Have you ever watched an original “Star Trek” episode where Captain James Kirk was being court-martialed and wondered about the legalities of what was happening? Jessica Mederson has.
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Ways has means for success at SmithAmundsen
Nicole Ways enjoys solving a good puzzle.
Read More »Strohbehn focused on helping clients through hard times
Christopher Strohbehn knows he works with clients at a challenging time in their lives.
Read More »Husch Blackwell’s Du ices hockey career for corporate transactions
Growing up in Canada, Kevin Du envisioned himself playing pro hockey.
Read More »Davis & Kuelthau’s Rojas helps clients navigate complex immigration system
Hugo Rojas knows firsthand the workforce hurdles his clients are facing.
Read More »Helping others drew Reinhart’s Davenport to litigation
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.
Read More »On the write path: Clerkship sets Sacks’ love of litigation, writing in motion
An internship and clerkship set Jonathan Sacks on a career journey.
Read More »From construction to attorney, AGC of Wisconsin’s Whiting takes unusual path
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.
Read More »Murphy Desmond attorney at home with the Fine print
While at a law firm handling litigation cases, Roy Fine was asked to help out on some business transactional work.
Read More »WHD’s Gutierrez carefully maps out strategies to aid her clients
Every day is like a game of chess for Leslie Gutierrez.
Read More »Piefer helps clients get down to business
An expert in employment law, Sally Piefer helps her clients get a good night's sleep.
Read More »Strategic thinking helps Flowers deliver for clients
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.
Read More »Attorney-turned-entrepreneur Asay helps litigators manage cases
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.
Read More »Watch and learn: Domnitz relishes the art of the oratory
Merrick Domnitz worries that what first inspired him to become an attorney more than 40 years ago is fading away.
Read More »Reinhart’s Hanson helps clients fight patent infringement
David Hanson enjoys learning how things work. That makes intellectual property civil litigation a natural choice.
Read More »WHD’s Eckhardt puts the pieces together for clients
Growing up, David Eckhardt admits he liked knowing the rules.
Read More »UW Law School’s Seifter passing on her knowledge learned from Ginsburg, Garland
Once Miriam Seifter began taking classes at Harvard Law School, she knew she was interested in becoming a law professor some day.
Read More »Miller guides clients through bankruptcy maze
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.
Read More »Clerk of the court: Eskra’s background translates to success at Reinhart
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.
Read More »Goehre helps employers stay on the right side of the law
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.
Read More »Technically speaking: Rosenberg helps attorneys craft their cases visually
Robert Rosenberg sees himself as a translator between attorneys and jury members.
Read More »Hear to help: WHD’s Anzelmo listens to clients, guides them through problems
Anthony Anzelmo grew up wanting a career in which he could help other people.
Read More »Sky’s the limit for association general counsel’s Jurowski
Nathan Jurowski wasn’t always an attorney. “I was a manager trainee with Hertz Rent A Car for a couple of years,” Jurowski said.
Read More »Godfrey & Kahn’s Krill uses financial experience to aid clients
Pam Krill credits her successful practice at Godfrey & Kahn to her understanding of how investment firms work on the inside.
Read More »Novel idea: Heino helps clients protect their property
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.
Read More »Digging deep: Digital forensics investigator tracks down data
After selling a business that he ran successfully for 30 years, Rob Namowicz figured it was time to pursue a personal interest.
Read More »Davis & Kuelthau’s Hollander gets all the tax pieces to fit
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.
Read More »Strombom brings creativity to her technology practice at WHD
“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.
Read More »Good advice: Counsel from his brother launches Wagner’s law career
K. Scott Wagner decided some years ago to take some brotherly advice.
Read More »On the Wilder side: Godfrey & Kahn attorney combines banking, legal expertise
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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