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Appointments,
Elections
The Association for Women Lawyers has elected these officers: president
- Gwendolyn G. Connolly; president-elect - Mary L. Richards;
secretary - Susan E. Lovern; and treasurer - Mary E. Triggiano,
all of Milwaukee.
David R. Berman, Marquette 1993, has been elected to a two-year
term as chair of the board of directors for the Southeast Wisconsin Tri-County
Chapter of the American Red Cross. The chapter serves Kenosha, Racine,
and Walworth counties. He previously served as vice-chair.
Patty Brzezinski has agreed to serve as the Native American representative
on the State Bar's board of governors. She is past chair of the Indian
Law Section and current vice chair, and is also immediate past president
of the Brown County Bar Association. Brzezinski is an attorney for the
Oneida Tribe, Green Bay.
The Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin has elected the following officers:
president - Patrick W. Brennan, Milwaukee; president-elect - Wayne
L. Maffei, Baraboo; and secretary/treasurer - Bernard T. McCartan,
Madison.
Mark Darnieder, Marquette 1978, with Darnieder, West & Davis,
and Philip Halley, Ohio State 1981, with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
S.C., have been elected to Dominican High School's board of directors
for 2001-2002.
Tom Grogan, U.W. 1982, has been appointed legislative liaison
for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. He previously worked
at U.W.-Oshkosh as legal counsel and administrator.
Paul R. Van Grunsven, Marquette 1986, has been appointed to the
Milwaukee Bar Association's Community Relations and Legislative committees.
He also received an award from the Marquette University Health Law Society
for his contribution and service to legal education. Van Grunsven is chair
of the health law practice at Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., Milwaukee.
The Walworth County Bar Association has elected the following officers:
president - Theodore N. Johnson, Elkhorn; president-elect - Maureen
D. Boyle, Elkhorn; and secretary/treasurer - Stephen M. Compton,
Delavan.
The Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers has elected these
officers: president - Elaine E. Richards; president-elect - Gregory
M. Wesley; secretary - Patricia A. McGowan; and treasurer -
Sherman C. Mitchell, all of Milwaukee.
Marla J. Stephens, Marquette 1981, has been reelected chair of
the Wisconsin Judicial Council. Stephens is director of the Appellate
Division for the Wisconsin Public Defender Office. She previously was
first assistant of the Milwaukee appellate office, and assistant state
public defender in the Milwaukee appellate and trial offices. Ruth
A. Bachman, U.W. 1978, has been reelected vice-chair of the Judicial
Council. She is an assistant district attorney in Barron County, and previously
was district attorney in Eau Claire County, assistant district attorney
in Eau Claire and Ashland counties, and assistant attorney general.
Authors,
Speakers
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Stephen W. Hayes, Illinois 1969, of the Schroeder Group S.C.,
Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, spoke at the special needs adoption advocacy
training program sponsored by the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
in Savannah, Ga., on "Liability and Accountability of Agencies and Adoption
Disruption."
Awards,
Degrees, Honors
Michael L. Brutlag, Minnesota 1980, with Brutlag, Hartmann & Okoneski
PA, Minneapolis, Minn., was selected as a "super lawyer" by Minnesota
Law & Politics and MSP Communications for the fifth year in a row. The
recognition is based on more than 5,000 votes from Minnesota attorneys.
Gregg Hagopian, U.W. 1987, received both the 2001 Wisconsin Association
of Assessing Officers (WAAO) and the 2001 International Association of
Assessing Officers (IAAO) distinguished research and development awards.
The WAAO award was for his work as the governor's appointee to the "Benevolent
Retirement Home for the Aged" legislative task force, in researching and
writing the government-5 report for that task force. The WAAO, a statewide
body of governmental assessors and taxation officials, recognizes outstanding
original research in property assessment and taxation matters.
The IAAO is an international body of assessors
and lawyers who practice in property taxation and assessment matters.
Hagopian also received the IAAO 2001 Bernard L. Barnard award for "'Nonprofit'
Senior Housing and Property Tax Exemptions." The award recognizes the
best article or essay on technical innovations in assessment or property
tax administration.
Hagopian also spoke at the National Brownfields
2001 Conference in Chicago, put on annually by the U.S. Environ-mental
Protection Agency and the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania. Hagopian's
topic, "Secret Weapons for Brownfields Redevelop-ment - Milwaukee's Approach
to Tax-delinquent Brownfields," highlighted new Wisconsin statute section
75.106 and the development potential it offers with respect to brownfields.
Pro Bono,
Public Service
Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Foundation, Milwaukee Brewers
Baseball Club, and Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District
joined to create a tribute to the 5,000 Miller Park construction workers
and to the three workers who lost their lives. Two permanent monuments
were donated, one titled "Teamwork," a three-figured 12-foot-high bronze
statue created with a gift from the Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable
Foundation. The other, titled "Worker's Wall," includes bronze plates
listing the workers who contributed to the park's construction.
In Memoriam
Jack F. Aulik, U.W. 1958, Sun Prairie, Jan. 4, 1934 - July 4,
2001.
Irving M. Berenson, U.W. 1948, Kenosha, Sept. 18, 1921 - June
2, 2001.
Thomas E. Dolatowski, Indiana 1971, Burlington, May 12, 1945 -
July 7, 2001.
Jack H. Goldman, U.W. 1950, Glendale, Jan. 8, 1924 - June 20,
2001.
John P. Herr, Marquette 1945, Mooresville, N.C., Aug. 30, 1920
- July 16, 2001.
John D. Heywood, U.W. 1938, Hudson, June 22, 1914 - June 14, 2001.
Daniel T. Kelley, U.W. 1958, Beloit, Feb. 17, 1930 - Jan. 19,
2001.
William P. Kopish, Marquette 1955, Marinette, March 2, 1927 -
July 11, 2001.
John A. Moore, Harvard 1935, Oshkosh, Sept. 6, 1911 - March 15,
2001.
Roger D. O'Neal, U.W. 1937, Green Valley, Ariz., April 10, 1913
- April 23, 2001.
Raymond E. Porter, U.W. 1960, Sheboygan, May 3, 1924 - July 27,
2001.
Charles E. Prieve, U.W. 1941, Bradenton, Fla., March 13, 1913
- Aug. 7, 2001.
John T. Pryor, Marquette 1954, Milwaukee, Feb. 5, 1930 - June
19, 2001.
John L. Riley, U.W. 1944, Madison, Sept. 24, 1918 - Jan. 24, 2001.
Michael S. Rizzo, Marquette 1938, Kenosha, Nov. 8, 1910 - May
18, 2001.
Mark Allen Sewell, U.W. 1997, Mequon, Sept. 1, 1956 - July, 2001.
Arthur L. Sweitzer, U.W. 1962, Madison, Jan. 18, 1928 - July 8,
2001.
Norman Wengert, U.W. 1942, Stoughton, Nov. 7, 1916 - Sept. 14,
2001.
Louis A. Wilson, Appleton, Aug. 20, 1908 - June 14, 2001.
Paul L. Witkin, U.W. 1942, Superior, May 26, 1917 - June, 2001.
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