In the News
New Hires, Promotions, Partners
Michael E. Banks, Emory 1993, has been named partner in
Haus, Resnick and Roman LLP. Banks continues to concentrate his practice
in business, commercial, and intellectual property transactions,
commercial and general litigation, and employment law.
 John S. Robison, Illinois 1978 magna cum laude,
has joined Quarles & Brady LLP, Madison, as a partner. Robison
practices in general business law, taxation, and health law, focusing on
privately held businesses, with an emphasis on business transactions and
taxation. |
Douglas S. Buck, U.W. 1993, has been promoted to
partner in the Chicago office of Hopkins & Sutter. Buck practices in
the firm's real estate section.
Raymond W. Campbell, Notre Dame 1980 cum laude, has
joined the intellectual property practice group at Cook & Franke
S.C. as a shareholder. He previously was chief patent counsel of Beloit
Corporation. Campbell is a registered patent attorney and will
concentrate on patent prosecution and related intellectual property
matters.
James J. Casey Jr., Dayton 1988, has been named
manager/director of research and sponsored programs at Bradley
University in Peoria, Ill. He previously was employed at Northwestern
University.
Patrick J. Coffey, William Mitchell 1994, has become
a shareholder of Menn, Nelson, Sharrat, Teetaert & Beisenstein Ltd.,
in its Appleton office. He concentrates in personal injury law and
employment law litigation.
Bill Nielsen, Thomas M. Cooley 1982, has joined AIM
Technologies, Austin, Tex., as director of marketing. Nielsen most
recently was in senior management with Kellogg Company.
Bradley J. Dagen, Creighton 1983, has joined Hurtado
S.C., Brookfield, as a partner. Dagen will concentrate in real estate,
construction, litigation, and corporate law. He formerly was with
Godfrey, Braun & Frazier.
 Jeffrey A. Morse, Marquette 1998, LL.M. taxation
UMKC 1999, has joined Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP, Washington,
D.C., focusing on federal tax litigation, tax exempt organizations, and
employee benefits law. Morse previously was with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Milwaukee. |
Joanne Lipo Zovic, Marquette 1999, and Todd
R. Meyer, Marquette 1998, have joined the Milwaukee office of
Davis & Kuelthau S.C. as associates. Lisa L.
Kritske has joined the Sheboygan office as an associate. Lipo
Zovic and Meyer are members of the business and corporate law section.
Lipo Zovic practices in estate planning and general corporate matters,
and Meyer practices in mergers and acquisitions. He previously was a
senior associate with Arthur Anderson LLP. Kritske is a member of the
labor and employment section practicing in employment discrimination,
personnel policies and procedures, employee discipline, and grievance
arbitration and related litigation. She also provides representation on
general school law and municipal law issues. Kritske previously was an
associate at Rohde Dales LLP, Sheboygan.
Todd Pfeil, Creighton 1992, has been promoted to
vice president human resources & risk management/corporate counsel
and secretary of Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., Plain, a national
heavy-highway contractor. He also has been promoted to vice president
and secretary of EKS Holdings Inc. Kay Millonzi, U.W.
1999, has joined the company as associate counsel.
Thomas J. Flanagan, Marquette 1992 with honors, has
joined Vanden Heuvel & Dineen S.C.'s Germantown office as an
associate attorney. Flanagan is an assistant adjunct professor of law at
Marquette University Law School and a Waukesha County court
commissioner. He has extensive trial experience in employment law,
personal injury, lemon law violations, and criminal and civil
litigation.
Michael J. Hanrahan, U.W. 1992, and Kevin G.
Wick, Marquette 1996, have been elected shareholders at Fox,
O'Neill & Shannon S.C., Milwaukee. Hanrahan continues to practice
primarily in civil litigation. Wick is practicing in corporate and
business law, estate planning and probate, and computer and technology
law.
John D. Gatto, U.W. 1993, has joined the Schroeder
Group S.C., Waukesha, as an associate. Gatto previously was director of
the State of Wisconsin's European office in Germany, and had his own law
practice. He has a Ph.D. in international business law. The Schroeder
Group practices in business and commercial law.
Eric S. Gissel, U.W. 1998, has joined Schober
Schober & Mitchell S.C. with offices in New Berlin, Oconomowoc,
Hartland, and Dousman as an associate. Gissel practices probate and
elder law, real estate, and estate planning. He previously was a
practitioner in Neenah.
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| Samuel C. Wisotzkey, Michigan 1991, has joined von
Briesen, Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, as a shareholder.
Wisotzkey is a member of the banking, bankruptcy, and business
litigation practice group concentrating in secured transactions,
commercial lending, workouts, and commercial collections. Timothy W.
Feeley, Marquette 1992, has been named a shareholder in the firm's
health care practice group, focusing on business and health litigation
at the municipal and appellate levels. He has co-authored chapters on
scope of discovery and judicial supervision and enforcement in
Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice. Rebecca S. Hansen,
Minnesota 1999 cum laude, and Eric N. Mathison, U.W. 1999, have joined
the firm's banking, bankruptcy, and business litigation practice group
as associates. Paul M. Selin , Marquette 1999, has joined the business
practice group, focusing in corporate law, taxation, securities, and
mergers and acquisitions. |
John P. Higgins, U.W. 1977, has joined Guttormsen,
Hartley & Guttormsen LLP, Kenosha, as of counsel. Higgins will
continue as government affairs director for the Kenosha Realtors
Association Inc. and the Racine Board of Realtors Inc. He formerly was
counsel with the Milwaukee trial office of Employers Insurance of
Wausau.
James C. Jones, Texas Tech 1989, has joined Remley
& Sensenbrenner S.C., Neenah. Jones previously practiced in Texas in
construction and personal injury litigation.
John M. Swietlik Jr., Marquette 1984, has joined
Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., Milwaukee, as a shareholder,
concentrating in civil litigation and insurance coverage. Swietlik
previously was with Cook & Franke S.C. Michael S.
Murray, Marquette 1989, has been promoted to shareholder in the
firm. He practices in civil litigation with an emphasis on personal
injury. Brian P. Beisenstein, Drake 1995,
Juliette C. Luther, Loyola 1999, and Mellissa
A. Shafer, Marquette 1999, have joined the firm as
associates.
Nicole A. Klemz, U.W. 1999, has joined von Briesen,
Purtell & Roper S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate, focusing in health
and hospital law, employment, and guardianships.
Craig S. Lambert, U.W. 1996, has been made a
shareholder of Glenn, Hoff, Hoff & Lambert S.C., Appleton. He
practices in criminal defense, family law, and general litigation.
Ronald S. Stadler, U.W. 1989, and John L.
Barlament, Duke 1997, have joined Michael Best & Friedrich
LLP's Milwaukee office in the employment relations practice group. As a
partner, Stadler will focus on education-related employment law, with an
emphasis on special education. Barlament has joined the firm as an
associate, concentrating on employment relations law. He previously was
an associate with Reinhart, Boerner, van Deuren, Norris &
Rieselbach, Milwaukee.
Jill M. Fahrlander, U.W. 1996, has joined the firm's
Madison office as an associate focusing on intellectual property law
with an emphasis in biotechnology. She is registered to practice before
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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| Barry R. White, Michigan 1989, has been elected to
partner with Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue LLP, Milwaukee. White
joined the firm as an associate in 1992 and concentrates his practice in
commercial litigation. Lynn A. Ludke, U.W. 1985, has joined the firm as
an associate practicing in estate planning, tax and business law, trust
administration, and probate. Ludke also is a CPA and has an M.A. in
taxation. |
Martha J. Milanowski, U.W. 1998, has been hired by
the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in
Watersmeet, Mich., as tribal attorney. She previously was an associate
with Johnson & Houlihan S.C., Rhinelander.
Joseph C. Mrazek, Georgetown 1997, has joined CCH
Inc. as a legal writer in the company's business and finance group, at
the corporate headquarters in Riverwoods, Ill. Mrazek previously served
as an assistant state public defender in Racine.
Robert M. Whitney, U.W. 1974, has joined Lawton
& Cates S.C., Madison. Whitney will continue practicing in
commercial, products liability, personal injury, and professional
malpractice litigation. He previously was a partner at Foley &
Lardner.
W. Scott Nehs, U.W. 1991, has been appointed deputy
general counsel of Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers Inc., Rolling Meadows,
Ill. He also has become assistant general counsel of Whitman Corp.,
Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers' parent corporation. Nehs previously was
associated with Wildman, arrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago.
James G. Rodgers, Chicago-Kent 1999, has joined the
Milwaukee firm of Halling & Cayo S.C. as an associate, practicing in
civil litigation.
Daniel L. Zitzer, Marquette 1989, has joined the
Milwaukee office of Otjen, Van Ert, Lieb & Weir S.C., as an
associate concentrating in worker's compensation.
Appointments, Elections
The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
has elected these officers: president - Thomas S.
Sleik; president-elect - Linda Roberson;
secretary - Thomas S. Brenner; treasurer -
Patricia Ballman.
Victor M. Arellano, Antioch 1984, has been elected
to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Association of Trial Lawyers.
Arellano is a shareholder of Lawton & Cates S.C., Madison, and
practices in personal injury, medical malpractice, employment
litigation, international business, and immigration.
The Chippewa County Bar Association has elected the following
officers: president - Rachel R. Anderson; and
secretary/treasurer - David P. Czech; both of Chippewa
Falls.
The Douglas County Bar Association has elected these officers:
president - Kyle H. Torvinen; president-elect -
Theodore D. Salzer; and secretary/treasurer - David A.
Kropid; all of Superior.
Bradley C. Fulton, Marquette 1997, has been
appointed by Gov. Thompson to serve as a management representative on
the Wisconsin Labor-Management Council. His term runs through July 2004.
Fulton is an associate at DeWitt Ross & Stevens, Madison.
William F. Greenhalgh, UCLA 1978, has been appointed
to the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys' board of
governors. Greenhalgh has been a member of the Academy since 1998, and
practices estate planning at Greenhalgh & Hoffman S.C., Baraboo.
Heather L. MacDougall, Marquette 1994, has been
named associate general counsel of LPA Inc., a public policy
organization of the senior human resource executives of private sector
employers. MacDougall is with McGuiness, Norris & Williams LLP,
Washington, D.C. She practices in labor and employment law representing
management.
The Vernon County Bar Association has elected these officers:
president - Amy A. Smith, Westby; vice president -
Stacy A. Smith, Viroqua; and secretary/treasurer -
Timothy J. Gaskell, Westby.
Awards, Degrees, Honors
John W. Knuteson, Marquette 1975, passed
the certified contract advisor examination given by the NFL Players
Association, authorizing him to negotiate on behalf of NFL players.
Knuteson, a CPA, is president and shareholder of Knuteson, Powers &
Wheeler S.C., Racine.
Authors, Speakers
Marc Jay Bern, Chicago-Kent 1975, senior partner of
Napoli, Kaiser & Bern LLP, New York, spoke at the national Mealeys
Conference on Fen-phen in West Palm Beach, Fla. His firm represents
victims nationwide in fen-phen litigation.
Sylvan Sobel, U.W. 1983, has published a children's
book called Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts
(Barron's 2000). His first book, How the U.S. Government Works
(Barron's 1999), was featured on C-SPAN's Book TV program earlier this
year. Sobel is director of communications for the Federal Judicial
Center, Washington, D.C.
Mergers, Relocations, New Associations
Gregg E. Bridge, Marquette 1983, formerly a
shareholder in and director of Petrie & Stocking S.C., Milwaukee,
has formed Bridge Law Office, 10400 W. North Ave.,
Suite 470, Wauwatosa. Bridge will continue to focus on personal injury,
family law, and general civil matters and litigation.
James T. Parent, Hamline 1989, formerly of Wagner
& Todryk S.C., and R. Jeffrey Burgfechtel, Dayton
1994, formerly of Burgfechtel Law Offices, have formed the Law
Offices of Burgfechtel & Parent, 2521 S. Broad-way,
Menomonie. The firm focuses on civil litigation concentrating in
personal injury, family, and general business law.
Ralph J. Ehlinger, Georgetown 1968, has moved his
office from downtown Milwaukee to Stonewood Corporate Center, W175 N1117
Stonewood Dr. #211, Germantown. His practice includes corporate
transactions, civil trials and appeals, and health care law. he
previously practiced with R. Jeffrey Krill as Ehlinger & Krill
S.C.
Godfrey & Kahn S.C. has consolidated its
Appleton and Oshkosh offices. The firm will continue to operate out of
its Appleton office at 100 W. Lawrence Ave. The Oshkosh office is
closed.
Lynn R. Laufenberg, Marquette 1975, has formed
Laufenberg Law Offices S.C. at 250 N. Sunnyslope Rd.,
Suite 300, Brookfield. He will continue representing clients injured as
the result of medical negligence, product defect, and other negligence.
He formerly
was a shareholder with Cannon & Dunphy S.C.
Benjamin G. Porter, U.W. 1966, Laurie D. Kohli, and
David A. LeMaster have formed Porter, Kohli
& LeMaster P.S., Seattle, Wash. The firm will emphasize
commercial litigation, business transactions, and tax planning.
Richard A. Fortune, U.W. 1975, has formed
Richard A. Fortune & Associates S.C., 1300 S. Green
Bay Rd., Suite 302, Racine. He is joined by Mark P.
McGillis, Drake 1994. The firm practices in work related
injury, social security, and personal injury.
In Memoriam
John R. Devitt, Marquette 1941, Milwaukee, Aug. 13,
1917 - Feb. 2, 2000.
Bernard N. Freudenfeld, U.W. 1946, Milwaukee, Aug.
15, 1916 - Jan. 26, 2000.
Gerald Jolin, U.W. 1940, Islamorado, Fla., April 2,
1914 - Jan. 5, 2000.
R. Arthur Ludwig, U.W. 1955, Bayside, April 25, 1929
- Jan. 2000.
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