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CLASS NOTES19308 the right to bring damage suits against Cletus R. Willems '70 has been namedFrederick C. Suhr '35 has retired from states under the Family Medical Leave Act. vice president and general counsel forthe Boardman Law Firm, formerly known JHT Holdings in Kenosha. JHT is anas Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, in San W. Orr, Jr. '66, chair of the Wausau- international provider of transportationMadison. He had been with that firm Mosinee Paper Corporation, has joined the services for auto and truck manufacturers.since 1936. board of the Wisconsin Alumni Association.

Howard Schoenfeld '71 has joined theTommy G. Thompson '66, U.S. Milwaukee office of DeWitt Ross & Stevens.

19408 Secretary of Health and Human Services,Harry F. Franke '49, of the Milwaukee was awarded a 2003 Distinguished Patricia Banks '72, a Cook County

Joel Hirshhorn '67 firm Cook & Franke, was recently Alumni Award by the Wisconsin Alumni (Illinois) circuit judge, has been electedhonored by the State Bar of Wisconsin Association. chair of the National Bar Association'swith the Belle Case La Follette Judicial Council.Outstanding Professional Award during Joel Hirshhorn '67, a member of theits Public Service/Pro Bono Volunteer Law School's board of visitors and a Frederick Hardt '72 has been named aLawyers Recognition Celebration. partner in the Coral Gables, Florida, firm circuit judge in Naples, Florida. Hardt had

of Hirshhorn & Bieber, has been appointed been a partner in Roetzel & Andress priorto the Review Committee of the Wisconsin to taking the bench.

19508 Bar of Bar Examiners. Hirshhorn servesGalen Winter '50, Shawano, is the on the board of governors of the State Mari M. Shaw '72, of counsel withauthor of The Best of the Major, a Bar of Wisconsin and is president -elect Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippelcollection of hunting and fishing tales of the Non-Resident Lawyers Division of in Philadelphia, has received a Woman of

Lawrence J. Jost '69which have run in Shooting Sportsman the State Bar of Wisconsin. Distinction Award from the Philadelphiamagazine over the last ten years. Business Journal. In addition to practicing

John C. Klotsche '67, former chair of in the firm's litigation and intellectualRobert Bruce Murray '51 has published Baker & McKenzie, has been appointed property groups, Shaw has been activeLegal Cases of the Civil War. Murray lives senior advisor to IRS Commissioner Mark in the arts, legal education, and profes-in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Everson. Klotsche will assist in IRS efforts sional service groups.

to prioritize enforcement initiatives andLarry R. Henneman '59, a partner in enhance compliance with tax laws. Thomas R. Hefty '73, retired chair andRider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel in CEO of the Cobalt Corporation inMinneapolis, has been included in the Paul J. Cherner '68 has joined the Milwaukee, was awarded a 20032003-04 edition of The Best Lawyers Chicago firm Hinshaw & Culbertson, where Distinguished Alumni Award by thein America for his work in the trust he will practice labor and employment law. Wisconsin Alumni Association. Heftyand estates area. has also become a member of Reinhart

Linda Roberson '74 Lawrence J. Jost '69, a partner in the Boerner Van Deuren of Milwaukee, whereMilwaukee office of Quarles & Brady, has he will help develop the firm's government-

19608 been inducted into the American College relations practice.William M. Shernoff '62, partner in of Mortgage Attorneys.Shernoff Bidart & Darras in Claremont, Kathryn Oberly '73, vice-chair andCalifornia, has won the first Trial Lawyer Ellen Kozak '69 reports that her book, general counsel of Ernst & Young, hasof the Year Award from the Consumer Every Writer's Guide to Copyright and been named one of Corporate America'sAttorneys of California. He was specifically Publishing Law, has recently been pub- Five Most Influential Women Generalrecognized for his efforts to secure lished in its third edition by Henry Holt & Counsels by the Corporate Legal Times.insurance benefits for thousands of Company. Kozak is a Milwaukee lawyerHolocaust survivors. doing copyright, publishing, entertain- David Ullrich '73, former deputy regional

ment, and media law, and is the former administrator for the U.S. EnvironmentalRobert M. Larsen '79 Daniel W. Hildebrand '64, an attorney chair of the State Bar's Intellectual Protection Agency, has been named

at DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., was Property Law section. executive director of the Great Lakeselected to serve a three-year term on the Cities Initiative, which will work toboard of governors of the American Bar promote and preserve the Great Lakes.Association. Hildebrand has been named 19708a 2004 Leader in the Law by the John W. Rowe '70, chair, president, and William D. Harvey '74 has been namedWisconsin Law Journal. CEO of Exelon Corporation in Chicago, president and chief operating officer of

was awarded a 2003 Distinguished Alliant Energy Corporation in Madison.Judith Lichtman '65, of the National Alumni Award by the Wisconsin Alumni Harvey had been executive vice presi-Partnership for Women and Families in Association. Rowe delivered the keynote dent -generation and president of AlliantWashington, D.C., recently won a case speech at the Law School's May 2003 Energy-Wisconsin Power & Light Company.before the U.S. Supreme Court establishing graduation ceremony.

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Richard J. Langer '74, a partner in theMadison office of Michael Best &Friedrich, was recently featured in theWisconsin State Journal in its "KnowYour Madisonian" column.

Rod Nilsestuen '74, longtimepresident of the Wisconsin Federationof Cooperatives, has been namedsecretary of agriculture by WisconsinGovernor Jim Doyle.

Linda Roberson '74, a partner in theMadison firm Balisle & Roberson, hasbeen designated president-elect of theFamily Law Council of CommunityProperty States.

Andrew M. Barnes '75, a partner in theMilwaukee office of Quarles & Brady, hasbeen included in the tenth edition of TheBest Lawyers in America. Barnes practicesbankruptcy and creditor-debtor law.

Peter Gaines '75 has joined theMinneapolis office of Faegre & BensonLLP as a partner in the banking andbankruptcy law department. Gainescomes from the London office of Vinson& Elkins, where he focused on interna-tional finance.

John E. Lange '75 has been appointeddeputy coordinator in the U.S. StateDepartment's Office of the Global AIDSCoordinator. Lange is a career ForeignService officer and former ambassador toBotswana.

David D. Leeper '75 has been appointedassistant dean and director of thePlowshares Peace Studies Project atEarlham College in Richmond, Indiana.Leeper also teaches a course innegotiation skills.

Pamela Baker '76 has been namedco-managing partner at Sonnenschein,Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago. She has beenwith the firm since 1980, practicingemployment benefits and executivecompensation law.

Peter Christianson '77, a partner in theMilwaukee-based firm Quarles & Brady,has joined the board of the WisconsinAlumni Association.

Judith Neumann '77, who servedeleven years as legal counsel for theMassachusetts Teachers Association,has been named chair of the WisconsinEmployment Relations Commission.

Les Abramson '78 has received the2003 Trustees Award at the University ofLouisville, where he teaches in the LawSchool. The award is presented to thefaculty member who has had an extraor-dinary impact on his or her students.

Karen L. Strombom '78, a superiorcourt judge in Tacoma, Washington,since 1990, has been appointed federalmagistrate judge for the western districtof Washington.

Christian Halabi '79 has been named tohead the real estate investment group forZurich Financial Services Group in NewYork City.

Robert M. Larsen '79 has been namedmanaging director of the Sulloway &Hollis law firm in Concord, New Hampshire.He continues an active trial practice andrecently taught a session on trial tacticsfor the NITA program.

19808 --------Tom Barrett '80 took office as mayorof Milwaukee in April 2004. Barrettpreviously served as state representative,state senator, and five-term U.S.Congressman from Wisconsin's 5thDistrict.

Betsy J. Abramson '81 has joined theclinical faculty at the UW Law School.She was also recently honored with theDan Tuchscherer Outstanding PublicInterest Law Attorney Award by the StateBar of Wisconsin.

Susan Bauman '81, former mayor ofMadison, has been appointed to serveon the Wisconsin Employment RelationsCommission. Bauman had sixteen yearsof private practice experience in laborand employment law before beingelected mayor.

Ann B. Burns '81, a partner in theMinneapolis office of Rider, Bennett, Egan& Arundel, has been included in the tenthedition of The Best Lawyers in Americafor her work in trusts and estates.

CLASS NOTES

Philip Lebowitz '81 has joined thePhiladelphia office of Duane Morris,where he will continue his practice inhealth-care law.

Judith Sperling-Newton '81 hasopened The Law Center for Children andFamilies in Madison. The firm focuses onissues including adoption, guardianship,visitation, custody, and assisted repro-duction.

Burneatta Bridge '82 has been appointedchair of the Wisconsin Public ServiceCommission.

Jonathan Stein '82, of St. Petersburg,Florida, has been appointed director ofregulatory affairs for Raymond JamesFinancial, a diversified financial servicesholding company.

Julie Werner-Simon '82 of SantaMonica, California, wants her friends toknow that she had a really good time ather twentieth reunion last year. So good,in fact, that nine months later, Dasha FlorSimon Rothblatt, a new "Badger" wasborn in June! Her husband now remarks,"Who knew that bratwursts hadaphrodisiac properties!"

Joel D. Bertocchi '83, former solicitorgeneral for the State of Illinois, has joinedthe Chicago office of Mayer, Brown,Rowe & Maw, where he will be a partnerconcentrating on appellate matters.

Stephen K. Postema '85 has beenappointed city attorney for Ann Arbor,Michigan.

Laura E. Schuett '85, a shareholder inthe Milwaukee firm Cook & Franke, hasbeen named to the LakefrontTask Forceby Milwaukee County Executive ScottWalker. The Task Force will draft stan-dards for development on Milwaukee'sLake Michigan shoreline.

Jennifer Lee Edmondson '86 has beennamed to the board of directors of theAppleton Education Foundation inAppleton, Wisconsin.

Hugh R. Jones '86 has been elected tothe board of the National Association ofState Charity Officials. Jones is a deputyattorney general for Hawaii.

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CLASS NOTES

Jo Pasqualucci '86 has received the2002 John Wesley Jackson OutstandingFaculty Award at the University of SouthDakota Law School. The award recognizesexcellence in the classroom, research,writing, public service, and contributionsto the academic environment. Shereceived tenure at the school last spring.

Nancy C. Wettersten '86 has beenpromoted to shareholder in DeWittRoss & Stevens, Madison. Wetterstenpractices family and juvenile law inaddition to criminal defense.

Lynn J. Bodi '87 and Carol M.Gapen '88 are founding partners in TheLaw Center for Children and Families inMadison. The firm focuses on issuesincluding adoption, guardianship, visita-tion, custody, and assisted reproduction.

Jay R. Starrett '87 has been elected tothe board of directors of the TruckingIndustry Defense Association, a nationalorganization devoted to the defense ofthe trucking industry. Starrett is a share-holder at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.,Milwaukee, and focuses his practice ontransportation law, product liability, andlegal malpractice defense.

Lorna Hemp Boll '88 has joinedThompson Plumb Trust Company as vicepresident and trust officer in Madison.

Katherine P. Lloyd '88 has taken aposition as general counsel and directorof charitable planning at the HawaiiCommunity Foundation and is an adjunctprofessor at the University of Hawaii LawSchool, teaching federal income tax law.

Elizabeth M. Bruch '89 has accepted afaculty position at Valparaiso UniversityLaw School, where she will teachinternational law. Bruch has been apractitioner-in-residence at AmericanUniversity, Washington College of Law.

1990s --------Michael Boykins '90, a partner atMcDermott Will & Emery, was part of apanel for UW law students presented bythe Chicago Committee on Minorities inLarge Law Firms.

Roberta Cordano '90, formerly an

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assistant attorney general in Minnesotaand now director of disability servicesat the University of Minnesota, hasreceived the Hubert H. Humphrey PublicLeadership Award from the university forher contributions to the common goodthrough public leadership and service.Cordano co-founded two bicultural/bilingual schools for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deaf-blind children.

Mark R. Sewell '90 has been promotedto shareholder in DeWitt Ross & Stevens,Madison's largest law firm. Sewell focuseson estates, real estate, and business law.

Lynne Boehringer '91 has been namedto the health care sector and legalpractice of TMP Worldwide ExecutiveSearch, Inc. in Chicago.

Lisa Keys '92, a partner at King &Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia, is the chair-elect of the board of Planned Parenthoodof Georgia. She practices technology law.

J. Timothy Lovett '92 has joined theMilwaukee office of DeWitt Ross &Stevens. Lovett practices in the areas ofland use, zoning, and development law.

Marcia MacKenzie '92 has been appointedcorporation counsel for Dane County.

Aurene M. Martin '93, a member ofthe Bad River Band of Lake SuperiorChippewa, has been named actingassistant secretary of Indian affairs bySecretary of the Interior Gale Norton.

Jennifer Mirus '93 has been nameda partner in the Boardman Law Firm,Madison, where she practices employmentand health law.

Marta Meyers '93 has joined theBoardman Law Firm in Madison. Shewill practice in the areas of family law,commercial litigation, trust and estatelitigation, and guardianships.

Arthur Gollwitzer '94 has been nameda partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago,where he practices intellectual propertyand commercial litigation.

Pamela Krill '94 has been named apartner in the Madison office of Godfrey& Kahn. Krill is a member of the securitiesteam.

Warren Nelson '94, a partner in theIrvine, California, office of Fisher andPhillips, practices labor law for the firm.

Shannon B. Farrell '95 has been swornin by the U.S. Foreign Service. She hasbeen assigned to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Farrell was previously with Foley & Lardner.

Shawn D. Guse '95, a member of theMadison office of Quarles & Brady, hasbeen selected as a Fellow of theBusiness Law Section of the ABA and asa state delegate for the organization.

Theresa Hottenroth '95 has become ofcounsel to the Boardman Law Firm inMadison. She will focus on health law,administrative law, litigation, andgovernmental relations.

Steve Przesmicki '95 has become apartner at Cooley Godward in San Diego.Przesmicki practices corporate law forthe firm.

Paul W. Stenzel '95 has joined theIndian law section of Von Briesen &Roper, Milwaukee. Stenzel had been astaff attorney with the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community.

Wendy W. Citron '96 has been electeda shareholder in the Minneapolis firm ofBriggs and Morgan. Citron practices laborand employment law for health care clients.

Kevin Grossman '96 is a detective withthe Seattle Police Department's SexualAssault and Child Abuse Unit.

Kathleen Meinerz Johnston '96 hasbeen named a principal of Lake Capital,a private investment firm in Chicago.

Joseph W. Byrne '97 has been nameda partner at the Boardman Law Firm inMadison. Byrne practices in all areas ofintellectual property.

Jude Cisneros '97 has joined the SanFrancisco firm Kenney & Markowitz,where he tries cases in business andcommercial law.

Mark Grapentine '97 is the newlegislative counsel for the WisconsinMedical Society in Madison.

CLASS NOTES

Anthony J. Lucchesi '00

Christopher M. Toner '02

Michael E. Martinez '97

Rachel N. Schepp '03

Laurel A. Kent '02

Jennifer Mirus '93

Marta Meyers '93

Paul W. Stenzel '95

Shawn D. Guse '95

Joseph W. Byrne '97

Marta Kline Chou '03 has joined Robins,Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi as an associate inthe firm's Minneapolis office.

Angeles County Public Defender's office.Jane Hong '01, an associate at KattenMuchin in Chicago, was part of a panelfor UW law students presented by theChicago Committee on Minorities inLarge Law Firms.

Laurel A. Kent '02 has joined Balisle &Roberson in Madison, where she willpractice family law, probate and estatelaw, and appellate litigation.

Noleta Jansen '03 has joined theMilwaukee office of Whyte HirschboeckDudek, where she will be a member ofthe trusts and estates practice group.

Christopher M. Toner '02 has joined theGreen Bay, Wisconsin, firm of Metzlerand Hager. Toner will practice businessand civil litigation, employment law,municipal/zoning law, and landlord/tenant law.

Eric S. Grodsky '02 has joined the Cleve-land office of Calfee, Halter & Griswold,where he will do business litigation.

Traci L. McClellan '01 has joined theNational Indian Health Board as itslegislative director. She is an enrolledcitizen of the Cherokee Nation and special-izes in federal Indian law and policy.

Erik R. Guenther '02 has received theVolunteer Attorney of the Year awardfrom the American Civil Liberties Union.He has also received the Racine JournalTimes Award for "making a difference inRacine County." Guenther is an associateat Hostak, Henzl & Bichler in Racine,where he practices business andemployment law and employmentdiscrimination litigation.

Kristin A. Rozum '03 has joined Stellato& Schwartz in Chicago. She will practicecivil litigation defense.

Rachel N. Schepp '03 has joinedvon Briesen & Roper, Milwaukee, whereshe will be a part of the general litigationand risk-management practice group.

Send your news to ereisner@wisc.edu.

Nia Enemuoh- Trammell '98 has beenappointed to the city of Madison's EqualOpportunities Commission. Trammell is alitigation associate in the Madison officeof Michael Best & Friedrich.

Kayla K. Hiller '97 has become a partnerat Nowlan & Mouat in Janesville. Hillerconcentrates in business, real estate,municipal, and estate planning.

M. Elizabeth Winters '97 has beennamed a shareholder at DeWitt Ross &Stevens. Winters devotes her practice tocommercial litigation, representing man-agement interests in employment relation-ships, and working with local government.

Jonathan S. Goodman '98 has joinedthe Chicago office of Wildman, Harrold,Allen & Dixon, where he will do litigation.

Chad Walker '99, an associate in theChicago office of Michael Best & Friedrich,was part of a panel for UW law studentspresented by the Chicago Committee onMinorities in Large Law Firms.

Michael E. Martinez '97 has beennamed a partner at Bell, Boyd & Lloyd,LLC in Chicago. He concentrates hispractice in antitrust and complexcommercial litigation.

Lisa R. Foerst '99 has joined theMadison office of Whyte HirschboeckDudek, where she will focus on businessand corporate matters.

20008Anthony J. Lucchesi '00 joined Balisle& Roberson in Madison, where he willpractice family law, probate and estatelaw, and appellate litigation. Lucchesipreviously clerked for Judge CharlesDykman, Wisconsin Court of Appeals,and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley,Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Stuart Kim '99, an attorney in thelegal regulatory department of AbbottLaboratories in Abbott Park, Illinois,recently won the "Let It Ride" pokertournament in Las Vegas, defeating 450other hopefuls.

Stephanie Bedi '01 has been appointedas a deputy public defender with the Los

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CLASS NOTES-REUNIONS

Save the DateFor Your

Reunion Weekend!

If you are a member of any ofthe graduating classes listedbelow, it's time to save theweekend of September 3-4,2004, for your class reunion.

This year's reunion classesare 1954, 1959, 1964, 1969,1974,1979,1984,1994,and1999.

Events will include:• CLE program on ethics

• tailgate before the "Hall ofFame Game," featuring theBadgers against the Universityof Central Florida's GoldenKnights

• individual class dinners

• and a reception for all classes.

It's not too early to beginencouraging your classmates toattend, too. Please visit thereunion Web site during the nextfew months for event updatesand individual registration infor-mation: www.law.wisc.edu/alum ni/reun ion/i ndex. htm.

If you would like to be amember of your class committeeor to have more information onreunion events, contact LynnThompson, reunion eventmanager, at the UW LawSchool's Office of ContinuingEducation and Outreach at: (608)262-4915 or bye-mail atLFThomp1@wisc.edu.

The Law School's September 2003 classreunions brought approximately 400 partici-pants to reconnect with friends and professorsfrom Law School days. From the CLE programon ethics to the individual class dinners andtailgate party for the Badgers (who won theirgame against the North Carolina Tar Heels38-27), the weekend provided numerousopportunities for getting back in touch.

Several Law School professors madeguest appearances to speak at class dinners.Chuck Irish spoke to the Class of 1953;Larry Church spoke at his own class reuniondinner (1963); Jane Schacter-Class of 1968;Frank Tuerkheimer-Class of 1973; StewartMacaulay-Class of 1978; and Dean Ken Davisachieved the feat of visiting all of the dinners.

Chairs for the reunion classes were:Francis Croak, Sheldon Lubar, and WalterRaushenbush (Class of 1953); Richard Olson,George Stephan, and James Vance (Class of1958); William Eich and Timothy Frautschi(Class of 1963); Jeffrey Bartell, David Hanson,and John Kramer (Class of 1968); BruceLoring and Howard Pollack (Class of 1973);David Charne and Gretchen Viney (Class of1978); Meg Gaines and Sylvan Sobel (Class of1983); Kelly and Michael Grebe, andStephanie and Gregory Monday (Class of1993); and Sonja Larson Carter and ChrisDickerson (Class of 1998).

Reunion Weekend 2003 photos by Jay Salvo

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