Personal Mentions

Ellen A. Abbott, U.W. 1984, has opened a Minneapolis solo practice emphasizing alternative dispute resolution and family law matters. She is a qualified neutral under Rule 114 of the Minnesota Rules of General Practice for all nine alternative dispute resolution rosters as approved by the Minnesota Supreme Court. Abbott formerly practiced family law and served as a special assistant attorney general and acting executive director of the Dallas Civil Liberties Union in Texas, and was a referee and friend of the court in Michigan.

Michelle Marie Anderson, Marquette 1997, has joined Cornwall, Rhiel & Yamahiro, Milwaukee, as an associate focusing primarily on criminal defense and family law.

William C. Bertrand Jr., U.W. 1989, has joined Pharmacia & Upjohn in Kalamazoo, Mich., as litigation counsel. He formerly was associate general counsel at Jackson National Life Insurance Co. in Lansing, Mich.

Christopher J. Brown, U.W. 1986, has been assigned for one year by Assurance-foreningen Gard, Norway, where he is a director, to start a new subsidiary, Gard Asia (HK) Ltd. in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, Peoples Republic of China. The Hong Kong office will provide marine liability insurance advisory services to owners of oil tankers, bulk cargo and passenger vessels who have insurance with Assur-anceforeningen Gard.

Laura Campbell Callan, Marquette 1986, has joined Solheim Billing & Grimmer S.C., Madison, practicing commercial lending transactions, real estate and commercial litigation.

Cook & Franke S.C., Milwaukee, has hired three new associates: Raymond D. Jamieson, U.W. 1996, practicing litigation; Denasha A. Scott, U.W. 1997, practicing estate planning, general corporate and business law; and Roslyn J. Kitchen, Lewis & Clark 1992, practicing litigation.

Gwendolyn G. Connolly, Drake 1993, has joined Maier & McIlnay Ltd., as an associate in its Milwaukee office, practicing commercial and business litigation.

Dennis D. Costello, Marquette 1967, has been appointed by the chair of the National Conference of State Trial Judges to serve on the Committee for Retired and Senior Judges. Costello serves as Walworth County corporation counsel and as a reserve judge.

Barbara B. Crabb, U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, has received the fourth annual Marygold Melli Achievement Award. The award, sponsored by the Legal Association for Women, is conferred annually to recognize an outstanding Wisconsin individual for significant contributions to women in the law.

Gregory P. Crinion, U.W. 1985, formerly a partner with Jackson & Walker L.L.P. in Houston, Texas, has formed Citti & Crinion L.L.P. with Ross Citti in Houston. Crinion practices environmental and general civil litigation.

Davis & Kuelthau S.C. has opened a Green Bay office at 414 E. Walnut St., Suite 240.

Thomas H. Taylor, former deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, has joined DeWitt Ross & Stevens practicing business and employment law and litigation. Four new associate attorneys also have joined the firm: Bryan C. Esch, U.W. 1997, emphasizing estates and trusts, employee benefits and business law; Amy C. Heckmann, U.W. 1997, emphasizing general litigation and family law; and Bradley C. Fulton, Marquette 1997, and M. Elizabeth Winters, U.W. 1997, emphasizing general litigation and employment relations law.

Three State Bar members have been elected to the Dominican High School (Whitefish Bay) board of directors. They are: F. Patrick Matthews, Creighton 1970, an attorney with Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue; and Sr. Mary Howard Johnstone, O.P., U.W. 1984, an attorney with Hansen, Gagne & Foley and adjunct professor at Marquette University. Thomas M. Domer, U.W. 1983, was reelected the board's chair. He is an attorney with Schneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumenfield.

Shari L. Dunn, Northwestern 1993, has left Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc. and will work with the National Legal Aid and Defender Association in Washington, D.C., as the senior attorney for the civil division working on legislative advocacy and substantive law training.

Kimberly Epstein, U.W. 1996, recently began work at Kevin MacCarthy Associates P.C. in New York City.

Ed Filer, U.W. 1991, recently was named a partner at Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey in Chicago. He formerly was an associate with the firm.

Two attorneys have joined Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee office: Ethan D. Lenz, Minnesota 1996 magna cum laude, is an associate in the insurance group, and Michelle Andreshak Lloyd, U.W. 1994 cum laude, joins the labor and employment group.

The U.S. Harness Writers Association recently elected Milwaukee attorney and Harness Horsemen International President Dominic H. Frinzi, Marquette 1951, to its Living Hall of Fame. Frinzi has been president of the horsemen's group since 1982.

Kristin K. Frye, Marquette 1996, has become associate general counsel for Empire Funding Corp., Austin, Texas, practicing state compliance, corporate and consumer law.

Michael J. Gratz, U.W. 1994, an associate in the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, has been appointed cochair of the Milwaukee Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section. Gratz practices patent, trademark and copyright law.

Sheryl R. Heid, U.W. 1990, has been named a partner in Coldren Adams, Uniontown, Penn. She practices primarily in estates, social security, family law and civil litigation.

Gregg Herman, U.W. 1977, delivered a speech on "The Ten Commandments of Domestic Negotiations" at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The presentation described strategies for negotiating settlements in highly contested divorce cases and was adapted from a book Herman edited, The Joy of Settlement, published earlier this year by the ABA Family Law Section. Herman practices family law with Loeb & Herman S.C., Milwaukee.

Margaret E. Johnson, U.W. 1993 cum laude, has joined Kalijarvi, Chuzi & Newman P.C., Washington, D.C., as an associate practicing employee-side employment discrimination and employment law with emphasis in representing federal employees.

The Kenosha County Bar Association has elected the following officers for 1997-98: president - Edward R. Antaramian, Kenosha; president elect - Philip E. Marry, Kenosha; treasurer - Paul Clymer, Salem; and secretary - Eric Olson, Kenosha.

Mark A. Klinner, U.W. 1985, a shareholder in Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler & Conway S.C., Wausau, has been certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Klinner practices various types of civil litigation including personal injury, insurance law and professional liability.

Jerry Krause, U.W. 1984, has been appointed as an assistant professor of criminal justice at Winona State University, Winona, Minn. He formerly was an assistant professor of criminal justice at Ferris State University (Michigan) and a partner/shareholder in Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Texas.

The La Crosse County Bar Association has elected these officers: president - Theodore D. Blackey; president-elect - Charles E. Hanson; and secretary/treasurer - Brian G. Weber, all of La Crosse.

Beverly M. Massing, Florida 1979, former assistant labor contract manager for the Madison Metropolitan School District, has been named coordinator of employee services for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. She will head the Department of Employee Services, including the areas of benefits, payroll, employment and labor matters.

Maureen A. McGinnity, U.W. 1982 cum laude, a partner in Foley & Lardner's Milwaukee office, recently received the Association for Women Lawyers' 1997 Community Service Award recognizing her longstanding volunteer service in various community organizations, including the Task Force on Family Violence, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and the Waukesha Food Pantry.

Daniel J. McNally, U.W. 1995, formerly of Quarles & Brady, has joined Miller Brewing Co. as senior counsel practicing international and domestic business development.

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP has named J. Donald Best, U.W. 1989, and Thomas P. Heneghan, De Paul 1989, partners in the firm's Madison office. Best will focus primarily on intellectual property litigation and Heneghan on business litigation. Other Madison office additions include: Susan B. Connors, U.W. 1990, an associate focusing primarily on estate planning and probate; Timothy S. Crisp, Duke 1990, a senior associate focusing primarily on secured financing and business and commercial transactions (formerly associated with the Chicago law firm of Winston & Strawn); Michael S. Green, U.W. 1997, an associate focusing primarily on business and real estate; and Stephen R. White, U.W. 1994 cum laude, an associate who transferred from the Milwaukee office, focusing primarily on tax and business law.

Dale R. Nikolay, Marquette 1989, has established the Law Offices of Dale R. Nikolay S.C., 600 N. Broadway, Suite 300, Milwaukee. He will continue to practice in civil litigation, including personal injury and worker's compensation and will expand his practice in criminal defense and traffic. He formerly was with Jacobson and Hupy S.C.

Jane Frances Pribek, Marquette 1994, has joined Wisconsin Opinions, the statewide law weekly based in Milwaukee, as editor-in-chief. She will assist in the publication's ongoing expansion in coverage of cases and feature news articles. Pribek also continues to serve on the adjunct faculty of Ottawa University in Brookfield, where she teaches business law and ethics.

Mark J. Ratke, Marquette 1980, a Milwaukee attorney practicing divorce and family law, was recognized by the State Bar Family Law Section for his outstanding service to the section. Ratke was elected to the section's board of directors for two consecutive terms commencing in 1991 through 1997, and remains active with it.

The Rock County Bar Association recently elected the following officers: president - Thomas A. Schroeder, Janesville; vice president - Lynn Galbraith-Wilson, Beloit; secretary - Kimberly Vele, Evansville; and treasurer - David O'Leary, Janesville.

Schmidt & Rupke S.C. has moved its offices to 17100 W. North Ave., Brookfield. The firm offers full service in all areas of civil law, with an emphasis in real estate law.

Sonnet C. Schmidt, U.W. 1993 cum laude, has become an associate in the Kansas City, Mo., office of Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton P.C. Joining the firm's utility energy law group, she will continue her practice in energy, electric utility and regulatory issues.

Timothy L. Stewart, U.W. 1997 cum laude, has joined Davis & Kuelthau S.C. as a labor and employment associate in the firm's Milwaukee office. Stewart will practice labor and employment law.

Laura C. Suess, William Mitchell 1997, has opened a solo law practice in Milwaukee. Her areas of general practice include family law, landlord/tenant and traffic law.

Thomas H. Sutter, U.W. 1977, has moved his law practice to 2631 N. Meade St., Suite 101, Appleton. He continues to assist clients with estate planning, probate, commercial and banking matters, business entities and real estate.

Rex A. Ewald, U.W. 1979, of Ewald Law Offices S.C., and Paul W. Voegeli, Chicago 1971, have merged their practices to form Voegeli & Ewald Law Offices S.C. at 1750 10th St., Monroe.

Michael W. Vogel, Regent 1997, has joined Feingold, Bates & Sultze, Janesville, as an associate concentrating in estate planning, corporate, tax, probate and real estate.

von Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, announces the addition of associates Amanda G. Mott, Matthew J. Stippich and Valli Vairavan. Mott joins the health law practice group, Stippich joins the business and tax law practice group, and Vairavan joins the employee benefits, trust and estate planning sections. All three are 1997 graduates of Marquette Law School.

Donald J. Wall, Marquette 1977, has resigned as senior staff attorney of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Wall remains with the court in a newly created senior position. Deputy senior staff attorney Diane Dilger Jones is acting senior staff attorney pending a search for Wall's replacement.

Ted Warshafsky, U.W. 1952, of Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Reinhardt & Bloch S.C., Milwaukee, is one of eight litigators who have joined with Amy Singer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in creating a "litigation think tank." The new think tank will assist in developing strategies and tactics for complicated litigation in major cases nationwide.

Lisa M. Wilson (formerly Lisa M. Faust), Marquette 1997, has joined Stupar & Schuster S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate.

The Winnebago County Bar Association has elected these officers: president - William J. Hammett, Menasha; president-elect - Teresa S. Basiliere, Oshkosh; and secretary/treasurer - Brenda Marks, Menasha.

Daniel Graber, DePaul 1990, has been appointed as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. attorney's office for the Western District of Wisconsin, working as the asset forfeiture AUSA in the criminal division's drug unit. He formerly worked in the tax division at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Heidi Luehring, U.W. 1993, also has been appointed as an assistant U.S. attorney in the office, working half-time on financial litigation cases in the civil division. Luehring formerly was employed at Garvey and Associates in Madison.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has hired six new assistant attorneys general and has reassigned current personnel: Leonard Martin, U.W. 1992, will work in the government operations and administrative law unit; Susan Crawford, Iowa College of Law 1994, and Lara Herman, U.W. 1996, will work in criminal appeals; Joseph Thomas, Marquette 1975, will work in the Fifth Standard project position in the government operations and administrative law unit; Eric Callisto, U.W. 1994, will work in the civil litigation unit; and Cheryl Lutz, U.W. 1996, will fill a temporary vacancy as an LTE attorney in the employment unit. Assistant Attorney General Sally Wellman, U.W. 1979, has stepped down as director of the criminal appeals unit and has returned to the practice of law full time in criminal appeals. Assistant Attorney General Mary Burke, U.W. 1989, is the new director of the criminal appeals unit.

Sandra J. Zenor, Marquette 1985, has merged her law firm, becoming a partner in La Chapelle, Rushevics & Lloyd, Wisconsin Rapids, counseling in family, criminal defense and the general practice of law.

In memoriam

• William J. Calvano, Missouri-Columbia 1938, Tequesta, Fla., March 18, 1912 - Aug. 26, 1997.
• Guy T. Courchaine (and daughter Hailey A. Courchaine), U.W. 1990, Green Bay, Nov. 7, 1960 - Aug. 23, 1997.
• Jerray A. Elingers, U.W. 1954, Hartford, Aug. 7, 1925 - Aug. 19, 1997.
• Theodore H. Erdman, Marquette 1942, Bradenton, Fla., Jan. 3, 1918 - 1997.
• John J. Gehringer, Marquette 1952, Elm Grove, April 7, 1928 - July 1997.
• Roland L. Huber, Marquette 1949, Greendale, Nov. 8, 1921 - Aug. 2, 1997.
• Raymond W. Jones, Drake 1942, Milwaukee, Dec. 5, 1907 - Aug. 24, 1997.
• Murray B. Meyer, Marquette 1948, Marion, March 7, 1920 - May 4, 1997.
• David R. Mogilka, Marquette 1941, Milwaukee, June 30, 1915 - May 7, 1997.
• Myron E. Ropella, Marquette 1948, Bayside, Jan. 8, 1919 - Aug. 24, 1997.
• Herbert F. Sonnenberg, U.W. 1941, Milwaukee, March 24, 1916 - Aug. 8, 1997.
• Robert G. Wilke, Marquette 1939, Milwaukee, May 16, 1914 - June 8, 1997.

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