The last item on the agenda for the weekly legal library team meeting at Quarles and Brady LLP is a quick session to share advances they’ve come across in the field.
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2011 Unsung Heroes – Lifetime achievement – Linda Sharretts
For Linda Sharretts and her home of New Richmond, law and community are one and the same.
Read More »2011 Unsung Heroes – Lifetime achievement – Judy Peters
On Friday afternoons, when happy hour or weekends with the family start to dominate the minds of many workers, Judy Peters hits her stride.
Read More »2011 Unsung Heroes – Paralegal
2011 Paralegal of the year Katie Carlson Paralegal, Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc. Is there a beyond that comes after “above and beyond”? If so, Katie Carlson is working there, and offering one of her homemade pumpkin bars on the side. A paralegal at the Legal Action of Wisconsin office in Racine, Carlson covers dozens of weekly housing cases, domestic ...
Read More »2011 Unsung Heroes – Legal secretary
2011 Legal secretary of the year Keri Kempski Legal secretary, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC Between court deadlines, pressing clients and demanding opposing counsel, it’s expected that everyone on a litigation team might blow their stack from time to time. Well, nearly everyone. Legal secretary Keri Kempski has kept her cool for nearly two decades of under-the-gun work at Reinhart ...
Read More »2011 Unsung Heroes – Legal Marketing Professional
Legal Marketing Professional of the Year Ruth Strekow Director of organizational planning and client satisfaction, Quarles & Brady LLP A lot of people might try to take credit for the success of Quarles & Brady LLP’s recent client satisfaction survey, but its Ruth Strekow that deserves the praise, said Mike Ostermeyer, lead sales attorney at the firm. “The fact of ...
Read More »Hamblen finds Madison’s Wilson Street a welcome change from Wall Street
Car troubles steered Jane Hamblen’s law career toward the high-finance firms of Wall Street.
Read More »Meagher keeps her focus on the next generation
As far as Linda Meagher is concerned, no one is too young to understand and get involved in the law.
Read More »Comer keeps families in mind when negotiating deals and tax credits
When Mercury Marine said it was considering a move of its boat motor manufacturing facilities and headquarters from Fond du Lac to Stillwater, Okla., it seemed like the Badger State might see another big business go south.
Read More »Kopps-Wagner brings healthy interest and engagement to fast-changing industry
When it comes to complex and political topics, you can’t find one much more loaded than “health care reform.” To Jennifer Kopps-Wagner, general counsel and senior vice president at Assurant Health, the phrase brings along with it echoes of “excitement” and “opportunity.”
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