Milwaukee criminal defense attorney May Lee never planned to practice law. She began her professional career as a teacher in higher education and at 38 years old decided to change courses after establishing a successful career and family.

From practicing public defender cases out of his one-bedroom apartment in La Crosse to hanging a shingle on his own firm, Daniel Norland has experienced the legal spectrum.

Following her military service, Ellen Matheson was ready to make an impact on the community through a career in the law.

Newly elected State Bar president, Dean Dietrich has over 40 years of experience practicing in Wisconsin’s legal industry.

Crowned Miss Milwaukee 2022 in March, Jada Davis made history as the first Black woman to win the title in the organization’s 98-year run. A Milwaukee inner city native, Davis wears many hats with a diverse group of passions and interests.

To show just how unwieldy and dense the federal tax code has become, Robert Misey recently tried to blow up the 6th volume of his IRS regulations using three rounds of fire crackers.

Better than most, Don Schott understands Merrick Garland’s pain.

Dr. Jeneise Briggs, the State Bar of Wisconsin’s diversity and inclusion specialist, is passionate about doing the work to make the legal community more welcoming for all.

Despite a year full of unexpected and difficult events, Attorney Chinonso Osuji has been building a legal career and a legacy for herself and her family.

Matthew Leusink, the new Waushara County district attorney, has no doubt that he has a lot of work ahead of him.

For the Dane County Judge Nia Trammell, taking the bench was an emotional experience.

Mark Thomsen has thought a lot about how to make the legal process more fair — especially this year. Thomsen and his firm, Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, have taken up a number of high-profile civil rights cases in recent months.

Gov. Tony Evers issued another round of pardons over the weekend. Missing among the list of those pardoned — Brendan Dassey.

Brendan Dassey’s legal team is advocating for what they are calling Dassey’s best chance at a life outside prison.

Derek Allen, the new general counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, is using his decade of litigation experience to keep AGC members on job sites rather than in courtrooms.

Louis Butler is reluctant to say his attempt in 2008 to retain his seat on the state Supreme Court came amid a new low point in Wisconsin judicial elections.

To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.

Sam Benedict and Robin Dorman started their legal career on the exact same day in 1979 as two of five attorneys in the Waukesha County office of the Wisconsin State Public Defender.

Brad Fulton started at the bottom at DeWitt.

Sarah Platt’s work as a management-side employment lawyer looks quite different now than it did five years ago.

For litigators, putting appearances on the record is a requirement.

Casey Fleming makes her living as a tax lawyer, a job that may strike many as being regimented and rules-bound as they come.

Anthony Nudo may be new to the practice of law, but he brings with him a wealth of experience in business and real estate.

Kathleen Gionis went to law school to do more than become a lawyer—she wanted work for herself.

Before John Goudie found his niche in paralegal work, he had a variety of experiences.

Working with employee-benefits clients and institutional investors clients, Tiffany R. Reeves finds every day is different and she always has more to learn.

The saying “timing is everything” could have been originally written about Stacie Kalmer and the way she ended up with a successful employee benefits practice at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.

Grant Zielinski knows he needs to do a little explaining when responding to the question: What do you do for a living?

One of the things Amy MacArdy enjoys most about her work is that no two cases are the same.

Assistant State Public Defender Jon Padgham is the go-to man for the State Public Defender's Office when it can't find private attorneys who are willing to take on cases from throughout the northeast quadrant of the state.