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WHLA 2009-10 Executive Board President Carlos A. OrtizPresident-Elect Adria D. MaddaleniTreasurer Enrique T. BrecedaImmediate Past President Kristela L. Cervera Directors Hon. Phil M. ChavezAndrew J. ChevrezHon. Juan B. ColasMicabil Diaz Martinez WHLA Contact Carlos A. Ortiz, PresidentHinshaw & Culbertson LLP100 E. Wisconsin Ave. Suite 2600Milwaukee, WI 53202414-276-6464www.whla.org — Ne[...]
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Administrative LawLey AdministrativaMicabil Diaz-Martinez Antitrust LawLey de AntimonopolioDavid A. Westrup AppellateLey de la ApelaciónDavid A. Westrup Bankruptcy LawLey de BancarrotaPiermario BertolottoJames W. McNeilly, Jr.Felix Servantez Business & Corporate LawLey Empresarial y CorporativoNeifor B. AcostaPiermario BertolottoNancy BonniwellAlan D. EisenbergEdward A. FalloneStuart C.[...]
C. Wade Harrison
C. Wade Harrison may be one of the more recent law school graduates in the Up & Coming Lawyers Section, but he is also one of the oldest. Harrison took an untraditional route to the profession — working as a camp director in southern California for several years after finishing undergrad in 1995; then working […]
Benjamin S. Wagner
When Benjamin S. Wagner began his undergraduate work, he planned to follow his grandfather’s footsteps into medicine. By his junior year, he realized that being a doctor was not his calling. Instead, he decided to study law, as his father, Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Wagner, had done. While taking a trial advocacy class in […]
Amanda L. Rockman
At age 26, Amanda L. Rockman, who’d just recently been named associate judge for the Ho-Chunk Nation, went to lunch in the tribe’s casino. She was carded. Rockman became one of the youngest judges in the country when she took the bench in 2006, only 15 months after graduating law school. Her caseload includes family […]
Michele L. Perreault
Before becoming an attorney, Michele L. Perreault spent 10 years as a social worker, involved in domestic violence programs and also working for the American Red Cross. As a social worker, she found that her advocacy for people in need could only go so far. One of the greatest obstacles she faced was access to […]
T.J. Perlick-Molinari
T.J. Perlick-Molinari, a member of the OWI Legislative Committee of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, attended an Assembly hearing on proposed changes to the state’s OWI laws — laws, he believes, that are tough enough, and rely on “science” that is unproven and more importantly, un-scientific. Not many share his views. That doesn’t […]
Celestina L. Owusu-Sanders
Although attorney Celestina L. Owusu-Sanders is a member of the Health Law Practice Group at Quarles & Brady LLP, she has a passion for civil rights issues. A native of Ghana, Owusu-Sanders regularly takes asylum cases pro bono and has recently helped refugees from China and Senegal find sanctuary in the United States. “That really […]
Carlos A. Ortiz
When Carlos A. Ortiz’s wife went into labor with their third child, the paramedics did not make it in time for the big event. So, Ortiz stepped away from his usual role as a legal advisor and litigator and delivered his daughter. Despite that adventure, he has no plans to leave the practice of law […]
Jeremy R. McKenzie
Jeremy R. McKenzie loves sports. He enjoys many professional sports and has a strong interest in playing lesser-known niche sports, such as the Irish game of hurling and the less obscure sport of curling. His favorite U.S. Supreme Court decision involves the antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball. So it comes as no surprise that […]
Katie Longley
Clerking for a judge is usually something attorneys do straight out of law school. But Katie Longley did it a little differently. She worked for a year at Foley & Lardner after graduation, then clerked for a year for U.S. 7th Circuit Court Judge Diane S. Sykes, then returned to Foley, where she’s been ever […]
Erik R. Guenther
Attorney Erik R. Guenther was not sure he wanted to spend seven months in Afghanistan. But he applied and was hired as the Defense Mentor in the Justice Sector Support Program, a position which allowed him to train judges, prosecutors, police officers and defense lawyers on general trial strategies and cross-examination techniques. “In my cover […]
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- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
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- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
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- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
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- Bankruptcy-Tax
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