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Sharon Manlick wears a myriad of hats at Axley Brynelson; maybe none more important than chief morale booster.

Gloria Lund is often referred to as the face of Axley Brynelson.

For Sam Azinger, a tax-planning class initially piqued his interest in estate planning.

Peter Smiley never planned to become a lawyer, but fate intervened and led him on a path toward the profession.

For more than 35 years, Jeff Hynes has practiced labor and employment law.

When Don Gallo started his career, he was working as an engineer sitting across the table from attorneys when he had a life-changing revelation.

When she started law school, Shauna Manion imagined she would eventually pursue policy law. However, she took an interest in standard law, which came as a surprise.

Alexander Hall is learning about the world of medicine through the law. For the past three years, he has taken on greater responsibility with Corneille Law Group in Green Bay, where he focuses on personal injury defense, insurance coverage defense and appellate litigation cases.

Julia Potter didn’t set out in life to become a lawyer. It was a college course on constitutional law that made her reconsider a career in the profession.

Jennifer Gregor was immediately drawn to intellectual property litigation in law school. With the experience she had gained working in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries early in her career, she knew this was the area for her.

Growing up, Ursula Weigold wanted to become a teacher because her own instructors had inspired her.

From estate planning to trusts and family business planning, Christine Rew Barden strives to get to the heart of each client’s goals and concerns in order to formulate real solutions that work for them.

Not many attorneys can claim the variety of experiences that Deborah Tomczyk has had in her career, even though she has worked for more than two decades at just one firm.

For Brian Keenan, his work during the past few years as assistant attorney general with the Wisconsin Department of Justice has been a highlight of his career, and it may be a pivotal point for our country.

The secret to Rob Mulcahy’s success throughout his professional career has been the ability to recreate and reinvent himself by expanding his knowledge and expertise in many different areas of the law.

Peggy Hacker found her perfect job before graduating college.

Barb Rullman started out her accounting career in a different place than where she is today.

Carrie Kratochvil was working for a lawyer in Racine County after graduating from Gateway Technical College in 1996 when an ad in the newspaper changed her life.

The burden of student-loan debt continues to loom over thousands of students in Wisconsin. Yet, few attorneys are taking steps to deal with the situation.

At 9 years old, Carrie Sperling harked back to the words of U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan during her address at the Democratic National Convention in 1976. Jordan’s speech inspired Sperling to set the wheels of her career in motion.

No two days are ever the same for Holly Lutz. Some days she works out of a barn on her farm in Wausau; other days find her traveling the state meeting clients and practicing disability law.

David Dewick strives to be a dealmaker, not a deal-breaker, for his clients.

When Marsha Mansfield decided to become a lawyer, she was taking an unexpected career turn.

Christopher Hughes recalls learning about the legal profession early on from his grandfather.

More than anything, Albert Orr enjoys the close relationships his practice fosters. Some of those relationships date all the way to 1988.

For Bradley Kalscheur, seeing the contributions his father made while running his hometown’s savings-and-loan bank greatly influenced his decision to pursue a law degree.