WisBar News: Marquette Admissions: State Bar Welcomes 148 New Wisconsin Lawyers:

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May 23, 2017 – They are third-generation lawyers, and those who want a career helping others. They are the 148 new Wisconsin lawyers, graduates of the Marquette University Law School.

In a ceremony in Madison before friends and family members, 148 alumni of Marquette University Law School became new Wisconsin lawyers.

The graduates took the Attorney’s Oath and signed the Supreme Court Roll, and listened to words of wisdom to help guide them on their first steps in their law careers.

“Persistence, passion, and preparation will get you where you want to go,” said Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman in the court’s hearing room at the State Capitol yesterday. “Be a zealous advocate” not only for your client, but for the legal profession, he said.

“Maintain the dreams you had when you started law school,” advised Chief Justice Patience Roggensack. “As you go on, dreams make the hard jobs easier to bear.”

“My wish is for your dreams to come true,” she told the admittees.

Look to your local and State Bar for advice and aid, said State Bar President Fran Deisinger. “You will find a community of professionals who will help you,” he said. “We are advocates, not enemies.”

New Wisconsin lawyer Alyssa Gemein loves soccer – and won’t let a broken ankle slow her down when starting her career in bankruptcy law.

Family Traditions, Future Plans

The admittees included 14 with a grandparent, parent, or sibling who is a Wisconsin lawyer, acting as movants. Some are third-generation lawyers in their family. Benjamin Anderson’s father and grandfather are Marquette Law School alumni. Kirsten Cooper’s grandfather was a tax lawyer and her father worked in real estate law.

Shannon Green is communications writer for the State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison. She can be reached by email or by phone at (608) 250-6135.

Andrew Trevino is following in the footsteps of his brother, Joseph Trevino, his movant. Others are the first in their family to attend law school, including Dylan Gehrtz from North Dakota. He is headed to Kenosha to work in bankruptcy law.

Also beginning work in bankruptcy law is Alyssa Gemein, who planned to become a lawyer at a young age because she likes talking to people. Gemein also loves soccer, which she’s played since she was small. But an unfortunate incident left her wearing a boot for a broken ankle during the ceremony rather than heels. It won’t stop her from playing in the future. Soccer, she said, “is my de-stressor.”

Megan Kaldunski has been talking about being a lawyer from age seven. “In fourth grade, when we came to school dressed up as what we wanted to be, I went dressed as a lawyer,” Megan said. And, her mother Mary said, “She likes to argue.” “I can argue both sides now,” Megan added.

Admittee Megan Harmon had another reason to celebrate as she entered the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing room for the ceremony: just 30 minutes earlier, she received an offer for a job she’s very happy about - working in immigration law with Catholic Charities in Milwaukee while she finishes her master's degree in International Studies.

Harmon admitted she was quiet as a child, but she has always wanted a job where she can help people. “My mom said ‘be a lawyer.’”

Justice Daniel Kelly takes a photo after the 2:30 p.m. ceremony of Justice Rebecca Bradley, center, with her future law clerk, Christina Wabiszewski, second from right, who begins Aug. 1. Posing for the photo, from the left, are Mike Wabiszewski, Christina’s father; Justice Bradley; Deb Wabiszewski, Christina’s mother and owner of the phone; Christina; and Shelley Grogan, judicial assistant to Justice Bradley.

Welcome to these New Wisconsin Lawyers

Edona Ajvazi, Milwaukee

Benjamin Anderson, Kenosha

Kelsey Ann Anderson, Milwaukee

T. Samuel Azinger, Thiensville

Daniel John Balk III, Milwaukee

Jasmyne Baynard, Milwaukee

Will Kolton Bell, Nocona, Texas

Andrew Yamanaka Belter, Brown Deer

Garrett B. Bickford, Milwaukee

Jacob Birenbaum, Random Lake

Celeste Borjas, Madison

Austin Borton, Milwaukee

Abbey Kathleen Bowen, Milwaukee

Barry James Braatz, Fond du Lac

Sean M. Brown, Milwaukee

Jennifer Budzien, Hartland

Nick Burkett, Milwaukee

Jesse Byam-Katzman, Milwaukee

Leah Marie Cameron

Brandon Carlin, Jackson

Matthew E. Carlson, Milwaukee

Chelsea J. Collins, Milwaukee

David T. Conley, Milwaukee

Kirsten Cooper, Milwaukee

Robert Copley, Milwaukee

Courtney A. Creekmore, Kinston, North Carolina

Katie L. Czapanskiy, Milwaukee

Christopher M. D’Errico, Milwaukee

Aaron J. Davis, Milwaukee

Prashant Dayal, Milwaukee

Alexander M. DeGuire, Pewaukee

Matthew Derus, Milwaukee

Alyson Dieckman, Milwaukee

Matthew Dobbe, Glendale

Hannah Dockendorff, Milwaukee

Frederick Hudson Dore III, Milwaukee

Samuel Draver, Shorewood

Andrew Paul Duff, Greenfield

Brandi DuPree, Milwaukee

Karyn J. Durkin, Milwaukee

Michael A. Edwards, Milwaukee

Andrea L. Fendry, Greendale

Evan R. Fingert, Milwaukee

Kali Fournier, Huntington Beach, California

Carolyn E. Garski, Milwaukee

Kevin J. Garstka, Park Ridge, Illinois

Michael R. Gavin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Dylan Gehrtz, Milwaukee

Alyssa Lauren Gemein, Milwaukee

Carly Gerard, Milwaukee

Christopher Gill, Appleton

Megan E. Glise, Milwaukee

Jessica M. Goldstein, Milwaukee

Emily Greene, Fox Point

Erik M. Gustafson, Milwaukee

Christopher M. Guthrie, Milwaukee

Dana Hall, Milwaukee

Megan Lynese Harmon, Milwaukee

Emily R. Harriman, Omaha, Nebraska

Christopher M. Hayden, Milwaukee

Candace W. Hays, Milwaukee

Ashley S. Heard, Hudson

Blake Heiman, Kansas City, Missouri

Jessica L. Hendrick, Richmond, Virginia

Katelynn J. Hill, Onalaska

Amber J. Horak, Cedarburg

Alexander Huppertz, Milwaukee

Jill K. Ingels, Milwaukee

Kelsey P. Johnson, Milwaukee

Tamara N. Johnson, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Brandon G. Jubelirer, Milwaukee

Megan Kaldunski, Mequon

Stephen M. Kaminsky, Milwaukee

Saiba Kapila, New Berlin

Kyla Karcz, Wausau

Michael Karp, Milwaukee

Adam Kerner, Milwaukee

Alexandra A. Klimko, Pewaukee

Alicia H. Kort, Milwaukee

John Kreuser, Milwaukee

Elizabeth Kulinski, Milwaukee

Kristyn R. Kuzniar, Milwaukee

Julian B. Lacera, Milwaukee

Michael R. Laing, Oconomowoc

Julia Faye Mader, Stockbridge

Omar Malcolm, Milwaukee

Melissa Maldonado, Milwaukee

Cody J. Marschall, Milwaukee

Carly Gerads, Milwaukee

Kevin Alfred Martin, Milwaukee

Ellen M. Matyas, Wauwatosa

Kayla Ashlyn McCann, Milwaukee

Sara C. McNamara, Milwaukee

Danielle Meriwether, Las Vegas, Nevada

Brianna J. Meyer, Milwaukee

Laura P. Mikeworth, Woodridge, Illinois

Jerome C. Mohsen, Shorewood

Andrew Mong, Milwaukee

Tracy J. Murn, Waukesha

Jason P. Muth, Milwaukee

Karla M. Nettleton, East Helena, Montana

Averi Anne Niemuth, Racine

Mohammad Ayman Owaynat, Chicago

Kayla Paleka, Genoa City

Brandon L. Parks, Burlington

Sally M. Paul, Neenah

Jack A. Pitzo, Milwaukee

Nicholas Prudenzano, Miami, Florida

Nicholas Ramos, Milwaukee

Ami Annette Regele, Milwaukee

Lauren G. Remsik, Milwaukee

Matthew John Richer, Kenosha

Colin J. Robinson, Sun Prairie

Quinton Robinson, Milwaukee

John A. Rome, Milwaukee

Drew Rosen, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Brittany Rose Running, Milwaukee

Henry M. Russo, Milwaukee

Raymond R. Rutz III, Milwaukee

Amber Saskowski, Milwaukee

Christian Nicholas Schaefer, Milwaukee

Nicholis Schroeder, Madison

Peter Edward Schuster, Milwaukee

Rexford Sheild, Oconomowoc

Angela Wonmi Shin, Glenview, Illinois

Amardeep K. Singh, Union Grove

Danielle Snyder, Milwaukee

Alex J. Stein, Green Bay

Erica H. Stoltz, West Bend

Nicholas E. Sulpizio, Cherry Hills, New Jersey

Corey Swinick, Milwaukee

Shannon Tenney, Milwaukee

Gianna Tenuta, Kenosha

Emily A. Tercilla, Milwaukee

Charles Tortorici, Stuart, Florida

Andrew Trevino, Milwaukee

Jon M. Tyus, Milwaukee

Adam James VandenHeuvel, Milwaukee

Keith Kolby Venema, Darien

Brian Thomas Vogt, Milwaukee

Christina L. Wabiszewski, Elm Grove

Dena Welden, West Allis

Michelle Alexander Wenninger, Slinger

Lee Wickert, Cedarburg

Natalie L. Wisco, Greenfield

James J. Wold, Milwaukee

Micah Woo, Richmond, Virginia

Lucas Wood, Mequon

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