Business attorney to be University of Wisconsin’s president
University of Wisconsin System leaders on Friday chose Jay Rothman, a Milwaukee business attorney, as the next president running the 26-campus system.
Foley & Lardner attorney named a UW System president finalist
The chairman of a prominent international law firm based in Milwaukee and the chancellor the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus were announced Friday as finalists to be president of the UW System.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys earn Fellow status, named top lawyers
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart recently announced that Eric Hobbs, shareholder in the firm’s Milwaukee office, has been elected as a Fellow of the Wisconsin Law Foundation.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys join firms; DOJ’s Karofsky earns award
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek's Gina Carter has received YWCA Madison’s 2016 Women of Distinction Leadership Award.
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- Office of School Safety Provides Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management Training Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Columbine Shooting
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in Democratic governor’s suit against GOP-led Legislature
- Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down governor’s 400-year veto
- Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to neglect in disappearance of boy
- ACS Selects University of Wisconsin Law School’s Miriam Seifter for 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholar Award
- People with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of electronic absentee ballots
- Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’
- Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects
- Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz admits ‘mistakes were made’
- Colombian national extradited to Milwaukee faces International narcotics-trafficking conspiracy charge
- MPD: Milwaukee homicides down nearly 40 percent compared to last year
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