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For Matthew Zuengler, practicing law isn’t just a passion; it’s also a family affair.

Growing up, Suzanne O’Neill was motivated to help others.

In today’s rapidly changing legal profession, Joseph Tierney keeps one principle in mind.

For Tracey Klein, the best response to any situation is one that makes clients’ needs the priority.

Not many attorneys can claim the variety of experiences that Deborah Tomczyk has had in her career, even though she has worked for more than two decades at just one firm.

In his varied career, Michael Zeka has handled the legalities of big real-estate transactions for clients in industries ranging from health care, to food, to retail.

At first glance, it could seem like Keith Sellen made a professional 180-degree turn when he left his 22-year career in the army to take on his current role as director of Wisconsin’s Office of Lawyer Regulation in 2000.

Matt Gillhouse was not Balthazar de Anda and his partner’s first choice for an immigration attorney.

Steven Krueger has always been someone who likes rules.

Joseph Smith, Jr. takes his time to get to know his clients and to help them tell their stories – even when their case captures national media attention.

In his work for the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, Charles Glynn imagines himself in his clients’ shoes as he plans the best defense he can muster in court.

Throughout his career Steven Barkan has been dedicated to the educational side of law.

No task is too big for Nicole Willette. Then again, no task is ever too small.

Ann Maher sees herself as a problem-solver.

Most economics majors who graduate from Cornell University go on to Wall Street to make gobs of money.

For Brian Keenan, his work during the past few years as assistant attorney general with the Wisconsin Department of Justice has been a highlight of his career, and it may be a pivotal point for our country.

When a conservative organization in 2009 mounted a legal challenge to Wisconsin’s domestic partnership law, the attorney general declined to defend it, so then-Gov. Jim Doyle hired Lester Pines and his firm to do it.

If there’s one thing that shows Judge John DiMotto’s dedication to the profession, it’s the four file cabinets full of case briefs that followed him as he moved through all six divisions of Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

The Wisconsin law community honored 25 Leaders in the Law during the 16th annual Wisconsin Law Journal event at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee on Thursday night.

It’s all about trust for Gardner Govan and his clients.

While an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1990s, Todd Korb got an internship at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, an opportunity that gave him a sense of what a law career might be like.

Richard Jones is driven to give back to his community.

The secret to Rob Mulcahy’s success throughout his professional career has been the ability to recreate and reinvent himself by expanding his knowledge and expertise in many different areas of the law.

Laura Skilton Verhoff always pictured having a job where she could assist other people with their problems. Initially after graduation, she took a job as a special education teacher. A few years later, Verhoff decided to study law.

Within 48 hours of being admitted into the Illinois bar, Tom Shannon had his first jury trial.

The walls in Ben Gonring’s office are lined with children’s artwork. Many of the pieces belong to his four children, but one wall is covered with ones done by his clients.