Mackenzie Campbell’s love for litigating comes from her lifelong love of musical theater and the years she spent as a ballerina. Litigation, she says, lets you step out of yourself and essentially put on a production.
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2017 Up and Coming Lawyers
Ferch helps hospice clients through legal hurdles
Although hospice and palliative measures are not usually top of mind when most people think about health care, the topics take up much of Jarod Ferch’s time at his legal practice.
Read More »Kaplan excels at finding solutions in complex cases
When Benjamin Kaplan gets a new case, he looks at it as a puzzle and immediately begins developing a plan that he believes will lead to the best solution.
Read More »Murray puts himself in his clients’ shoes
Ronnie Murray can connect with his clients in a way few other lawyers can: Even before Murray’s birth, his father was incarcerated, and their earliest encounters came during prison visits.
Read More »Eiden’s upbringing leads to his labor of love
Growing up in a union household, an eventual career practicing labor and employment law made perfect sense for Jonathan Eiden.
Read More »Ovbiagele dedicated to small businesses
Helping small businesses is what Emil Ovbiagele loves to do most within his legal practice. Small businesses are the reason he opened his own law firm less than two years after graduating from law school.
Read More »Hahn finds success behind wealth of experiences
Mike Hahn accomplished quite a lot before becoming a lawyer.
Read More »Hard work ticket to success for Premo
At work, Maggie Premo keeps on her desk a ticket from a University of Wisconsin basketball game she attended in 2013. It was the game in which Frank Kaminsky scored 43 points, setting the record for the most points scored by a Badger in a single game.
Read More »Ehrfurth likes a good underdog story
From bartending to helping clients avoid Operating While Intoxicated convictions, Christopher Ehrfurth has found success because of his ability to sympathize and communicate with people.
Read More »Westfall finds preparation key to success
Kathryn Westfall sees a few similarities between the time she spent playing NCAA Division I soccer while attending Harvard University and the work she has done in corporate law at Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren.
Read More »Success in the pipeline for Blinka
When David Blinka was brought onto the team at Habush Habush & Rottier’s Madison office, his first task — for someone fresh out of law school — could safety be deemed one of Herculean proportions.
Read More »Leachman offers unique perspectives to law students, community
As a professor of law, Gwendolyn Leachman offers her students both an out-of-the-ordinary way of looking at legal topics as well as a singular dedication to inclusiveness.
Read More »Kammerzelt helps rural hospitals stay on right side of law
In providing legal services to rural-area hospitals, Jon Kammerzelt gives his clients more than just a band-aid approach.
Read More »McCord strikes chord with her clients
In becoming a lawyer, Melissa McCord shifted her focus from covering problems to coming up with solutions.
Read More »Scipior manages challenging caseload with ease
Vincent Scipior enjoys a challenge – something he finds nearly every day as a litigator at Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer.
Read More »Kawski’s career benefits from good timing, foresight
Marci Kawski said it was a bit of good timing that she began practicing law related to consumer financial services when she did.
Read More »Koutnik making big, immediate impact
Michael Koutnik has family to thank for turning him onto a career as a lawyer.
Read More »Paliwal works tirelessly to battle homelessness
On her first day at the Madison-based Community Justice Inc., Seep Paliwal knew she belonged there.
Read More »Reid finds success putting himself in clients’ shoes
Ryan Reid is sometimes asked how he can take on the cases he does.
Read More »Healy hooked on the courtroom
Lawyering is in John Healy’s blood.
Read More »Going from teacher to public defender, Giesfeldt finds way to still help children
Matthew Giesfeldt has always loved helping children.
Read More »Lamb arguing her way into history
About 2-1/2 years into her career at the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, Kaitlin Lamb decided she wanted to argue a case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Read More »Zepnick’s leap of faith, passion for innovation reap rewards
Nicholas Zepnick’s whole plan was to become a mechanical engineer. But then, during a product-development internship with what would later be Oshkosh Corp., he got to work with an intellectual-property lawyer from Foley & Lardner.
Read More »Law Journal honors its 2017 Up and Coming Lawyers
Almost 300 people in the Wisconsin law community were in attendance Tuesday to honor the 2017 class of Up and Coming Lawyers at the Harley-Davidson Museum's Garage in Milwaukee.
Read More »Even opposing parties warm up to Tenebruso
Evan Tenebruso doesn’t come from the usual lawyer stock.
Read More »Perez-Reyes works to protect children
Describing Nadya Perez-Reyes as a hard worker and role model would be an extreme understatement.
Read More »Bush zeroed in on litigation
Brendan Bush was introduced to the law at an early age. His father – a plaintiff’s attorney – would often discuss his cases at the dinner table and encourage Bush and his siblings to ask questions.
Read More »Eckhardt at home answering taxing questions
With a legal practice specializing in taxation, executive compensation and employment benefits, David Eckhardt is constantly kept on his toes.
Read More »Ramirez masters energy and public-utilities law
Whereas some lawyers exclusively represent businesses, individuals or certain government agencies, Zach Ramirez doles out legal advice to the 132 members of the Wisconsin Legislature.
Read More »Irvine sets himself apart with humility, attention to detail
Scott Halloin, without hesitation, said that of the roughly 40 people he’s trained or mentored, James Irvine is “the best.”
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