Business background bolsters Redding’s role
Some days, Michael Redding’s work at ManpowerGroup Inc., Milwaukee, takes him back to his classes as an undergraduate majoring in business at Truman State University.
Fogarty juggles business, legal decisions at Menasha Corp.
Before Mark Fogarty went to law school, he worked in accounting and finance at Kimberly-Clark Corp., Neenah. Although he spent a few years in private practice after graduation from Georgetown Law, Fogarty soon found his way back into the business world, working as in-house counsel at Menasha Corp. from 1994-97, then senior and international counsel at Kimberly-Clark.
Taffora’s path takes her in and out of private sector
In the nearly 11 years since Kelli Taffora graduated law school, she has worked in private practice, for state government and in the private sector.
Industry veteran recounts hard lessons learned
Though he started out with seven years in private practice, Karl Dahlen has since spent the past 18 years making a name for himself as in-house counsel at companies such as A.O. Smith Corp., Milwaukee; Tower Automotive Inc., Racine; and, for the past 14 years, Land’s End Inc., Dodgeville.
Attorney finds his niche in public agencies
Daniel Graff was interested in working in the private sector after law school, but, as he said, it “didn’t take him up on the offer.” Instead, Graff found his way into the public side of law, working 17 years for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources before joining the state Department of Transportation in July.
SEC ramps up corporate enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission is ready for battle.
LEGAL CENTS: How to minimize security threats from the inside
If you haven’t seen the 1999 cult classic “Office Space,” rent it. Mostly because it’s funny, but also, it demonstrates the biggest cybersecurity threat in your legal department: your people.
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- Judge asked to block part of a North Dakota abortion law
- UnitedHealth suit alleges faulty AI led to denied claims
- Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan
- Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed in prison, AP source says
- Wisconsin Attorney General announces $100,000 water pollution settlement
- Milwaukee man sentenced to 30 year bifurcated prison term as ringleader of $9.6 million cocaine conspiracy
- Gov. Evers Grants 82 Pardons, Bringing Total Pardons Granted to 1,111
- Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Association recognizes work of state prosecutors
- Madison man gets 40 years for killing ex-girlfriend, whose body was found under pile of furniture
- Democrats urge Wisconsin Supreme Court to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps
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