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• 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 tort matters. Marmet received a J.D. in 2004, a M.S. in 2000, and a B.S. in 1999, all from the University of Wisconsin.

He is a member of the Defense Research Institute and Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin.

• Hermes Law announces the addition of a new attorney, Ericka Krumrie.

Krumrie’s practice areas include business and civil litigation, environmental litigation, debt collection litigation, and pre-litigation risk assessment/litigation avoidance.

She received her law degree from Hamline University School of Law in 2007.

Krumrie is also an active member in the Green Bay community. She has volunteered with several non-profit organizations including the American Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Current Young Professionals Network.

In addition to her volunteering, Krumrie holds professional affiliations with the State Bar of Minnesota, the Brown County Bar Association and the Carver County Bar Association.

• Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan announced that it has transitioned to a five-person Executive Committee.

The Committee includes Emery Harlan, Kerrie Murphy, Timothy Wright III, Karma Rodgers, and Edward (Ned) Witte.

The firm also announced that Harlan has been named Managing Partner. Jerry Gonzalez will continue with GSH in a senior role concentrating his efforts on practice and business objectives.

• Zetley Law Offices announces that Attorney James A. Walrath has joined the firm as Of Counsel.

Walrath brings more than 40 years of litigation and appellate experience in the federal courts of Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Florida and Nevada, as well as state courts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Missouri.

His trial practice involves a full range of pretrial motions, jury selection, and trial advocacy in criminal and civil cases reaching verdicts and settlements.

Walrath received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School.

• On Jan. 21 Law Professionals United held a Kids Fun Fiesta: Magic South of the Border event. The family friendly evening offered free admission with gift bags for the children, carnival games, face painting, tattoo stations and a magic show featuring Rick Allen.

Special guests were “Chorizo” the Milwaukee Brewers’ sausage and “Friendly” the Waukesha State Bank Eagle.

The event was held at La Casa de Esperanza which offered tapas from Cafe Esperanza. In addition, Pack 91 of the Boys Scouts of America, Potawatomi Area Council, volunteered at the event to earn a community service badge.

Law Professionals United consists of community-oriented Waukesha law firms, the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office and Waukesha County Circuit Court judges, who have come together with United Way in Waukesha County to support local charities through volunteerism. These committed legal industry professionals have previously organized events for the Boys and Girls Club and La Casa de Esperanza.

More information can be found at www.janboree.org.

• Students from dozens of Wisconsin high schools will gather in courthouses and other venues across the state Saturday to compete in the 28th annual Wisconsin High School Mock Trial tournament sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin. The top-12 teams will move on to statewide competition in Madison on Sunday and Monday, March 13-14.

The team that finishes first in that competition will go on to represent Wisconsin at the National Mock Trial Championship in Phoenix on May 7-9.

Mock trials, which follow the rules and structure of a real court trial, offer teams of six to 12 high school students the opportunity to argue a case before a three-person panel of judges, composed of volunteer attorneys and jurists. Mock Trial competitions are open to the public from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m.

The top-12 teams that will go on to compete in the state finals include each of the regional winners, the second-place team from the 2010 winning region and one wildcard team.

More information about the Mock Trial program, including attorneys from the participating communities who have volunteered to coach a Mock Trial team, is available by contacting Marsha Varvil-Weld, the State Bar’s public education coordinator, at (608) 250-6191.