Wisconsin legal community plays ethics game at Bar meeting

By: Steve Schuster, [email protected]//June 25, 2024//

TOP: Dean R. Dietrich, State Bar outgoing president, Sarah Peterson, and Avia Kaiser; (LEFT TO RIGHT): Attorneys Stacie Rosenzweig, Office of Lawyer Regulation Director Tim Samuelson, and Emil Ovbiagele. Staff Photo Steve Schuster

By: Steve Schuster, [email protected]//June 25, 2024//

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Wisconsin’s legal community gathered Friday in Green Bay at the last day of the State Bar of Wisconsin‘s annual meeting & conference for a legal ethics plenary in the style of a Family Feud game.

For the purposes of the game, the judges were Attorneys Dean R. Dietrich, State Bar outgoing president, Sarah Peterson, and Avia Kaiser.

One team, the ‘Subpoena Coladas’ was comprised of Attorneys Stacie Rosenzweig, Office of Lawyer Regulation Director Tim Samuelson and Emil Ovbiagele.

The other team, the ‘The Mandamus Manhattans,’ included Attorneys T.R. Williams, Annie Jay, Assistant-Dane County DA, and David Perlman.

The 75-minute plenary was filled with comedy while addressing serious legal ethical questions facing Wisconsin lawyers. The Family Feud contestants competed to answer ethical optional questions raised by the American Bar Association and State Bar of Wisconsin.