By: Michaela Paukner, [email protected]//April 27, 2021//
By: Michaela Paukner, [email protected]//April 27, 2021//
Milwaukee lawyer Margaret Wrenn Hickey will serve as the State Bar of Wisconsin’s next president-elect.
According to the State Bar’s website, Hickey defeated Odalo J. Ohiku by 2,347 votes to 1,186. She’ll serve a one-year term as president elect starting July 1 before succeeding Cheryl Daniels as president on July 1, 2022. Hickey is the fourth consecutive woman to serve as president-elect, making State Bar history.
Hickey is a partner at Becker, Hickey & Poster, a family and elder law firm in Milwaukee. She’s currently on the State Bar Board of Governors, serving five terms as a District 2 representative. She has also served as board chair, State Bar treasurer and as a member of various committees.
In a statement, Hickey said she will work hard on behalf of all members, noting that the Bar must be flexible and responsive to members. She plans to work to achieve goals of supporting younger members; promoting diversity, equity and inclusion among membership and in the justice system; and increasing access to justice in Wisconsin.
The other winners in the 2021 State Bar elections are Elizabeth Reeths, elected to a two-year term as treasurer, and Margo S. Kirchner, who will serve a three-year term as Judicial Council representative.
The new representatives for two-year terms on the Board of Governors are:
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