Wisconsin Lawyer
Vol. 80, No. 10,  October 2007

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New Hires, Promotions, Partners

Andrew Adams III, U.W. 2006, has been promoted to general counsel for the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Hertel. He previously was tribal attorney.

Evans	Worley

Jeffrey A. Evans, San Francisco 1989, and Laura L. Worley, Marquette 2007, have joined the litigation group of Cook & Franke S.C. in the Milwaukee office.

R. Thomas Howell Jr., U.W. 1967, has become general counsel for the American Bar Association, Chicago. He previously was with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago.

Warren C. Jacob, USC 1983, Master of Business Taxation USC 1983, has joined the Los Angeles office of Reed Smith LLP in the real estate practice group. He previously was with O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles.

Eric M. Knobloch, Marquette 2007, has joined Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff & Bloch S.C., Milwaukee, and will focus on personal injury claims.

Kuwayama

Jason E. Kuwayama, Marquette 2007, has joined the financial institutions practice group of Godfrey & Kahn S.C. in the Milwaukee office and focuses on mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, charter applications, general securities, and regulatory and compliance matters.

Michele Marsh, Southwestern 1994, has joined the Schroeder Group S.C., Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, and focuses on litigation.

Luke Kingree, Marquette 2007, and John R. Rather, Marquette 2007, have joined Peterson, Johnson & Murray S.C. Kingree is with the Milwaukee office. Rather is with the Madison office.

D. Sage	J. Sage

Dennis Sage, Marquette 1967, and John Sage, Northern Illinois 1996, have joined Schober Schober & Mitchell S.C. Dennis Sage focuses on estate planning, marital property planning, probate, and trust administration. John Sage focuses on elder law, estate planning, and probate. Both attorneys previously were with Kenehan & Sage, Wauwatosa.

Will

Andrea M. Will, Marquette 2007, has joined Kim & LaVoy S.C., Brookfield, as an associate and focuses on criminal defense, drunk driving, and traffic matters.

Ellen Wagner, Syracuse 1984, has joined Knight-Barry Title Group, Milwaukee, as branch counsel. She previously was with Clear Title East & CORE Real Estate Services.

Jenny

Chris A. Jenny, U.W. 2001, has been promoted to shareholder in the Madison office of von Briesen & Roper s.c. He is with the business practice group and focuses on estate planning, real estate, business planning, and post-death administration.

John W. Stevens, U.W. 1964, has joined the Mequon office as a shareholder and focuses on estate planning and probate.

Adam Omar Shanti, Marquette 2001, has joined the London, England office of Dechert LLP as an associate in the corporate finance, private equity, and mergers and acquisitions practices.

Mergers, Relocations, New Offices

Jonathan Blum, U.W. 2006, has opened Blum Law Office, 440 Chestnut St., Suite 300, Wisconsin Rapids. The general practice firm emphasizes estate planning, real estate, elder law, and criminal law.

Korth, Rodd, Mouw, and Smith has merged with O'Melia, Schiek & McEldowney S.C. The combined firms will operate under the latter name, with offices at 4 S. Stevens St., Rhinelander.

Titania D. Whitten, Drake 1996, and Judith L. DuSell, Marquette 2001, have formed the Law Offices of Whitten and DuSell, 3333 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 212, Wauwatosa. The firm focuses on bankruptcy, personal injury, family, consumer, and probate law.

Appointments, Elections

Jane Appleby, Marquette 2004, has been appointed to the State Bar Committee on Professional Ethics. She is with the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP and focuses on general civil and commercial litigation.

Kristine Euclide, U.W. 1976, has been appointed to Gov. Doyle's Taskforce on Global Warming and is cochair of the conservation and energy efficiency work group. She is vice president and general counsel of Madison Gas & Electric Co., Madison.

Grzeca

Jerome G. Grzeca, Marquette 1988, has been elected to the board of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is founder and managing partner of Grzeca Law Group S.C., Milwaukee, which focuses exclusively on immigration law.

The Jefferson County Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Tamara S. Kiewit, Johnson Creek; vice president - Tiffany L. Highstrom, Watertown; and secretary/treasurer - Jennifer L. Weber, Johnson Creek.

The Kenosha County Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Donald J. Bielski; vice president - Frank J. Parise; secretary - Donna M. Gilligan Arendt; and treasurer - Jason A. Rossell, all of Kenosha.

The League of Municipalities-Municipal Attorneys has elected the following officers: president - Dean R. Dietrich, Wausau; and secretary - Alan R. Kesner, Wauwatosa.

The Marathon County Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Peter C. Rotter, Wausau; president-elect - Anza M. D'Antonio, Rothschild; secretary - Cari L. Logemann, Wausau; and treasurer - Virginia L. Erdman, Wausau.

The Hon. Gerald P. Ptacek, Marquette 1974, has been elected chair of the Committee of Chief Judges, which handles administrative matters for the Wisconsin court system. Ptacek is chief judge of the second judicial administrative district, which encompasses Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties, and is with the Racine County Circuit Court.

The Society of Family Lawyers has elected the following officers: president - Thomas D. Klein, Milwaukee; president-elect - Judith M. Budny, West Allis; secretary - Kimberly M. Best, Menomonee Falls; and treasurer - Kent A. Tess-Mattner, Brookfield.

Erich C. Straub, Marquette 1994, has been named chair of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He focuses on family-based immigration matters and deportation defense with Erich C. Straub Immigration Attorney LLC, Milwaukee.

J.D. Thorne, De Paul 1973, has been elected president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Labor and Employment Research Association. He is with Employment Law Managers, Milwaukee.

Wagner

Roy E. Wagner, Marquette 1978, has been elected chair-elect of the State Bar Construction and Public Contract Law Section. He is a shareholder with von Briesen & Roper s.c., Milwaukee, and chairs the firm's construction law and litigation section.

Gina Carter, Georgetown 1986, has been elected to the board of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. She heads the intellectual property practice group in the Madison office and the firm's intellectual property litigation team. Ann Maher, Marquette 1988, has been reelected to the board. She is vice president of the litigation department in the Milwaukee office.

The Waupaca County Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Brenda S. Freeman, New London; president-elect - Robin L. Koch, Waupaca; and secretary/treasurer _ Eric D. Hendrickson, New London.

The Western District of Wisconsin Bar Association has elected the following officers: president - Gregory T. Everts; president-elect - Robert E. Shumaker; secretary - Andrew J. Clarkowski; and treasurer - Sarah J. Zylstra, all of Madison.

The Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers has elected the following officers: president - N. Lynette McNeely; president-elect - the Hon. Maxine White; secretary - Antonique C. Williams; and treasurer - Benita L. Anderson, all of Milwaukee.

The Wisconsin Intellectual Property Law Association has elected the following officers: president - John H. D'Antico, Waukesha; president-elect - Joseph T. Leone, Madison; and secretary/treasurer - Melissa S. Hockersmith, Milwaukee.

Awards, Degrees, Honors

Michael F. Hupy, Marquette 1972, has been accepted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor reserved for individuals who have been lead counsel on a case that resulted in a multimillion dollar verdict, award, or settlement. He is president of Hupy and Abraham S.C., Milwaukee.

Miguel C. Keberlein, U.W. 2002, received the Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Law Fellowship from the Chicago Bar Association at a ceremony in July. Keberlein, who is with the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, was honored for his work with migrant farm workers.

Authors, Speakers

Betsy J. Abramson, U.W. 1981, and Tess E. Meuer, U.W. 1983, coauthored Isolation as a Domestic Violence Tactic in Later Life Cases: What Attorneys Need to Know, in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Journal, vol. 3, no. 1 (2007).

Authors of The Wisconsin Business Advisor: General Business Issues (State Bar of Wisconsin CLE 2007) include the following: Michael C. Ablan, Marquette 1974, Michael Ablan Law Firm S.C., La Crosse; Brett Armstrong, U.W. 1996, Trident Contract Management LLC, Madison; Peter C. Christianson, U.W. 1977, Quarles & Brady LLP, Madison; Reginald A. Emshoff, U.W. 1976, Capital Valuation Group Inc., Madison; Andrew J. Guzikowski, U.W. 1982 cum laude, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee; Emory Ireland, Stanford 1969, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee; O.K. Johnson Jr., U.W. 1955, Law Office of O.K. Johnson Jr., Mequon; Lisa R. Lange, U.W. 1999 cum laude, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison; Paul J. Polaski, Marquette 1976, Republic Associates of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa; Peter K. Rofes, Columbia 1983, Marquette Law School, Milwaukee; and Sandy Swartzberg, U.W. 1977, DeWitt, Ross & Stevens S.C., Brookfield.

Nathan P. Kirschner, American Univ. 2003, authored Making Bread from Broken Eggs: A Basic Recipe for Conflict Resolution Using Earned Sovereignty, 28 Whittier L. Rev. 1131 (2007). He is an appellate attorney with the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C.

The Hon. Charles B. Schudson, U.W. 1974, presented a keynote address at the Sexual Assault of Children: A New Investigative and Judicial Focus conference at the Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, in August.

Pro Bono, Public Service

The Association for Women Lawyers Foundation awarded four scholarships to women law students at its annual meeting in September. Recipients were Rachel Abhold and Kelly Anderson, students at the U.W. Law School, and Shannon Kilpatrick and Sarah Whiting, students at Marquette Law School.

In Memoriam

Janice K. Balistreri, U.W. 1989, Madison, July 26, 1962 – Feb. 7, 2007.

Cheryl Anne Johnson, Marquette 1993, Milwaukee, Aug. 3, 1954 – Oct. 4, 2006.

David K. Kaplan, DePaul 1995, North-brook, Ill., May 12, 1970 – Sept. 16, 2006.

Gerald Kybaluck, U.W. 1958, Des Plaines, Ill., May 15, 1928 – Dec. 23, 2006.

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