The Wisconsin Law Journal has named its 2012 Leaders in the Law. The attorneys and judges selected have demonstrated their outstanding leadership, vision and legal expertise in Wisconsin’s law community. Honorees were chosen based on a wide variety of achievement criteria, including outstanding leadership, vision and legal expertise.
The honorees will be recognized at an awards ceremony and dinner Feb. 16 at the Milwaukee Hilton City Center.
They also will be profiled in a special awards magazine put out by the Wisconsin Law Journal.
For information about the event, please contact Sarah McQuin, Special Projects Editor, at 414-225-1814 or sarah.mcquin@wislawjournal.com.
The 2012 Leaders in the Law are:
Samuel Benedict — Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office
Ellen Berz — Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office
Robert Burns — Davis & Kuelthau SC
Brian Butler — Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
Michael Cohen — Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols SC
J. Michael End — End, Hierseman & Crain LLC
Michael Fox — Fox & Fox SC
Barbara Graham — Catholic Charities Legal Services for Immigrants
Jerome Grzeca — Grzeca Law Group SC
Michael Hatch — Foley & Lardner LLP
Molly Jasmer — Waukesha County Corporation Counsel
Christopher Krawczyk — Kravit Hovel & Krawczyk SC
Roger LeGrand — Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission
Michael Maistelman — Maistelman & Associates LLC
Michael McCauley — Quarles & Brady LLP
Maureen McGinnity — Foley & Lardner LLP
Steven Nelson — von Briesen & Roper SC
Jeffrey Pitman — Pitman, Kyle, Sicula & Dentice SC
Kevin St. John — Wisconsin Department of Justice
Hon. Maryann Sumi — Dane County Circuit Court
Deanna Weiss — Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc.
Hon. Maxine Aldridge White — Milwaukee County Circuit Court
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT:
Gerald Kahn — Godfrey & Kahn SC
Steve Kailas — Kohner Mann & Kailas SC
