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In front of several hundred of her peers, attorney Jessie Lochmann Allen was honored Thursday night as Wisconsin Law Journal’s 2014 Woman of the Year.

Being in the right place at the right time altered Joan Klimpel’s career path.

Jean La Tour fought her first legal battle when her brother began the fight for his life.

Not to rev her own engine, but Rebecca “Becky” Wickhem House said she has “one of the coolest jobs in the world.”

A mother and a lawyer, Donna Kuchler has not let any one part of her life define her.

Long before she assumed her place at the state’s highest court, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley stood out in Wisconsin’s legal community.

Erin Dickinson decided to take a chance when she and three other attorneys at large law firms started their own firm.

Jill Hartley’s typical response to difficult situations has prompted a colleague to coin a new phrase.

After graduating from law school, Laura Peck interviewed for jobs in several different legal areas before choosing a real estate practice.

Even as a girl, R. Alta Charo knew: “I want to change the world.”

When Shannon Allen meets with clients, she said, she keeps in mind that they often are facing the greatest crises of their lives.

As a tax attorney and partner at one of Milwaukee’s largest law firms, Patricia Hintz realizes the perception might be that she represents only the area’s wealthiest individuals.

Mentoring isn’t a skill for attorney Rachelle Hart; it’s a state of mind.

When Jane Kirkeide first began practicing insurance law, she was the lone female attorney in the room. Now, more than 20 years later, there are a few women in the room with her, but not many.

Assistant Attorney General Anne Bensky met Monica Burkert-Brist as opposing council on a sexual assault case.

Though Jean-Marie Crahan’s primary focus is winning litigation, she also invests her time in mentoring women and minorities, and giving back through volunteer work.

When Daphne Webb graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School 41 years ago, she was surrounded by men.

They must go through a lot of tissues at Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc.

In the past year, Erin Murphy Barbato opened her own firm, welcomed her second child and resumed teaching as an adjunct at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

In the juvenile division at the Dane County District Attorney’s office, assistant DA Miriam J. Rohrer prosecutes homicide, sex crimes and assault cases that she said take her to “the darkest parts of human behavior.”

Mary Wolfe uses her undergraduate degree in secondary education, but not in the usual way.

Jessie Lochmann Allen is right where she wants to be.

Larraine McNamara-McGraw has more than legal expertise to guide her when working with clients fighting to keep their homes; she has personal experience, too.

Since finding her place at Foley & Lardner LLP in Madison more than 20 years ago, Antonina “Toni” Prestigiacomo has been leading by example.

Sometimes, Michelle Ackerman Havas marvels at the time that has passed since she joined the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office in 2002.

For many working in the legal field, success is gauged by how much money is awarded or if a conviction is overturned.

Cari Anne Renlund can remember the case that put her firmly on the path toward becoming an attorney.

When Catherine Tully graduated from Marquette Law School in 1978, she expected a few awkward moments.