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Jan 26, 2018

Love for public service fuels DiMotto’s decades-long career

Before starting law school, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge John DiMotto thought his legal career would mostly entail practicing law from behind a desk.

Dec 28, 2017

Sahar’s legal career has her following in footsteps of her father

For Leila Nadim Sahar, strategy plays a big role in the business-litigation cases she handles at Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk.

Dec 20, 2017

Banking on a legal career

Sara McNamara believes most people do not understand what she does as an associate attorney in Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren’s banking and bankruptcy practice.

Dec 14, 2017

Making career shift runs in Campbell’s family

Derek Campbell readily admits he followed in his father’s footprints – even going to law school as an older student.

Dec 6, 2017

Olivieri strikes a balance between practice, community work

It’s no understatement to say José Olivieri maintains a busy schedule.

Nov 29, 2017

Scherer helps inventors protect their ideas

While Christopher Scherer was working on his engineering degree at Marquette University, he discovered an alternative career possibility: becoming a patent attorney.

Nov 22, 2017

McClean keeps his competitive edge

The last place business owners want to be is in a courtroom.

Nov 10, 2017

Chance to make a mark draws Neal to real estate law

Alexandria Neal enjoys seeing how her work in real-estate law makes a difference in the wider world.

Oct 26, 2017

Zabkowicz finds fulfillment in corporate law, even if it’s not the same as portrayed on TV

Although Melissa Zabkowicz grew up wanting to be an attorney, she did not settle on her corporate law specialty until the summer before her final year of law school.

Oct 18, 2017

Friedman finds specialty in complex corner of the law

Although James Friedman, a shareholder in Godfrey & Kahn’s office in Madison, now feels at home in a courtroom, he actually did not consider a legal career until he had nearly finished earning an engineering degree at Georgia Tech.