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2010 Up and Coming Lawyers

Aug 30, 2010

Johanna R. Kirk

Johanna R. Kirk is three-for-three before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals — in just four years.

Aug 30, 2010

Jason E. Kuwayama

All children dream about what they’ll do when they grow up.

Aug 30, 2010

Byron C. Lichstein

When attorney Byron C. Lichstein joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Law School at the beginning of 2004, he was the youngest clinical professor at the Frank J. Remington Center.

Aug 30, 2010

Steven C. McGaver

Steven C. McGaver didn’t want to follow his father in the law enforcement profession, or take his grandfather’s advice to attend the United States Naval Academy.

Aug 30, 2010

Erin K. Murphy

Erin K. Murphy’s journey toward practicing immigration law began with a year of teaching special education classes in Quito, Ecuador.

Aug 30, 2010

Juan S. Ramirez

Juan Ramirez says his motto is “Never quit.”

Aug 30, 2010

Jacob R. Reis

Jacob R. Reis’ decision to become a personal injury lawyer arose from a very personal family experience. When he was starting high school, his grandfather was killed in a car accident.

Aug 30, 2010

Christine M. Rice

When she goes to CLE programs, an appellate decision Christine M. Rice often hears discussed is a case she helped take to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The court in Rosario v. Acuity found that the statute of repose barred a claim against a building owner for an injury due to a step that was built 40 years earlier in an unsafe manner.

Aug 30, 2010

Marissa L. Santiago

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jean DiMotto enthusiastically nominated assistant district attorney Marissa Santiago as an Up and Coming lawyer.

Aug 30, 2010

Katherine D. Spitz

Foley & Lardner may call its litigation department the “Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution” practice. But although Kate Spitz only joined the firm in 2007, she would likely have fit in well in the days before “alternative dispute resolution” entered the lexicon.

Aug 30, 2010

Amalia Levit Todryk

Amalia Levit Todryk says the best aspect of being a trusts and estates attorney is the “trust” part.

Aug 30, 2010

Geoffrey S. Trotier

As a sixth year associate, attorney Geoffrey S. Trotier got the chance many never get in their entire legal careers — a chance to argue a case before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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