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Foley & Lardner announced on Monday that Andrew Wronski has been named managing partner of the firm’s Milwaukee office. Wronski succeeds Linda Benfield, who had held the position since 2011 and was elevated to the firm’s Management Committee earlier this ...

O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing has added Randall Ollie to its litigation practice group.

Stafford Rosenbaum has hired Isaac Brodkey as an associate at its Madison office.

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Ross Kornowske has joined Davis|Kuelthau as an associate attorney on the firm's corporate team.

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Ninth Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Gregory Huber has been selected as chair of the Committee of Chief Judges.

Mark Budzinski, managing partner at Corneille Law Group, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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Michael Best Strategies has added a former Humana executive and a doctor to its Healthcare Innovation Group.

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DeWitt law firm has hired two associate attorneys to its Green Bay and Minneapolis offices.

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Timothy Samuelson, a U.S. assistant attorney and former Dane County circuit court judge, has been appointed as the new director of the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

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Brianna Meyer, an attorney at Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, has been named president of the Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association's board of directors.

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Criminal-defense attorney Brian Nelson has joined Milwaukee-based Meyer Van Severen.

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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Yadira Rein as an Outagamie County Circuit Court judge, making her the first person of color to serve as a judge in Outagamie County.

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The American Association for Justice is recognizing Robert Jaskulski, shareholder and one of the managing partners of Habush Habush & Rottier, with an award for his commitment to protecting the civil-justice system.

Emily Hynek has been appointed the Jackson County district attorney. She’s been serving as the assistant district attorney in Jackson County since 2018 and was previously an assistant district attorney in La Crosse County for six years. She prosecutes cases involving ...

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The Association of Corporate Counsel-Wisconsin has elected three new board members and a new group of executive officers. DeAngela Luna, Timothy W. Schmidt and Pranav Shah will oversee the association’s Wisconsin chapter as board members. Meet the new board members Luna is assistant ...

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Kristen Scheuerman, a partner at Herrling Clark Law Firm, is to serve as board chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Litigation Section. Scheuerman, who primarily practices personal-injury litigation, will assume the role of board chair on July 1. She ...

Four Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown attorneys have been recognized as 2021 Best Lawyers in America in the publication's Women in the Law edition.

Megan L. Drury has joined Milwaukee-based Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown's family-law team.

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The American Bar Association is honoring Rebecca Rapp, general counsel for Ascendium Education Group in Madison, for her pro bono work.

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Alana Leffler has been promoted to a shareholder of the employment and labor firm Buelow Vetter.

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Ruder Ware has added Andrew Lorenz to its Eau Claire attorney team. Lorenz will expand his litigation practice as a member of the firm and join its business group. He represents companies and individuals in business-transactional matters, having an emphasis on ...

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Jorge R. Fragoso has joined Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown’s criminal defense, appellate and civil litigation teams. Fragoso comes to GRGB after spending nine years with the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office. While at the trial division in Waukesha County, he represented ...

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Jim Peterson has been appointed as a vice chair of Foley & Lardner’s business law department. Peterson, a partner at the firm and member of the transitions practice group, currently serves as the Milwaukee office’s business law office chair. He ...

M. Scott LeBlanc has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee and Chicago offices as a partner.

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Anthony J. Steffek will serve as Davis|Kuelthau's newest co-chair of its labor and employment team.

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Sterling Law Offices has raised more than $25,000 for Mel's Charities, an Ozaukee County nonprofit.

Rebecca Furdek has joined Husch Blackwell's Milwaukee office as an associate. She's one of six new attorneys that the firm has added to its white collar, internal investigations and compliance practice group.

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DeWitt law firm has combined with Gerbers Law in Green Bay.

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Kalvin Barrett will serve as the new Dane County sheriff.

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Husch Blackwell is opening two new offices in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area.

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