FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 1, 2015
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle M. Friedman
262-754-2877 / mmf@dewittross.com
MADISON – DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C. today announced Lori A. Hickman was promoted to partner effective January 1, 2015. Hickman, who joined the firm in 2006, practices in the areas of Family Law, Guardianship and Trust & Estates.
“Lori is a very enthusiastic and skilled member of our firm. We are pleased to promote her to Partner,” said Bradley C. Fulton, the firm’s President & Managing Partner.
Lori represents professionals, business owners, academics, students, farmers, stay-at-home parents and a variety of others in family law cases which range from challenging child custody and placement disputes to matters involving the division of family businesses, farms and other complex assets. She counsels clients in a number of areas, including divorce, adoption, domestic partnership, guardianships and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She is also trained in family law mediation.
Hickman is also known for her experience petitioning for guardianships of minors as well as incompetent adults. The guardianship cases that she has handled to-date range from straightforward requests for the appointment of a guardian to more complex guardianship issues, including requests to review the conduct of an existing guardian, requests to transfer an out-of-state guardianship to Wisconsin, requests for protective placement and requests for protective services, such as the involuntary administration of psychotropic medications.
She earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and her B.A., with honors, from the University of Wisconsin. Hickman is a member of the Dane Country Bar Association and serves on its Case Mediation Committee. A resident of Madison, she is admitted to practice by the State Bar of Wisconsin and is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.
About DeWitt
DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., including its affiliate DeWitt Mackall Crounse & Moore S.C., is one of the ten largest law firms based in Wisconsin, with an additional presence in Minnesota. It has more than 100 attorneys practicing in Madison and Metropolitan Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a variety of legal areas and has the experience to service clients of all scopes and sizes. The firm is known for its work in several areas, including corporate law, employment, environmental, employee benefits, government relations, health care, litigation, real estate, tax, estate planning, family law, personal injury, intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyright law.
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