Growing up, Andrea Davenport would often sit starry-eyed while listening to her father talk about his job as a litigator. After majoring in legal studies and psychology as an undergrad at the University of Wisconsin, she knew being an attorney was in the stars.

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An internship and clerkship set Jonathan Sacks on a career journey.

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From newspaper reporter to assistant attorney general, Patrick Whiting hasn’t taken the most direct path to his job as general counsel for the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin.

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While at a law firm handling litigation cases, Roy Fine was asked to help out on some business transactional work.

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Every day is like a game of chess for Leslie Gutierrez.

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An expert in employment law, Sally Piefer helps her clients get a good night's sleep.

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Christopher Flowers views himself as a partner with the businesses he works with. An attorney in the contract/commercial litigation practice of Godfrey & Kahn in Milwaukee, his client work requires tactical thinking.

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Alma Asay was looking for a way to help litigation teams get a better handle on their files and information, but wound up launching Allegory, a software designed to help litigators manage the vast amounts of information they uncover during the e-discovery process.

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Merrick Domnitz worries that what first inspired him to become an attorney more than 40 years ago is fading away.

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David Hanson enjoys learning how things work. That makes intellectual property civil litigation a natural choice.

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Growing up, David Eckhardt admits he liked knowing the rules.

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Once Miriam Seifter began taking classes at Harvard Law School, she knew she was interested in becoming a law professor some day.

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James Miller knows firsthand what it’s like to go through bankruptcy. While in his early 20s, his family’s business in Ohio ran into financial woes and needed to file for bankruptcy.

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Attorney Malinda Eskra’s familiarity with the ins and outs of appellate court operations helps her clients and the other attorneys at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren traverse the complex appellate and litigation process.

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Kurt Goehre never knows what to expect when he sits down to start his day at the Law Firm of Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry S.C. in Green Bay.

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Robert Rosenberg sees himself as a translator between attorneys and jury members.

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Anthony Anzelmo grew up wanting a career in which he could help other people.

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Nathan Jurowski wasn’t always an attorney. “I was a manager trainee with Hertz Rent A Car for a couple of years,” Jurowski said.

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Pam Krill credits her successful practice at Godfrey & Kahn to her understanding of how investment firms work on the inside.

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Joe Heino was an engineering college student interning at Allen-Bradley during the 1970s when he struck up a conversation with one of the company’s patent attorneys.

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After selling a business that he ran successfully for 30 years, Rob Namowicz figured it was time to pursue a personal interest.

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Courtney Hollander can’t remember when she didn’t want to be an attorney. But it wasn’t until she took a class on tax law at the University of Wisconsin School of Law that she found her focus.

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“Creativity” isn’t usually the first word people think of when talking about a legal career, but the opportunity to be creative in her thinking is what attracted Ariane Strombom to her role as an attorney at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

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K. Scott Wagner decided some years ago to take some brotherly advice.

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Peter Wilder holds a unique distinction: He’s the only Wisconsin attorney to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking.

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Working on bankruptcy cases provides Frank DiCastri with an opportunity to see other aspects of the law besides those just involving insolvency.

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While working on different project teams as an undergrad studying nuclear engineering, Elizabeth Kendall often found herself in the role of translating what her fellow engineer students were saying into understandable concepts for the final report.

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Gregory Vanevenhoven realizes most clients don’t see the benefits of his work.

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An unpleasant experience with an attorney sparked Jane Probst to begin her own legal career.

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Erik Eisenmann admits that growing up he enjoyed solving problems and puzzles. Now as a labor and employment attorney at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. in Milwaukee, he gets the opportunity daily to do the same as he helps clients on a variety of issues.

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