Steven Bach has been practicing family law since 1974, helping to establish Pine Bach’s preeminence in the area of family law. He is also noted for his mediation work.

He is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, The Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation, and the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin.

Bach has published articles in various professional publications and is a contributing author to the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Guardian ad Litem Handbook.

Linda Balisle is the founder of Balisle Family Law Legal Counsel, a Madison-based firm with an exclusive focus on family law and related estate planning.

An attorney with 46 years of experience, Balisle serves high-net-worth clients, business owners, LGBTQIA+ families and handles complex jurisdictional issues and appellate cases. She has extension experience in divorce mediation, arbitration and litigation.

Her extensive appellate experience includes 17 published case reports. She is a former professor at the University of Wisconsin, teaching family law, civil procedure and appellate procedure.

Balisle is the recipient of the Wisconsin Law Foundation’s Belle Case LaFollette Award. Her leadership extends to roles such as Wisconsin Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and past president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Daniel Bestul is an experienced family law attorney who works closely with clients to help them identify their goals and the best resources to achieve them.

Bestul is an attorney with Duxstad McDaniel, specializing in managing complex financial matters and child-related cases. His approach is rooted in collaboration while acknowledging that family law requires patience, creativity, and commitment to achieve results that don’t just suffice in the short term.

Bestul tailors his representation to each client’s individual needs instead of the one-size-fits-all approach. He offers “unbundled” legal services to clients who need only specific assistance or minimal support. Those services include case evaluation, coaching, document review, and limited court representation.

He is a member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and the Wisconsin Association of Mediators.

Jennifer R. D’Amato is a shareholder and a chair of Reinhart’s Trust and Estates Practice, leveraging more than three decades of experience to assist ultra-high-net-worth clients navigate tax issues and other complexities of their businesses and other assets. She is also the chair of Reinhart’s Trust Services Group, co-chair of the Fiduciary Litigation Service Group, and was the first woman to serve on the firm’s Board of Directors.

D’Amato’s clients consist of closely held business owners, wealthy families and private and public charities. Her practice includes business succession planning, leveraged gift techniques, generation-skipping transfer tax issues, will, trust and tax controversy matters, fiduciary litigation and estate and trust administration. Her advanced law certification (LL.M.) in taxation gives her valuable technical knowledge that serves her clients well.

D’Amato has been recognized by Worth Magazine as one of the Top 100 High Net Worth Attorneys in the United States. Over the last five years, she has been named by Best Lawyers as Milwaukee’s Closely Held Business Lawyer of the Year, Milwaukee’s Business Organization (including LLCs and Partnerships) Lawyer of the Year and Milwaukee’s Trusts and Estate Litigation Lawyer of the Year. D’Amato has lectured as an adjunct professor at Wisconsin Law School and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Business.

John P. D’Angelo, an attorney with One Law Group S.C. in Green Bay, strives to provide clients with quality personal service to comfort them while they are going through a difficult period.

D’Angelo practices challenging family law cases, focusing on divorce and the defense of restraining orders. During these difficult periods, he is committed to delivering attentive and reassuring service to each client.

He also represents clients in criminal cases from minor traffic offenses to complex Operating While Intoxicated charges, securing not guilty verdicts in several challenging misdemeanor and felony jury trials.

Whether D’Angelo is working on a family law or criminal law case, he is determined to safeguard his clients’ rights and ensure every individual seeking his counsel feels seen, heard and respected.

Professionally, he is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the treasurer of the Brown County Bar Association and a member of the Brown County Young Lawyers Association, the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Apartment Association of Northeast Wisconsin.

D’Angelo is also a board member of the Children’s Museum of Green Bay and a former member of Titletown Business Connect.

Sarah H. DeKraay is a shareholder and family law attorney at Murphy Desmond S.C. with 25 years of experience in the legal profession. She has built an extensive law practice through referrals, community involvement and marketing.

DeKraay describes her greatest career accomplishment as consistently providing strong representation for her clients while being dependable, reasonable and an effective and efficient advocate. She hopes her professional legacy will reflect a positive difference made for her clients, legal peers, her firm and her community.

Her leadership philosophy centers on active listening, continuous learning and seeking creative ideas. She views each client and case as unique while drawing on the knowledge and experience she has accumulated throughout her career.

DeKraay is a member of several professional and community organizations, including the James E. Doyle American Inn of Court, the Collaborative Family Law Council, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the Divorce Cooperation Institute, the Wisconsin State Bar, the Dane County Bar and the LPGA Amateur Golf Association.

She describes her approach to success this way: “Being a successful attorney includes listening, learning, collaborating, and being active in your community. It’s important to have a genuine interest in making things better.”

Looking back at her career, Deb DeLeers said every step along the way led her to open her estate planning firm, DeLeers Legal, LLC in Green Bay.

Growing up, DeLeers wanted to be an attorney and began practicing in Green Bay after graduating from Marquette University Law School. She practiced for six years at a larger firm handling estate planning, guardianship and worker’s compensation cases.

In 2013, she made a career switch — joining the trust department of a local bank where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of financial accounts and strategizing with high-net-worth clients on their estate planning needs. Seeing how her legal expertise complimented her ability to provide comprehensive services to her customers and vice versa, she took a leap of faith and left the bank.

DeLeers obtained her financial and insurance regulations and began working clients as an independent financial advisor and opened DeLeers Legal so she could work with clients on their estate planning needs.

She is active in the community, serving on the board of directors for The Service League of Green Bay, Inc. and Encompass Early Education and Care Inc. and serving as chair for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk and the American Heart Association Go Red for Women event.

Diane S. Diel is the president and owner of Diane S. Diel, SC, with 50 years of experience as an attorney. She counts her greatest career accomplishment not as a single case or verdict, but as the reputation she has built for respecting and caring about her clients and their families, and for bringing realistic, practical solutions to their issues.

Diel’s leadership philosophy is grounded in mission-driven collaboration. Throughout her career, she has focused on advancing the goals of the organizations she has served, bringing creativity and teamwork to bear on challenges. She credits her success as a lawyer to hard work, clear communication and interest-based, pragmatic solutions.

Diel’s professional involvement spans several organizations. She is a member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the Port of Milwaukee and serves on the board of the Association of Women Lawyers Foundation in Milwaukee. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Ethics and Standards Committee and regularly presents programs on the ethics of collaborative practice. She recently retired from a lengthy term on the Wisconsin Access to Justice Commission, which was established during her tenure as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Donna Ginzl brings over 25 years of experience to the table when representing clients.

An attorney with Anderson O’Brien in Stevens Point, Grinzl specializes in divorce, child custody, paternity actions, property division and maintenance. Her compassionate yet strategic approach ensures clients are informed, supported and prepared throughout the legal process.

Ginzl finds success by listening to clients, setting realistic goals and preparing for trial from day one to facilitate favorable settlements. She is passionate about advocating for children and has served as a Guardian ad Litem in numerous family law cases.

She also serves as mediator for parties who jointly retain her to help them mediate mutually acceptable agreements to their family law disputes.

Ginzl is a fellow for the national and Wisconsin chapters of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. She serves as a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section Board and is chair of the annual Family Law Workshop and the section’s communications committee.

Amber Gonska is the founder and attorney of Lineage Legal, where she has practiced law for four years. Her work focuses on estate planning and elder law, areas she describes as often entering people’s lives during emotional, transitional or uncertain seasons.

Gonska counts building Lineage Legal into a firm that reflects both legal excellence and a deeply human client experience as her greatest career accomplishment. She takes pride in helping families make thoughtful decisions, protect what matters and feel more confident about the future.

Her leadership philosophy centers on building with intention and continuous improvement. She prioritizes ensuring clients feel heard, understand their options and feel confident in the decisions they make for themselves and their families. Gonska also emphasizes healthy firm culture, believing it is possible to do excellent legal work, care for clients and still allow team members to maintain full lives outside of work.

Gonska is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Florida Bar and the State Bar of Wisconsin. She is also involved with the Alzheimer’s Association, BNI and Vertex League, a coaching group for law firm owners. She regularly collaborates with financial advisors, accountants, long-term care professionals and other community partners.

Maureen O’Leary Guth is the president of O’Leary-Guth Law Office, S.C., and has practiced law for 18 years. She acquired ownership of the firm she joined directly after law school and has grown it into the larger practice it is today.

O’Leary Guth considers that growth her greatest career accomplishment, achieved while maintaining the firm’s dedication to excellence and client service. In 2022, the firm also purchased and developed a larger office building to support its current operations and continued growth.

Her leadership philosophy centers on hard work, commitment, integrity, teamwork, communication and entrepreneurship. She strives to lead by example and values the energy created when a team works together toward mutual success.

O’Leary Guth is active in a wide range of professional and civic organizations. She serves as Wisconsin State Chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, director of Ozaukee Economic Development, and a director and officer of the Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Foundation. She is a member of TEMPO and a planned giving council member of Children’s Wisconsin Foundation. She is past president of both the Milwaukee Estate Planning Forum and the Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club.

Boardman Clark’s Rhonda Hazen has more than 10 years of experience in family law, handling a wide range of cases, including financial matters, child custody and placement disputes.

Known for her ability to negotiate property and placement agreements, Hazen is also skilled in both collaborative family law and litigation. She also has advanced litigation training and skills for those cases that require trial before a judge or a jury.

Hazen’s training in mediation and advanced litigation techniques ensures that she can foster amicable resolutions while also effectively representing clients in court.

Hazen is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Dane County regional chairperson for the Collaborative Family Law Counsel of Wisconsin, in addition to her Dane County and Iowa County Bar Associations.

She is a village trustee and board member for Barneveld, a board member for the Barneveld-Brigham Fire District, a certified EMT and holds a black belt in martial arts.