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DiUlio follows straight path to law

By: ericoliver//September 17, 2014//

DiUlio follows straight path to law

By: ericoliver//September 17, 2014//

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Nicholas DiUlio, attorney, Godfrey, Braun & Frazier LLP,  Milwaukee

Nicholas DiUlio bypassed the typical career search-and-discovery phase in high school because he knew exactly how he wanted to collect a paycheck.

While others were casting about for ideas and inspiration, he was beginning to refine his skills participating in the Wisconsin High School Mock Trial Program. In a way, he still is a member of one of those teams.

DiUlio, now an attorney at Godfrey, Braun & Frazier LLP, Milwaukee, is a coach of the Hartford High School trial team.

“It’s not that I want them to get out of it that law is cool or fun,” he said. “I want them to get out of it a valuable learning experience. I hope that the kids get out of it an understanding of how to read something, analyze it critically and take a position or a stand.”

During his day job, DiUlio has taken his early training into real courtrooms, handling some of the largest cases in Wisconsin. But the size of the case, he said, matters less than the lives of the people it affects.

Waller v. American Transmission Co., DiUlio said, is one such example.

“When we had the trial and when the judge ruled in our favor you could really see the impact on our clients, and it had been years in the making fighting the electric company,” he said. “They were fighting this big utility to force them to give them the proper amount for taking their land.

“That day was the culmination of years of hard work and it was really a big moment in their lives and my career.”

DiUlio’s commitment to cases and clients has been impressive, said Hugh Braun, partner at Godfrey, Braun & Frazier.

“He is a bright young man,” Braun said. “He knows how to do research, knows how to write and is comfortable on his feet, can express himself well in court and can deal effectively with clients. All of those are positive virtues going forward.”

But where “forward” might lead, DiUlio said, is still a mystery, which is a departure from the certainty he felt on those trial teams in high school.

“One of the things I like about law is the variety,” he said. “So I guess I would say I will be working with a firm in the future and continuing to represent clients, both big and small, for my career.

“I don’t have a sort of path for the way up. I think that I could go in a number of different directions based on where the law takes me.”

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