Personal Mentions

Kathleen Brost, U.W. 1992, has been appointed secretary to the AAL Variable Products Series Fund Inc. Jessica Philleo, Marquette 1991, has joined Aid Association for Lutherans as an associate attorney practicing insurance law.

Aiken & Scoptur S.C. announces the debut of the firm's Web site, located at www.execpc.com/~aiscop. In addition to information about the firm, the Web site provides many legal, medical, and other links to reference sources such as Medline, HealthNet, the State Bar of Wisconsin and legal research sites. It also has links to newspapers, magazines, airlines and other useful Internet sites.

Shannon A. Allen, U.W. 1995, has joined Friebert, Finerty and St. John S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate. She formerly was with Godfrey, Neshek, Worth, Leibsle and Conover S.C., Elkhorn.

Ronald S. Aplin, U.W. 1983, has joined Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauers S.C. as a shareholder practicing in worker's compensation and other representation of employers and insurers. He previously practiced with Peterson, Johnson & Murray S.C.

Angela M. Bohmann, Boston College 1978 summa cum laude, has been elected to the Mid-States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Key District Employee Plans-Exempt Organizations (EP-EO) Council. She will serve a three-year term. The Dallas-based organization meets quarterly with IRS officials to review recent developments, discuss administrative matters, and communicate concerns on behalf of the employee benefits community. A shareholder at Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis, Bohmann practices primarily in compensation and employee benefits law.

Bruce P. Bower, Notre Dame 1975, served as institute director for the 1998 Guardianship Institute of the State Bar of Texas. The program provided the instruction for attorneys to be certified for appointment as attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in guardianship and family law matters in Texas.

Three attorneys recently joined Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall S.C.: Scott T. Christian, Marquette 1990, practices in business and corporate transactions, including business organization, contracts, employment and employee benefits, intellectual property, and municipal law; Jeffry R. Schwartz, Marquette 1994, practices in family law; and Dale L. Thorpe, Marquette 1988, concentrates in business and commercial law, real estate, municipal law, and estate planning, with an emphasis on commercial and residential land development.

The Chippewa County Bar Association has elected its officers for the 1998-99 term: president ­ J. Peter Weidenheim; secretary/treasurer ­ Bryan C. Royce; and social committee chair ­ Lucie A. Usher.

Patrick G. Colloton, U.W. 1969, has been elected senior vice president of New York Life Insurance Co. He is in charge of the company's brokerage department located in Kansas City, Mo. The department provides products and services to more than 1,200 independent life insurance producers nationwide. In addition, all of New York Life's large corporate life insurance business is marketed and serviced through the Kansas City location.

John Comerford, Marquette 1988, has become corporate general counsel and secretary for Lunar Corp. located in Madison. Comerford formerly was associate resident counsel with National Presto Industries Inc., Eau Claire.

N. (Norrie) J. Daroga, Marquette 1988, has joined M&I Data Services, a division of Marshall & Ilsley Corp., as its vice president and general counsel. He is a former partner of Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.

Davis & Kuelthau S.C., with offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Sheboygan, and Green Bay, announces the debut of its Web site: www.daviskuelthau.com.

Drescher & Drescher S.C. has relocated to The Appleton Center, Third Floor, 100 W. Lawrence St., Appleton, allowing the firm to better service clients in an expanded, more centrally located office. The general practice law firm concentrates in estate planning, real estate, elder law, and business law.

Nine attorneys practicing in Foley & Lardner's Wisconsin offices have been elected to partnership in the firm. Joan L. Eads and Roberta F. Howell, practicing in the litigation department, are new partners in the Madison office. In the Milwaukee office, new partners are Elizabeth S. Blutstein, in the health care finance group; Jeffrey N. Costakos, in the intellectual property department; Patrick P. Fee, in the insurance group; Lisa S. Neubauer,in the litigation department; Hugh J. O'Halloran, in the real estate group; Russell E. Ryba, in the business law department; and Edward B. Witte, in the environmental group.

Daniel J. Gabler, Marquette 1991, has joined Employment Solutions Inc. as the compliance officer. Employment Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Goodwill Industries, is a W-2, Welfare To Work Agency, serving 20 percent of the state's population receiving public assistance.

Martin J. Greenberg, Marquette 1971, Milwaukee, has been promoted as adjunct professor of law at Marquette University Law School. In addition, the law school has created the Martin J. Greenberg Award, an award given to a third-year law student who has excelled in the study of sports law and in service to the National Sports Law Institute. Greenberg has taught on a part-time basis at Marquette for more than 25 years and has authored or coauthored several books. Greenberg also is a visiting professor at Anglia University in Chelmsford, England. Greenberg was instrumental in creating the National Sports Law Institute of Marquette University and served as its director until April 1997. He concentrates in real estate, drafting and negotiating contracts, and sports law.

The Kenosha law firm of Guttormsen, Hartley & Guttormsen has relocated its office to the HarborView Office Center, 600 52nd St., Suite 200. The firm also has relocated its Twin Lakes Office to 349 E. Main St., Twin Lakes.

Paul R. Hoefle, Michigan 1981, has joined Bode, Carroll & McCoy S.C., Waukesha, as a shareholder. The law firm's new name will be Bode, Carroll, McCoy & Hoefle S.C.

R. Thomas Howell Jr., U.W. 1967, has joined Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson in Chicago in an of counsel capacity. He formerly served for 12 years as vice president and general counsel for The Quaker Oats Co., Chicago.

Chris R. Kabella, U.W. 1978, has become of counsel to Hammargren & Meyer P.A., a Minneapolis-based law firm practicing in construction-related law, corporate law, and commercial litigation. Formerly a partner with the St. Paul law firm of Moore, Costello & Hart, Kabella is president and general counsel of the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul.

Aaron E. Kornblum, U.W. 1996, has been named a winner of the1998 Distinguished Service Award by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel (LAMP). Captain Kornblum, an assistant staff judge advocate stationed at Francis E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyo., was one of six winners in the armed forces. Kornblum's mission-essential legal assistance effort included a stand-alone Base Tax Center for troops and their families, free Law Day events on base and in area schools, an innovative preventive law program, and a comprehensive office Internet Web site. The award was presented by LAMP Committee chair and State Bar of Wisconsin President-elect Leonard L. Loeb at Warren AFB.

Dennis W. Kozich, U.W. 1970, has been appointed chief legal counsel of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.

Krukowski & Costello S.C., Milwaukee, has hired two associates: Stephen G. Katz, U.W. 1973, who will continue to practice all aspects of labor relations, particularly collective bargaining, arbitration, and employment discrimination; and David A. McClurg, U.W. 1979, focusing on employment litigation, including discrimination and wrongful termination cases.

The Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc. has expanded its Board of Directors to 13 members with the elections of Wayne E. Babler Jr., Quarles & Brady; Pamela E. Barker, Godfrey & Kahn; Howard B. Eisenberg, Dean of Marquette University Law School; David A. Erne, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach; and Kathleen M. Rivera, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Margaret Hanrahan, Marquette 1994, and Danuta E. Kurczewski, U.W. 1994, have joined Legal Aid as staff attorneys in the Guardian ad Litem Division Office at the Milwaukee County Children's Court Center. Kathleen Walsh, U.W. 1984, staff attorney in the Civil Division at Legal Aid's downtown office has earned inclusion in Who's Who in American Law.

David B. Lund, U.W. 1959, Debra A. Petkovsek, U.W. 1990, and Gregory J. Fumelle, Thomas M. Colley 1987, have opened Lund, Petkovsek & Fumelle S.C. located at the former Lund Law Office in DeForest. Petkovsek and Fumelle formerly were with Eustice, Albert & Laffey S.C., Sun Prairie.

Jon S. Herreman, Drake 1991 with honors, has become a shareholder of Mallery & Zimmerman S.C. Herreman, who formerly practiced at O'Neil, Cannon & Hollman S.C., has been associated with the firm since 1996, practicing primarily in corporate, commercial real estate, and loan transactions. Narciso L. Alemàn, U.W. 1983, and Christopher W. Williamson, U.W. 1997, have joined the firm as associates. All three attorneys will practice in the firm's Milwaukee office. Alemàn, formerly a Milwaukee County assistant district attorney, practices in commercial litigation and creditors' rights law. Williamson practices in loan transactions, real estate law, and trusts and estate planning.

Jeffrey S. Sokol, U.W. 1990, and David G. Hanson, U.W. 1992, have been named adjunct professors of law at the Marquette University Law School. Sokol and Hanson are teaching a trademark litigation course for the 1998 spring semester. Sokol, who recently founded Sokol Law Office, a firm concentrating in patent, trademark, and copyright law, taught federal trademark registration during the spring semester of 1997. Hanson, a member of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach S.C., taught copyright litigation during the spring semester of 1997.

Michael McKenna, Minnesota 1985, has been appointed as the Portage County corporation counsel. He was the Adams County corporation counsel from 1992-98. He also serves as a JAG officer in the Wisconsin Army National Guard with the rank of Major.

Brick N. Murphy, U.W. 1995 cum laude, has joined Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry S.C., Green Bay, as an associate. Murphy is admitted to practice in all Wisconsin state and federal courts. He practices in business organization and commercial transactions. He is a frequent lecturer at private seminars focusing on business law topics.

Four attorneys have joined Neider & Boucher, Madison. Rana Kang, Cornell 1993, practices in civil, corporate, and criminal litigation; Cynthia Richson, IIT Chicago-Kent 1990, focuses on business and employment law; Ronald Smith, U.W. 1978, has become of counsel with an emphasis in real estate and general business law; and Erik Ibele, U.W. 1979, practices in corporate and business law, technology licensing, international trade, trademark and copyright law.

The law firm of Niebler, Pyzyk, Klaver & Wagner LLP has relocated to N94 W17900 Appleton Ave., Menomonee Falls.

Barbara H. Patterson, U.W. 1974, recently joined Advanced Healthcare S.C., Milwaukee, as vice president of human resources. Advanced Healthcare is a multi-site physician-owned group medical practice in southeastern Wisconsin, comprised of Milwaukee Medical Clinic, Falls Medical Group, and West Bend Clinic.

Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach S.C. has added a new shareholder and five new associates. Jesse S. Ishikawa, Michigan 1980 cum laude, is a shareholder in the Madison office and a member of the firm's real estate department. He represents developers, lenders, and businesses in real estate purchases, sales, commercial leasing transactions, and land development transactions. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Middlebury College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. New associates in the Milwaukee office include: Paul R. Seifert, Chicago 1994, is a member of the real estate department; Michael J. Frazier, Chicago-Kent with high honors, is a member of the labor and employment department; John R. Loew, U.W. 1994, is a member of the trusts and estates department; Gregory P. Meier, U.W. 1993 cum laude, Order of the Coif, is a member of the business organizations department. Prior to joining the firm he worked as a human resources manager for a global consulting firm and for a large manufacturing company; Gail M. Olsen, Marquette 1990 magna cum laude, is a member of the employee benefits department. Before joining the firm she was an executive at a large employee benefits consulting and administration firm.

Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach S.C. also has relocated its Madison office to the Capitol Square at 22 E. Mifflin St., Suite 600.

William B. Rowland, U.W. 1986, has been named a partner in the Atlanta, Ga., office of the international law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Rowland practices in the business practice group focusing on international transactions and technology transactions. He represents both publicly and privately held companies.

Larry T. Sarver, Toledo 1976, has joined Schumaker, Romenesko & Associates S.C. (SR&A) as director of its employee benefits division, Employee Benefit Advisors. He will concentrate in providing comprehensive retirement plan consulting services to clients. SR&A, a leading regional firm of certified public accountants and consultants with offices in Appleton, Green Bay and Oshkosh, is ranked among the top 100 firms in the United States by Bowman's Accounting Report.

Kurt M. Schuster, Marquette 1983, has become a shareholder in the Waukesha law firm of Congdon, Ward & Walden S.C. Schuster has been with the firm since 1990 practicing primarily in divorce and criminal law.

Joel H. Spitz, Marquette 1990, has been elected a partner with Ross & Hardies, practicing in the firm's labor and employment group. Ross & Hardies is a 200-attorney, Chicago-based law firm with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey.

Ralph J. Tease Jr., Marquette 1981, of Habush, Habush, Davis & Rottier S.C., Green Bay, recently became board certified in civil trial law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Leonila B. Vega, U.W. 1996, has joined the Milwaukee office of Legal Action of Wisconsin. Vega will be practicing Social Security Disability law.

Due to her recent marriage, Kelly K. Brown, Marquette 1994, is practicing under her new name, Kelly B. Watzka. Watzka recently completed her federal clerkship with U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Callahan Jr., and has joined the Milwaukee law firm of Kachelski, Atta & Straub S.C.

Foley & Lardner is honoring Edwin P. "Ted" Wiley, Chicago 1952, a recently retired partner well-known for his legal practice and community service, with the creation of the firm's new Founder's Award. The award recognizes the achievements of Wiley, whose vision and determination led to the founding of Foley & Lardner's intellectual property department 15 years ago. The award will be given annually to an associate in the department whose performance best exemplifies the unselfish spirit of client and firm service that characterized Wiley's long and distinguished career. Wiley practiced with Foley & Lardner for more than 45 years. He also is known for his service to the Milwaukee community. The first recipient of the Founder's Award is Patrick A. Doody, who practices in Foley & Lardner's Washington, D.C., office.

In Memoriam

Robert C. Beer, U.W. 1952, Detroit, Mich., March 4, 1919 - Feb. 21, 1998.

Donald L. Gabel, American University-Washington 1961, Wytheville, Va., July 24, 1934 - March 2, 1998.

William J. Gleiss, U.W. 1946, Sparta, March 26, 1920 - Feb. 17, 1998.

Robert J. LaBelle, Marquette 1949, Oconomowoc, Aug. 23, 1924 - March 27, 1998.

Alan J. Rogers, U.W. 1952, Kula, Hi., July 13, 1927 - Feb. 28, 1998.