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Tag Archives: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Fraser finds his niche

While derivatives might be a commonly used term within the walls of many New York City law firms, it’s rather unique to Milwaukee.

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Who’s Doing What: New hires; giving back

Douglas Dehler joined the litigation group at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing SC, Milwaukee. Dehler’s litigation practice covers business, class action, whistleblower and ERISA fiduciary cases, as well as a wide range of insurance matters.

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2011 Unsung Heroes – IT Specialist

IT Specialists Professional of the Year Joe Bichanich Knowledge management/process improvement managers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Jason Milligan Knowledge management/process improvement managers, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Last summer, the outlook for Michael Best & Friedrich LLP’s new document management system was bleak. Consultants who’d been working for several months to implement the iManage system suddenly quit. Then, the ...

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2011 Unsung Heroes – Legal secretary

2011 Legal secretary of the year Keri Kempski Legal secretary, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC Between court deadlines, pressing clients and demanding  opposing counsel, it’s expected that everyone on a litigation team might blow their stack from time to time. Well, nearly everyone. Legal secretary Keri Kempski has kept her cool for nearly two decades of under-the-gun work at Reinhart ...

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Cotrone composes his retirement plan

Milwaukee native Carlo Cotrone does not plan to retire anytime soon, but when he does, he’s got an active second career to fill his days outside the legal world.

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Who’s Doing What

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 Law Section. The award is presented annually to an attorney who has contributed to the preservation and enhancement of the ...

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Who’s Doing What

Ruder Ware announced the addition of Bryan Symes to their attorney team. He will be based in the Eau Claire office as a member of the Employment, Labor & Benefits and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Groups. Symes represents management-side clients in the areas of employment and labor law and provides counseling and litigation services. Symes earned his J.D. from ...

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Bouncing back from the recession

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t going to support a firm’s entire practice anytime soon, but the market for them is coming back from the depths of the recent recession, Wisconsin firms say.

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Human Resources Professional of the Year

Human Resources Professional of the Year Joelyn Wunderlich Human Resources Manager, Foley & Lardner LLP Since 1999, Joelyn Wunderlich has been the Human Resources Manager for the Milwaukee office of Foley & Lardner, Wisconsin’s largest law firm. In that capacity, she has been instrumental in coordinating a wide range of human resource issues that affect the 600 lawyers and support ...

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Freedom, flexibility inspire solos

After 22 years with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, attorney James R. Troupis decided it was time to take some risks.

So the Madison litigator amicably left the firm on June 19 and opened his own law firm three days later.

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