Jere McGaffey not only wrote eight volumes on business tax law – he got people to read them.

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It’s not every day an attorney gets the opportunity to work on a headline-making deal. But that’s what Jason Kohout had the chance to do recently while working with a team of Foley & Lardner LLP attorneys on the $550 million sale of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Mentoring isn’t a skill for attorney Rachelle Hart; it’s a state of mind.

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Jessie Lochmann Allen is right where she wants to be.

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Since finding her place at Foley & Lardner LLP in Madison more than 20 years ago, Antonina “Toni” Prestigiacomo has been leading by example.

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Two Wisconsin-based law firms are adopting new strategies to expand and better serve their manufacturing client bases to take advantage of the industry’s resurgence.

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Cynthia J. Rigsby’s chosen area of practice is one that has a tendency to make her very uncomfortable.

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Bobbi Howell measures her career success in terms of the many close, sustained support networks she has formed.

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Jay Rothman, CEO of Foley & Lardner LLP, still works for some of the same clients who were there when he started with the firm in 1986. That’s the benefit of business law, he said. “When I started as a ...

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G. Michael Halfenger has been appointed to a 14-year term as U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He will take office Jan. 11.

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The Legal Aid Society hosted its 96th anniversary luncheon Sept. 6 at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was the event’s principal speaker, and remarks also were made by Peter Stone, of Foley & Lardner LLP, and Marina Dimitrijevic, chairman of the Milwaukee County Board.

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Leigh Riley doesn’t mind being the squeaky wheel. She’ll even rebuild the entire wheel, if that’s what it takes.

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After spending years advocating for foster children in her care, Susan Conwell thought there must be a better way.

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Whether she’s spearheading diversity efforts at Foley & Lardner LLP or donating time through pro bono work, Maureen McGinnity’s commitment to the law profession is sustained by a strong sense of fairness and her desire to solve problems.

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Inspiration to team up on real estate revitalization projects in Milwaukee never has been more than a car ride or fish fry away for attorney Michael Hatch. In the almost three decades since planting his roots in the Midwest as ...

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Though they’ve been popular in Asia for years now, Quick Response, or QR, codes are starting to make their way stateside and into the legal marketing world.

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Michael Bowen is an attorney first and author second, but he is not slacking at either job.

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On Friday afternoons, when happy hour or weekends with the family start to dominate the minds of many workers, Judy Peters hits her stride.

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For the third year, the Milwaukee Bar Association recognized an individual attorney, an organization and a law student for outstanding pro bono work with its annual Pro Bono Publico awards Oct. 12 at the MBA’s eighth annual State of the Court Luncheon.

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Since joining Foley & Lardner LLP in 2007, Brian Potts has been racking up the wins in his environmental and energy law practice.

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Elizabeth Haas doesn’t mind digging deep for a case.

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Sarah Knutson has joined Urban & Taylor SC as an associate trial attorney. Her legal practice will focus exclusively on plaintiff personal injury and employment rights litigation. She is a 2011 graduate of Marquette University Law School.

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When Nancy Sennett started practicing law in the late ‘70s, her co-members of the litigation team met regularly at a private club that didn’t allow women in the main dining area, or even to enter through the main doorway.

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Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Sarah Coyne, a partner in the firm’s Madison office and chair of the firm’s health law group, has been named “Wisconsin Health Law Attorney of the Year” by the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Health ...

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When attorney Jay Rothman attended Harvard Law School in the early 1980s, he had little comprehension of how large firms such as Foley & Lardner LLP functioned.

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Attorneys argue the State Bar of Wisconsin should have proof, rather than theory, when spending mandatory dues on activities that either regulate the legal profession or improve the quality of legal services.

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While many business-related practice areas took a hit during the recession, intellectual property has been a bright spot for local firms.

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Founding a company is tricky business — just ask college buddies Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, whose struggle for control of their creation, Facebook, was detailed in the popular 2010 film “The Social Network.”

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O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC announces that Attorney John R. Schreiber and Attorney Joseph M. Maier have been elected as shareholders of the firm. Schreiber will continue his practice in the Banking and Creditors’ Rights practice group assisting ...

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren announces that attorneys Nathan K. Johnson, Amy L. Lindner and Lucas J. Pagels have been named shareholders in the firm. Johnson, a member of the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice, serves a wide range of clients ...

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