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    Wisconsin Lawyer
    April 01, 2006

    Authors to receive Wisconsin Lawyer award

    The Hon. R. Thomas Cane, Marquette 1964, LL.M. Virginia, and Sheila Sullivan, U.W. 2004 magna cum laude, are the 2005 recipients of the Hon. Charles Dunn Author Award, presented annually by the State Bar Communications Committee.

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    Vol. 79, No. 4, April 2006

    Authors to receive Wisconsin Lawyer award

    R. Thomas Cane Sheila Sullivan

    Cane

    Sullivan

    The Hon. R. Thomas Cane, Marquette 1964, LL.M. Virginia, and Sheila Sullivan, U.W. 2004 magna cum laude, are the 2005 recipients of the Hon. Charles Dunn Author Award, presented annually by the State Bar Communications Committee. Cane is chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Sullivan is a former law clerk for Judge Cane. They are being honored for two Wisconsin Lawyer articles that they coauthored, "The Future of the Economic Loss Doctrine in Wisconsin," (May 2005) and "More Litigation to Come: Exceptions to the Economic Loss Doctrine," (Nov. 2005).

    The Dunn award, named after Wisconsin's first chief justice, recognizes writing excellence in Wisconsin Lawyer articles. The award will be presented at the Volunteer Lawyers Recognition program, held during the State Bar's annual convention, on May 3, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

    The following attorneys received certificates of commendation for articles printed in the Wisconsin Lawyer in 2005: Shirley Ann Wiegand, Kentucky 1983, authored "Corporate Chaos: Replacing Home Rule with Foreign Law" (April 2005). She is a professor at Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee. Carl J. Rasmussen, U.W. 1982, and Susan L. Collins, U.W. 1995, coauthored "Wisconsin Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage: The Legal Context" (March 2005). They are with Boardman Suhr Curry & Field LLP, Madison.


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