 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Lisa Holahan devotes her work to helping others, but recently, she decided to help herself.

POSTED: Friday, December 21st, 2012 at 9:41 am

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

There barely was enough time to congratulate U.S. Magistrate Judge Aaron Goodstein on his retirement before he was back on the bench.

POSTED: Friday, September 28th, 2012 at 2:28 pm

BY: JESSICA STEPHEN

Less than a month into practicing law, David Trautschold was guardedly optimistic about his career as a lawyer, thus far.

POSTED: Friday, September 21st, 2012 at 11:03 am

BY: TONY ANDERSON

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.

POSTED: Friday, August 10th, 2012 at 11:16 am

BY: TONY ANDERSON

The things you do in high school can have a profound affect on your future. Frank Pasternak, managing partner of Pasternak & Zirgibel SC in Brookfield, can attest to that.

POSTED: Friday, July 13th, 2012 at 10:01 am

BY: TONY ANDERSON

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.

POSTED: Friday, June 29th, 2012 at 11:06 am

BY: TONY ANDERSON

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.

POSTED: Friday, May 25th, 2012 at 11:06 am

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

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.

POSTED: Friday, May 4th, 2012 at 1:16 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

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.

POSTED: Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 10:35 am

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Defending lawyers accused of professional misconduct isn’t glamorous, but Milwaukee attorney Richard Cayo, of Halling Cayo SC, said he loves it anyway.

POSTED: Friday, April 20th, 2012 at 1:27 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Waukesha attorney Don Murn has always enjoyed being his own boss.

POSTED: Friday, April 13th, 2012 at 10:10 am

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Tax time never ends for Michael Best & Friedrich attorney Robert Gordon.

POSTED: Friday, April 6th, 2012 at 1:42 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Milwaukee attorney Paul Stenzel said he knew early in his legal career that a traditional practice wasn’t going to be for him.

POSTED: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 at 9:00 am

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

A little fatherly advice went a long way in setting Kelli Thompson on her path to become Wisconsin’s state public defender.

POSTED: Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 1:37 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

After 22 years practicing law in downtown Milwaukee, bankruptcy attorney Bruce Lanser opted to move three years ago to a more family friendly location.

POSTED: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 11:54 am

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Life as a litigator can be tense, but attorney Kathy Nusslock finds necessary relief in her second career as a substitute Pilates teacher.