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Tim Reardon grew up around the law doing yard work and maintenance at his father’s law office in Brookfield.

Isioma Nwabuzor is a source of inspiration.

Gillion Parham has earned a reputation for going above and beyond for her clients.

As a forensic practice coordinator and assistant state public defender, Timothy Drewa is known as a tenacious litigator.

As a young kid, Guy Cardamone always had an interest in law. He struggled to follow rules without understanding the “why” for what he was being asked to do.

When Monica Mark was in elementary school, she wanted to be an author.

The Wisconsin Law Journal has honored 28 outstanding Up and Coming Lawyers and Leaders in the Law during a virtual event on Sept. 16.

For Emma Babler, every day at the library is a little different.

Allison Reimann never expected to become a lawyer.

Sometimes people can’t speak for themselves.

Whoever thinks TV is bad for kids hasn’t met Amanda Parent.

In her 3-1/2 years at Stafford Rosenbaum, senior associate Olivia Pietrantoni has grown into her practice, not only honing her work in client management, but also strengthening her specialties as she looks to the future.

It didn’t take long for Colleen Marion to find what she loves.

Following graduate school at Notre Dame, Katie Harrell found herself with both a PhD in geological sciences and a lot of uncertainty about her employment prospects.

John Sobotik thinks of himself as a generalist.

Russell Jones’ first brush with the law didn’t exactly leave him with a good taste.

Divorce. Legal separation. Changes in guardianship. It’s inevitable: Family-law cases are heavy with emotion. Still, Abigail Volberding tries to see the sunny side of things.

Howard Erlanger has always been less interested in studying how the law says people ought to behave than in understanding how people actually behave under a given set of laws.

Cynthia Rigsby is quick to acknowledge that she was naïve when she first decided to study law.

Retired Dane County Judge Richard Niess has been at the center of many of Wisconsin’s most closely watched court cases in the last decade.

When COVID-19 turned into a pandemic, Russell Karnes helped his law firm — GRGB Law in Milwaukee — and his clients get used to a new way of life.

Retired Racine County Circuit Court Judge Gerald Ptacek continues to go beyond the bench to make Wisconsin courts better.

Since joining the State Public Defender’s Office in 2015, Matt Lantta has earned a reputation among his colleagues for efficiency.

From the start, Kuchler & Cotton Associate Attorney John Binder has garnered exceptional results.

Robert Domol, a personal-injury lawyer at Hupy and Abraham’s Green Bay office, believes in making things fair for everyday people fighting big insurance companies and corporate defendants in court.

When Jonathan Safran took on a case, he was dogged in the pursuit of his goals and painstaking in his methods.

After graduating from Marquette University Law School in 2013, Alaina Fahley returned to her hometown of Appleton to work for the State Public Defender’s Office.

Matthew O’Neill’s infectious optimism and commitment to justice make the legal profession better for all.

At first, Justin Webb wanted to become a doctor.