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Attorney Jared Potter’s experience on his family’s cranberry farm taught him that it takes more than a strong back and green thumb to keep such an operation going through five generations.

Associate Ruhee Divgi credits great timing as the reason why she began working with some of Quarles & Brady’s biggest clients shortly after she joined the firm.

First, Matthew Fortney embarked on a career as a construction engineer.

Success in the law often is less about flash and sparkle than about having the stamina to sift through the kinds of details that could put some people to sleep.

If Tyler Wilkinson had decided to be a John Deere salesman or auctioneer, he never would have landed nine not-guilty verdicts for a client who was facing nine felony charges.

Most lawyers love the litigation limelight, but Sheila Sullivan would rather persuade by pen.

Standing before a judge in a criminal courtroom is a daunting prospect. So Judge Jennifer Dorow hung family artwork around her Waukesha County Circuit courtroom to ease the anxiety of those appearing before her.

Fresh out of college, Jennifer Powers was working as a paralegal when, she said, she looked around at the lawyers and thought, “Oh, I can do this.”

In 2009, when everyone else ducked into dark alleys to avoid the merciless eye of the economic downturn, Angela Campion hung out her shingle.

Douglas County is a small border county of 44,000 people. Across the bridge from the county seat in Superior is the big city of Duluth, Minn. Justice here means two judges and a judicial court commissioner.

Sometimes a bummer is the best thing that can happen to you, Tomislav Kuzmanovic said. Case in point: When, following a clerkship, he didn’t get offered a permanent position, Kuzmanovic landed a job at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Milwaukee.

Eau Claire County has a new jail, but Judge William Gabler is more excited about how he and court staff members are keeping people out of it.