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Davis|Kuelthau is adding the attorneys of Northwind IP Law in Appleton to its team. Stephen Jensen and Thomas Connelly will join Davis|Kuelthau on Sept. 30.

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Quarles & Brady has named a new firm chair and added the role of president to its national leadership structure.

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John Gehringer of O'Neil Cannon Hollman DeJong & Laing has been named The Best Lawyers in America's 2021 Lawyer of the Year for construction law.

Michael Hupy has again increased the reward for information in a 20-year-old Milwaukee activist's death. He's now offering $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for Quanita “Tay” Jackson's death.

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The attorneys Peter Albrecht, Allison Andrew and Emily Fons have joined the law firm Godfrey & Kahn.

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David Conway, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, is one of Dane County's newest judges.

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The new Dane County Circuit Court Judge Nia Trammell is the first Black woman to serve as a judge outside of Milwaukee County.

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Marsy's Law for Wisconsin Outreach Director Nela Kalpic has been reappointed to the Wisconsin Council on Domestic Abuse.

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Rockwell Automation has named Rebecca (Becky) House to a newly established leadership role as senior vice president and chief administrative and legal officer.

The law firm Habush Habush & Rottier is making a $10,000 contribution to the new Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson Reading Room at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.

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Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson received statewide recognition for her career and legacy on Tuesday.

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Michael W. Taibleson has joined Godfrey & Kahn's Employee Benefits and Tax Practice Groups as special counsel.

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The Ogletree Deakins associate attorney Grady (Trey) Crosby III has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors for College Possible Milwaukee.

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Monica Hall has been appointed as Jefferson County’s new district attorney. Hall is currently an assistant district attorney in Jefferson County and has been a prosecutor for nearly 15 years. She’s also involved with the county’s alcohol and drug treatment ...

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Albert S. Orr is the new chief executive officer of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.

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Seventh Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Robert P. VanDeHey has been elected chairman of the Committee of Chief Judges.

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The Marsy's Law for Wisconsin outreach director Nela Kalpic has been appointed to the Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights Board.

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Suzanne O'Neill, a Wisconsin State Public Defender of nearly 30 years, has been appointed as a Marathon County Circuit Court judge.

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Retired Quarles & Brady partner James D. Friedman has been appointed as a referee for lawyer disciplinary matters.

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Attorneys Thomas Ryan Boyd and Vanja Pemac have joined Lindner & Marsack's worker's compensation defense team.

Baird vice president and associate general counsel Isioma Nwabuzor and SoftwareONE regional general counsel Jascha Beck Walter have been elected to the Association of Corporate Counsel-Wisconsin's Board of Directors.

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Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Democratic State Representative Chris Taylor to the Dane County Circuit Court.

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The Boardman & Clark partner Jacob Frost has been appointed a Dane County Circuit Court judge. Gov. Tony Evers announced Frost’s appointment on Friday. Frost fills a vacancy opened up by Judge Richard Niess’ retirement. Frost specializes in civil litigation ...

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The Legal Action Wisconsin attorney Kori Ashley has been named a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge.

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Milwaukee-based law firm O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing has hired a 2020 Marquette University Law School graduate to its team.

The Madison attorney Amy Bogost has been appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

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CJ Szafir, the former executive vice president of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, has been named president of the conservative nonprofit group Institute for Reforming Government.

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The Corporate Legal Operations Consortium has named a Husch Blackwell project designed to manage a portfolio of litigation as one of its inaugural Legal Innovation in Operations Project award winners.

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The von Briesen attorney Courtney Hollander has received the investment adviser certified compliance professional designation, the firm announced on Wednesday. The Investment Adviser Association and National Regulatory Services sponsor the certification program. The program designates people with knowledge and experience ...

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Attorney Brian Pfeil has been named as the chair of Davis|Kuelthau’s construction industry team.  Pfeil joined the firm’s Milwaukee office in 2016. His practice focuses on disputes involving real property, including boundary disputes, water rights, easements, partition actions and complex ...

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