When the state cut Nels Naslund and his partners a $1.9 million check for a chunk of prime real estate off Highway 41, he said he never expected to have to share it with a renter.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday will determine how billboard owners get paid when the state condemns property to make room for highway projects.

Attorney Wayne Roper, one of the founding members of Milwaukee-based von Briesen & Roper SC, died Sunday night at his Milwaukee home.

Thomas Burmeister, Nicholas Castronovo, Ryan Gehrke and Eileen Kelley joined von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee.

The Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP opened a Milwaukee office with the addition of partner Charles Pautsch and associates Lisa Baiocchi and Jesse Dill to its labor and employment practice group. All three attorneys join Arnstein & Lehr from Jackson Lewis LLP, Brookfield.

When von Briesen & Roper SC attorney Christy Brooks graduated law school in 1977, she wanted to avoid traditional practice areas for female lawyers at the time, such as trusts and estates, and labor and employment law.

Employees at the Madison office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP did more than socialize at this year’s holiday party – they put on a show.

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One of the reasons Milwaukee law firm von Briesen & Roper SC considered moving after more than 25 years, was because its building prominently featured a competitor’s logo. But now the firm, which has leased space in the building at 411 E. Wisconsin Ave. since 1985, will have the opportunity to post its own array of signage visible to downtown ...

• von Briesen & Roper announces that attorney Gottlieb John Marmet has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Marmet is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group and Technology Law Section. He focuses his practice on intellectual property law, patent prosecution, litigation, product liability and toxic tort matters. Marmet received a ...

Attorney James D. Friedman vividly remembers walking into his office to find a stack of pink message slips on his desk from clients who called during the lunch hour.

von Briesen & Roper announces the addition of two attorneys: Shareholder Bryan M. Becker and Associate James J. Wawrzyn.

Total attorneys (in Wisconsin): 102 Addresses in Wisconsin: 411 E. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 700, Milwaukee, WI 53202; Three S. Pinckney St., Suite 1000, Madison, WI 53703; 10200 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon, WI 53092; One Main St., Suite 350, Racine, WI 53403 Office phone: Milwaukee: 414-276-1122; Madison: 608-441-0300; Mequon: 262-241-5600; Racine: 262-635-3100 Firm’s Web site: www.vonbriesen.com Managing partner: Randall D. ...