President-elect post goes to Levine, Pennow wins treasurer, Grant
wins Judicial Council
April 22, 2005
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| Levine |
Assistant General Counsel Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
Steve
Levine of Madison won the race for State Bar
president-elect
defeating Dean R. Dietrich of Ruder Ware in Wausau and G. Jeffrey
George
of Meyer Ltd. in La Crosse. Levine received 2,382 votes, Dietrich
received
2,185 votes, and George received 1,352 votes. Levine’s term
begins
July 1 when D. Michael Guerin, Milwaukee, succeeds Michelle Behnke
as State
Bar president.
“I feel grateful and honored to have been chosen by my fellow
lawyers
as State Bar President,” says Levine. “The election
results seem
to indicate that Wisconsin lawyers want some important changes in the
bar and
the legal profession, and over the next three years I’ll do my
best to
help bring about those changes. Meanwhile, I can only sum up my
feelings by
quoting those immortal words of Wally Cleaver, ‘Boy, Beaver.
You’ve
really done it this time.’”
In other State Bar elections, Mark Pennow of
Denissen, Kranzush,
Mahoney & Ewald in Green Bay was elected State Bar treasurer,
defeating
Howard Bichler, General Counsel for St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin
in Hertel, 2,645 votes to 2,411 votes.
Kathleen E. Grant of Davczyk & Varline in
Wausau defeated
Susan L. Collins of the Boardman Law Firm in Madison for a seat on the
Judicial
Council, 2,880 votes to 2,204 votes.
Those elected to serve on the State Bar Board of Governors are:
• District 1 : Joseph M. Cardamone III, Salem
• District 2 : Barbara L. Burbach,
James E. Collis, Gwendolyn G. Connolly, William J. Domina, John W.
Hein, Margaret
W. Hickey, Catherine A. La Fleur, all of Milwaukee
• District 3 : Grant E. Birtch, Neenah
• District 5 : J. David Rice, Sparta
• District 6 : C. Michael Hausman, Delafield
• District 7 : Thomas W. Bertz, Stevens Point
• District 9 : James C. Boll Jr., John L.
Cates, Deborah
M. Smith, all of Madison
• District 11 : Kenneth A. Knudson, Superior
• District 13 : Robert J. Asti, Cedarburg
• District 15 :Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz,
Racine
Bruce Munson of Madison is the president-elect of
the Government
Lawyers Division. Daniel F. Rinzel of Alexandria,
Va.is
the president-elect of the Nonresident Lawyers Division. Harry
G. Holz of
Milwaukee is the president-elect of the Senior Lawyers Division.
Amy
Wochos of Milwaukee is the president-elect of the Young
Lawyers Division.
All terms begin on July 1.
