State Bar announces officer candidates for 1999 elections
November 6, 1998
The State Bar Nominating Committee, chaired by State Bar
President-elect Leonard Loeb, has named Gary Bakke and Kathleen Grant as
candidates for 1999 State Bar president-elect. Grant is a sole
practitioner at Grant Law Office S.C. in Wausau; Bakke is a partner of
Bakke Norman S.C. in New Richmond.
For secretary, the committee nominated Thomas Hornig of Brennan,
Steil, Basting, & MacDougall S.C., Janesville, and Konrad
Tuchscherer of Tuchscherer, Smith, & Rudolph S.C., Wausau. Nominees
for the Judicial Council representative are Paul Bucher of the Waukesha
County District Attorney's Office, Ruth Bachman of the Ashland County
District Attorney's Office, and Gregory Maurice Wesley of Gonzalez,
Saggio, Birdsall, & Harlan S.C., Milwaukee.
Candidates for State Bar offices also may be nominated by petition.
Petitions must be signed by 100 active Bar members and filed with
Executive Director Steve Smay at the State Bar by Dec. 1. Those elected
take office July 1, 1999.
Petitions for Board of Governors due Jan. 4. State
Bar members interested in running for Board of Governors seats in the
February elections must submit a petition, signed by 10 active State Bar
members in that candidate's district, to Steve Smay by Jan. 4, 1999
(candidates are encouraged to return petitions by Dec. 11 so that their
names appear in the newsletter's January election issue). Districts 1,
2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 elect governors in 1999. District 2
elects seven governors; District 9, three governors; all other districts
elect one governor each. The winning candidates serve two-year terms,
beginning July 1, 1999.
Completed ballots due by Feb. 5. Ballots for officer
and governor elections are mailed no later than Feb. 5, 1999 and must be
returned by 5 p.m. on Feb. 19. To receive a petition, contact Jan Marks at the State Bar at (608)
250-6106, (800) 444-9404, ext. 6106.
