New Hires, Promotions, Partners
William M. Bohn, Marquette 1996, has been promoted to executive vice president and head of private client and institutional services at Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay.
Matthew D. Brehmer, South Texas College of Law 2013 summa cum laude, has joined Remley & Sensenbrenner S.C., Neenah, focusing on estate planning and tax.
Jordan C. Corning, U.W. 2011 cum laude, has joined the Madison office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. and is with the business and commercial litigation team.
Devin G. Dregne, Hamline 2009, has joined the real estate team at Moss & Barnett, A Professional Association, Minneapolis, focusing on real estate development and communications infrastructure.
Rachel E. Grischke, U.W. 2014, has joined Laufenberg, Jassak & Laufenberg S.C., Milwaukee, and focuses on civil litigation.
Joshua P. Grube, Marquette 2003, has joined Brennan Steil S.C., Janesville, and focuses on family, criminal, and civil litigation. He previously was with the Walworth County district attorney’s office.
Lynn Lodahl, U.W. 2014 with honors, and Caitlin Madden, U.W. 2014 magna cum laude, have joined the Madison office of Hawks Quindel S.C. as associates. Lodahl focuses on family law, employment litigation, and employee benefits disputes. Madden focuses on wage-and-hour and employment-discrimination litigation.
Ryan L. Kehl, Marquette 2014, has joined Rose & deJong S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate with the litigation team.
Jessica A. Klein, Widener School of Law 2014, has joined the Brookfield office of Kay & Kay Law Firm as an associate.
Stephen L. Knowles, U.W. 1973 cum laude, has joined the Milwaukee office of Davis & Kuelthau s.c. as a senior attorney with the labor and employment team and focuses on private-sector employer-side matters. He previously was with Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen S.C.
Sumeeta A. Krishnaney, Marquette 2011, has joined Petrie & Stocking S.C., Milwaukee, and continues to focus on estate planning, trust and probate administration, and business succession planning.
Steven M. Kruzel, Marquette 2014 summa cum laude, has joined the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP as an associate with the labor and employment practice group.
Two associates have joined the civil litigation department at the St. Paul, Minn., office of Murnane Brandt. Ryan Ellis, William Mitchell 2006, focuses on insurance coverage, product liability, personal injury, and construction litigation. Michael Link, U.W. 2009, focuses on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, employment law, product liability, and toxic tort.
Sean M. McNulty, U.W. 2014, has become an associate with Goldstein Law Group S.C., Milwaukee.
Three attorneys have joined the law department of Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, as assistant general counsel. Cheri L. McCourt, Valparaiso 2003, is on the insurance and operations team. She previously was with Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee. Caroline S. Spongberg, Marquette 2005, is on the real estate investment team. She previously was with American Transmission Co., Waukesha. Ben Swoboda, Michigan 2006, is on the securities investment team. He previously was with Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Milwaukee.
Timothy J. Proue, Thomas M. Cooley 2008, has joined Davczyk & Varline LLC, Wausau, focusing on business law, employment law, worker’s compensation, defense of insurance companies, and civil litigation.
Two attorneys have joined the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP. Seth Goettelman, U.W. 2005, is an associate with the corporate services practice group.He previously was corporate counsel at the Marcus Corp. Leslie M. Tector, Boston College 1994, LL.M. DePaul, is a partner in the health law practice group and focuses on research compliance, regulatory health care, and general corporate matters. She previously was of counsel at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP.
Kaitlyn Reise, Marquette 2014, has joined the Falk Legal Group, Milwaukee, as an associate practicing insurance law and commercial litigation.
Brody C. Richter, U.W. 2006, has been promoted to partner at DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison, and continues to practice in the areas of business, real estate and land use, private securities, and franchise, product distribution, and licensing.
Hannah A. Rock, Marquette 2014, has joined Hansen & Hildebrand S.C., Milwaukee, as an associate focusing on family law, mediation, and collaborative practice.
Angela M. Rust, Marquette 2007 magna cum laude, has been promoted to partner at the Appleton office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP. She focuses on representation of health care providers with regard to regulatory compliance, transactions, and affiliations among providers; bioethics; and value-based reimbursement contracts between health care providers and commercial insurers, self-insured employers, and other health care purchasers.
Five attorneys have joined the Madison office of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. Dave Billing, Marquette 1977, Laura Callan, Marquette 1986, Tom Solheim, U.W. 1976, and Jim Statz, U.W. 1989, are partners. Eileen Kelley, U.W. 2011, is an associate.
John B. Stadler, U.W. 1988, has become national large fraud waste and abuse case manager with United Health Group.
Michael Steininger, U.W. 2014, has joined Spangler Flory LLP, Eau Claire, concentrating in business and real estate.
Charles Stone, Marquette 2009, has joined the Beijing office of Reed Smith as an associate focusing on international business transactions. He previously worked for Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP, Milwaukee.
Clyde W. Tinnen, Columbia 2006, has been elected partner in the Chicago office of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and continues to focus on corporate law matters, including finance and securities law, banking, and mergers and acquisitions.
Greg Vanevenhoven, U.W. 2014, has joined Davidson Law Office LLP/The Estate Planning Group LLC, Kaukana, as an associate and focuses on estate planning, asset protection, elder law, real estate, and business law.
Jeffrey A. Evans, San Francisco 1989, Laurel Johnson, Chicago-Kent 2007 cum laude, Kelly J. Noyes, U.W. 2007 summa cum laude, and Lauren A. Triebenbach, Marquette 2007 cum laude, have been promoted to shareholder in the Milwaukee office of von Briesen & Roper s.c. Evans, Johnson, and Noyes are with the litigation and risk management practice group. 
Triebenbach focuses on real estate, construction, and lending transaction matters. John A. Kassner, U.W. 1972, and Ronald M. Trachtenberg, U.W. 1976, have joined the firm’s Madison office as shareholders. Kassner focuses on eminent domain, takings, land use, environmental, constitutional, condominium, and construction law with an emphasis on litigation and appellate work. Trachtenberg concentrates on real estate development, condominium, municipal, commercial and business law, and zoning and related land-use-entitlement approvals.
Breanne M. Bucher, Valparaiso 2010, has joined Walden & Schuster S.C., Waukesha (previously known as Walden, Schuster & Vaklyes S.C.). Bucher focuses on family law, juvenile law, criminal defense, and municipal/OWI defense.
Holly Wilson, U.W. 2014, has joined the Madison office of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP as an associate.
Mergers, Relocations, New Offices
The Law Firm of Jonathan B. Levine has changed its name to Levine & Bazelon S.C., and Adam S. Bazelon, Marquette 2007 cum laude, has been elected shareholder. The firm concentrates on real estate and condominium law.
Sarah A. Ponath, Marquette 2007, has opened The Law Offices of Sarah A. Ponath, 4779 N. 126th St., Butler, focusing on business transactions, civil litigation, and debt collection and subrogation.
Appointments, Elections
Jack A. Enea, Marquette 1989, has joined Philip J. Halley as co-leader of the trusts and estates team at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. Enea focuses on business and tax law, estate planning, estate administration, and real estate transactions and development in the Milwaukee office.
Bradley C. Fulton, Marquette 1997, has become president and managing partner of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. and its affiliate DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C. He is a business litigator focusing on labor and employment law.
Grant C. Killoran, Minnesota 1989, has been elected to the American Bar Association House of Delegates. He is a shareholder with and chair of the litigation practice at O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C., Milwaukee.
Thomas J. Krumenacher, Marquette 2004, has been elected president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Alumni Association. He is a partner at the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLC.
Newly elected officers of the Milwaukee Bar Association are the following: vice president – Andrew J. Wronski, Minnesota 1994, Foley & Lardner LLP; directors – Maria L. Kreiter, Marquette 2004, Godfrey & Kahn S.C.; and the Hon. Maxine Aldridge White, Marquette 1985, Milwaukee County Circuit Court. David G. Peterson, U.W. 1991, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, formerly president-elect, is now president. Marcia Facey Drame, U.W. 1998, Northwestern Mutual, formerly vice president, is now president-elect.
Jennifer L. Naeger, St. John’s 2005, will lead the new food and beverage service group at the Milwaukee office of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Also with the group is Allen C. Schlinsog Jr., John Marshall 1991, chair of litigation at the firm.
Kathy L. Nusslock, Marquette 1985, has been appointed chief operating officer at the Milwaukee office of Davis & Kuelthau. She is a shareholder with the litigation team
Bill Rameker, Iowa 1972, with Murphy Desmond S.C., Madison, has been elected to the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees board for a three-year term.
Joseph A. Ranney III, Yale 1978, has been appointed as Adrian P. Schoone Visiting Fellow in Wisconsin Law at Marquette Law School. Ranney, with the Madison office of Dewitt, Ross & Stevens S.C., plans to use the fellowship to write a book examining Wisconsin’s contributions to the U.S. legal system.
Sarah C. Walkenhorst, U.W. 2002 magna cum laude, has been elected president-elect of the Dane County Bar Association. She is an associate in the Madison office of Perkins Coie and focuses on patent litigation and intellectual property matters.
Peter Wilder, University of Missouri 2008, has been appointed to the Wisconsin Mortgage Bankers Association board. He is with the Milwaukee office of Godfrey & Kahn S.C. practicing in the firm’s banking and financial institutions practice group.
The Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association has elected the following officers: president – Craig A. Mastantuono, DePaul 1992, Mastantuono & Coffee S.C., Milwaukee; vice president – Georgia L. Herrera, U.W. 1985, Law Offices of Georgia L. Herrera, Racine; secretary – Cain W. Oulahan, Marquette 2011, Erich C. Straub Immigration Atty LLC, Milwaukee; treasurer – Jack Davila, Marquette 2011, Previant Law Firm SC, Milwaukee; and directors – Michelle L. Velasquez, Marquette 2010, State Public Defenders Office, Milwaukee; Sklkime Abduli, Marquette 2012, Abduli Immigration Law LLC, Milwaukee; Crystal A. Banse, U.W. 2010, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison; Glorily Lopez, U.W. 2000, Murphy Desmond SC, Madison; and Natalia Minkel-Dumit, Marquette 2008, Milwaukee.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed the Hon. Allan P. “Pat Torhorst, U.W. 1966, Racine County, to the Committee of Chief Judges. The court reappointed the following chief judges to the committee: Hon. Randy R. Koschnick, Hamline 1985, Jefferson County; Hon. Gregory J. Potter, Gonzaga 1984, Wood County; Hon. Neal “Chip” A. Nielsen III, Suffolk 1986, Vilas County; andHon. Donald R. Zuidmulder, U.W. 1968, Brown County. The Hon. Jeffrey A. Kremers, U.W. 1975, Milwaukee County, has been named chair of the committee.
Beth Zimmermann, Marquette 2000, with The Schroeder Group SC, Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, has been elected to the Elmbrook Humane Society board.
Authors, Speakers
Steven C. Bahls, Northwestern 1979, authored Shared Governance in Times of Change: A Practical Guide for Universities and Colleges, published by the Association of Governing Boards Press. He is president of Augustana College, Rockford, Ill.
Thomas Domer, U.W. 1983, presented “Employer Fraud in Workers’ Compensation” at the SEAK National Worker’s Compensation and Occupational Health Conference in July in Massachusetts. He represents injured workers at Domer Law, Milwaukee.
Michael Griesbach, Marquette 1986, has authored The Innocent Killer: A True Story of a Wrongful Conviction and Its Astonishing Aftermath (ABA Book Publ’g 2014). He is Manitowoc County assistant district attorney.
Wisconsin Reserve Judge Emeritus Charles B. Schudson, U.W. 1974, presented a lecture on child sexual abuse. The presentation, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, took place at the Catholic University Law School, La Paz, Bolivia, in June.
Awards, Degrees, Honors
Ryan A. Blay, Loyola-Chicago 2006, has completed the requirements for consumer bankruptcy law national certification. He practices with Lakelaw, Kenosha.
Nancy Bonniwell, North Dakota 1984, received the Outstanding Professional Adviser Award from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, in recognition of her work building relationships with the foundation and helping clients create charitable funds for the community’s benefit. She is managing partner of the Delafield office of Weiss Berzowski Brady LLP and concentrates on estate planning and business law.
Peter Earle, Chicago-Kent 1988, with the Law Office of Peter Earle, Milwaukee, is a recipient of Public Justice’s annual Trial Lawyers of the Year Award for his work with a team that won a landmark $1.15 billion judgment against paint manufacturers in 2013.
Gary A. Freyberg, U.W. 1984, and Richard Lewis. U.W. 1978, were named Prosecutors of the Year by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Freyberg is an assistant attorney general with the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Lewis is a Clark County assistant district attorney.
Hupy and Abraham S.C., Milwaukee, won the United Performing Arts Fund Law Firm Challenge and received top honors due to the largest net increase in employee participation.
Rebecca H. Mitich, Marquette 2009 magna cum laude, received the Aspire (Emerging Leader) Award from Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate Women at a ceremony in May. She is with the Milwaukee office of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. and a member of the commercial real estate, commercial finance, and condominium and HOA law teams.
Quarles & Brady LLP has received the Spirit of Excellence Award from the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center and the Exceptional Service Award from the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project.
In Memoriam
Sheldon A. Bernstein, Marquette 1981, Thiensville, Oct. 14, 1948 – June 4, 2014.
Jerome E. Duckler, U.W. 1963, Milwaukee, April 16, 1937 – May 29, 2014.
Robert B. Fennig, Marquette 1957, Cudahy, Aug. 8, 1927 – May 20, 2014.
Douglas Brian Ferguson, U.W. 1987, Madison, Oct. 12, 1959 – June 14, 2014.
Thomas N. Kostner, U.W. 1963, Bloomer, June 23, 1938 – Sept. 11, 2013.
Joseph K. Kuemmel, U.W. 1970, Madison, May 13, 1945 – Dec. 2, 2013.
Harry E. Jankowitz, U.W. 1958, Milwaukee, May 4, 1934 – March 27, 2014.
Thomas R. Maloney, Marquette 1970, Pewaukee, March 13, 1943 – Feb. 19, 2014.
Donald D. Margolis, Marquette 1947, Milwaukee, June 30, 1918 – April 28, 2014.
Joseph A. Melli, U.W. 1950, Madison, Jan. 1, 1924 – June 16, 2014.
Joel Murray, U.W. 1963, Chicago, May 17, 1940 – Oct. 25, 2009.
John M. Olson, Yale 1976, Milwaukee, Feb. 16, 1949 – July 10, 2014.
Glenn R. Quale, U.W. 1952, Baraboo, April 3, 1927 – Sept. 15, 2013.
David I. Rothstein, Marquette 1961, Thiensville, April 19, 1932 – May 9, 2014.
Richard N. Sweet, U.W. 1975, Madison, Jan 10, 1949 – April 7, 2014.
Donald S. Taitelman, U.W. 1962, Milwaukee, Sept. 4, 1937 – Jan. 22, 2014.
Dale R. Thompson, U.W. 1950, Madison, Nov. 15, 1924 – Feb. 20, 2014.
David L. Uelmen, U.W. 1953, Mequon, Dec. 4, 1926 – April 4, 2014.
David J. Vergeront, U.W. 1970, Madison, May 2, 1945 – May 25, 2014.
Roland J. Wendorff, U.W. 1947, Wausau, Dec. 9, 1922 – June 15, 2014.
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