Kimberly Streff thrives on variety.

Seelie Kay views her writing as a way to humanize attorneys.

When Jessica Culotti mentions she works in employee benefits at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, she knows most people will assume she practices in employment law and handles terminations, contracts or harassment cases.

Keith Kopplin is always on the lookout for stopgaps.

Every case that lands on Justin Webb’s desk is a sign that something has gone wrong for his client.

Steve Gigot was an engineer at a manufacturing facility when he noticed jobs were disappearing. So he took a job as an engineer at a law firm, evaluating situations such as rollovers to determine what might have happened.

Kristine Havlik has seen firsthand the relief on clients’ faces once they have completed putting together their estate plans.

Arriving early one day to a class at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Kathryn Keppel was fascinated by the professor talking about constitutional law to the group of students meeting in the same classroom.

After graduating college, James Brzezinski was working in marketing, but felt less than fulfilled.

Real estate dealings have been part of Danielle Bergner’s life for a long time.

While Marybeth Herbst-Flagstad has the same client everyday, no two days are ever the same.

After working in real estate litigation for several years in the Twin Cities, Ryan Krumrie and his wife wanted to move back to their native Wisconsin and be closer to family.

While in college, Mary Wagner considered going to law school. But then she got a job as a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal, married and started a family. But after falling off a horse and spending three months in a body cast, she decided to switch gears and pursue a law degree.

While growing up, Elisabeth Bridge said her father encouraged her to become an engineer. She eventually studied engineering, but only after earning her law degree and working on intellectual property cases.

Gary Ruesch has taken a keen interest in learning about how schools are run since he joined the School District of Greenfield’s School Board while in college.

Mark Cameli successfully blends his 13 years of government experience when working with his clients at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.

Robert Teuber has been thinking about a career in law for as long as he can remember, including the time in fourth grade where each student had to give a presentation about a career that interested him.

John Schuster knows business.

Kelly Kuglitsch loves breaking the complex down into simple ideas.

While some attorneys rarely see the inside of a courtroom, that has never been a problem for Russell Karnes.

Howard Schoenfeld views himself first and foremost as a trial attorney.

Patrick Bergin was halfway through his first year of law school when he wished he had continued his original plan of getting an undergraduate degree in engineering.

As an attorney specializing in employment law, Eric Hobbs continues to be amazed at what some people do while on the job.

Amanda Bowen doesn't like to talk about death, but ...

Ruder Ware's Steve Anderson freely admits that being a litigator allows his competitive nature to come out.

Breanne Snapp is a tireless advocate for her clients, whether they are fighting for unpaid overtime wages or seeking damages after a ruptured gas pipeline polluted their groundwater.

Megann Hendrix has built a successful legal practice combining three distinct areas — family law, elder law and estate law.

No two days — or cases — are the same for David Carr.

The details are always different in Timothy Hansen’s cases, but the legal framework remains the same.

Timothy Feldhausen likens the assistance he provides to corporate business clients at Davis & Kuelthau to driving a warship, something he did for several years while with the U.S. Navy.