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Zimmerman continues supporting opportunities for women
Jane “Ginger” Zimmerman’s work to seek equality for women started in athletics. “It goes back to my mother and sister who didn’t get to take advantage of the opportunities I had because of timing,” said Zimmerman, who received a basketball scholarship to Georgetown University. Now, as chair of the Creditors’ Rights, Business Bankruptcy and Commercial […]
Lubinsky manages work and life’s ‘controlled chaos’
Lori Lubinsky never guessed that her work choreographing dance routines for high school choirs would cross over to her legal practice. In fact, there were probably a few things Lubinsky never fathomed about the law, until she became a lawyer. “I never really knew what the practice of law was really about when I went […]
Trial attorney lives her belief in the 'power of one'
To understand Christine Bremer Muggli, you have to know her family history. “I grew up as a Chicago Democrat,” explains the shareholder at Bremer & Trollop S.C., a plaintiffs’ firm with five offices in Northern Wisconsin. “My grandfather was a city alderman and chair of the Chicago Transit Authority. I was raised by a mother […]
Quarles partner’s efforts encourage diversity
Nancy Peterson’s childhood in Medford, Wis., which currently has a population of 4,260, showed her how different people were. But not until a trip to Brazil when she was 13 did she realize the big disparities in life. “There were people living in the hills in cardboard and corrugated huts,” Peterson said. “In a space […]
Natural curiosity led Priebe to practice law
As a child, Catherine M. Priebe amazed — and occasionally annoyed — her parents with her favorite question: Why? “I always wanted to know the reasoning behind everything,” laughs Priebe, who chairs the Trusts, Estates & Succession Planning Practice Group at Davis & Kuelthau S.C. in Milwaukee. It was her natural curiosity — not a […]
Litigator facilitates trial practice discussions online
In 2007, Anne Reed found a way to share her ideas and thoughts about juries and jury selection issues: she launched a blog, Deliberations. “The blog format is a wonderful way of being able to publish material a little bit at a time and enter into a conversation with people,” said Reed, an attorney and […]
Rieger takes reins at Davis & Kuelthau
Street corner chatter rose up in Italian, English, sometimes both at once, where Ann Rieger grew up. Rieger lost her father, Frank Roccapalumba, when she was young. From the east side Milwaukee duplex Rieger called home as a child, her mother, Madeline, taught her to study hard, work hard and give back to the community. […]
Grandfather’s Main Street practice fueled interest
Andrea Kupfer Schneider’s love for the law goes back to Main Street in Farmingdale, Long Island. Her grandfather, Joseph Stern, was the village attorney there. He also ran a private practice. And he had lunch at a little diner on Main Street, where everyone knew his name. “I always thought I’d work for a company […]
Judge’s journey started later, led from Iowa to Oshkosh
Her husband’s keen insight pushed Winnebago County Circuit Judge Karen L. Seifert toward her future. Seifert, 55, of Oshkosh, was 30 and a mother of three — a 3-year-old son and two daughters, ages 5 and 7 — when she began law school at the University of Iowa. She had already earned an undergraduate degree […]
Prosecutor recovers, flourishes after job setbacks
Not many attorneys would hold onto a job that delivered a paycheck that covered little more than the cost of transportation to work. Brook Teuber did, and it helped her land the career of her dreams. Teuber is an assistant district attorney at the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office. But getting there took sacrifice and […]
In litigation and motherhood, the defense doesn’t rest
As a single mother of two young children and a successful criminal defense attorney, Tracey A. Wood admits that balancing parenthood and her profession is a constant challenge. But like any good attorney, she is able to compromise. “I sort of thrive on chaos, but I do have Fridays off to spend with my daughter […]
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