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Spring 2015 Volume 1 Messenger MBA Judges Night 2015 PERMIT NO. 3207 NO. PERMIT MILWAUKEE, WI MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3746 WI Milwaukee, PAID 424 E. Wells St. Wells E. 424 U.S. POSTAGE U.S. Milwaukee Bar Association Bar Milwaukee PRSRT STD PRSRT Messenger 1 Regular Features Contents 4 Letter From the Editor Spring 2015 • Volume 1 5 Member News 5 Volunteer Spotlight In This Issue: 6 Message From the President 8 CLE Calendar 4 MBA Membership Events 8 New Members 4 Needed: Law Day Volunteers 21 Pro Bono Corner 4 Annual Milwaukee Justice Center Campaign Is Around the Corner 22 Classified 6 MBA Seeks Candidates for Office and Award Nominations Be Part of the Messenger Please send your articles, editorials, or 7 New Leadership to Take MJC Forward anecdotes to [email protected] or by Justin A. Metzger, Milwaukee Justice Center mail them to Editor, Milwaukee Bar Association, 424 East Wells Street, 7 Virtual Money Is the Next Challenge Under the Trust Account Rule Milwaukee, WI 53202. We look forward by Attorney Dean R. Dietrich, Ruder Ware to hearing from you! 9 Charlotte Bleistein: A Career Full of Firsts and Built to Last If you would like to participate, we have seats available on the Messenger 10 Unjust Enrichment: Recovery Against Landlord for Services to Tenant and Against Owner Committee. Please contact James for Services to General Contractor Temmer, [email protected]. by Attorney Willis J. Zick The MBA Messenger is published quarterly by the Milwaukee Bar 11 Another Successful Year for MBA’s Law & Technology Conference 12 Judges Night 2015 14 A Foodie Goes to Judges Night by Michael Shapiro-Barr, Drinker Biddle & Reath 15 Revisiting Judicial Compensation by Honorable Mary M. Kuhnmuench, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Association, Inc., 424 East Wells Street, 16 Prohibiting Protestors From Entering Courthouse Raises Constitutional Concerns Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. by Attorney Ray Dall’Osto, Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown Telephone: 414-274-6760 E-mail: [email protected] 17 Judge Ralph Adam Fine: A Remembrance by Attorney Shelley A. Grogan, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District I The opinions stated herein are not necessarily those of the Milwaukee Bar 17 MBA Memorial Service Set for May 29 Association, Inc., or any of its directors, officers, or employees. The information 18 “Presumptively Void” Bequests to Caregivers: Should Illinois’ Recent Law Be Replicated Here? presented in this publication should by Attorney Carol J. Wessels, Wessels Law Office not be construed as formal legal advice or the formation of a lawyer-client 19 The Milwaukee County Drug Court: An Overview of Its Programs and Goals relationship. All manuscripts submitted by Lucy Kelly, Library Associate, Milwaukee County Legal Resource Center will be reviewed for possible publication. The editors reserve the right to edit all 19 Tosa West Students Win Eighth Straight State “We the People” Competition material for style and length. Advertising and general information concerning this publication are available from Britt 21 Pamela Pepper Appointed as Eastern District’s First Woman District Judge Wegner, telephone 414-276-5931. by Honorable Margaret D. McGarity, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin Messenger 3 Letter From the Editor MBA Officers, Board of Directors, and Staff his time around, And, hey, maybe it’s not such a bad idea for the Messenger the editor to put a cork in it for a change. This Executive Committee approached its editor, anyway. Ergo, I commend to you our David G. Peterson, President T landing on your desk convenient Table of Contents. Marcia F. Drame, President-Elect so stuffed with timely content that a full-length We hope you enjoy this issue of the Messenger, Andrew J. Wronski, Vice President LFTE would have turned and consider this: next time I talk at ya, it’ll be Patricia A. Hintz, Secretary/Treasurer it into a crash landing. baseball season. Yes! Charles Barr, Editor Beth E. Hanan, Past President Thus, you might say I was politely invited to eject from the aircraft. —C.B. Directors Shannon A. Allen Fox, O’Neill & Shannon Honorable Timothy G. Dugan MBA Needed: Milwaukee County Circuit Court Membership Law Day Volunteers Matthew Robert Falk Law Day 2015 is right around the corner, and Falk Legal Group Events the Milwaukee Bar Association is seeking Nadelle Grossman volunteers for its free walk-in legal clinics. On Marquette University Law School Thursday, February 26 Saturday, May 9, Milwaukee-area libraries will host the free clinics, which offer a one-on-one Ann S. Jacobs 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. meeting with an attorney to any interested Jacobs Injury Law Wisconsin Club Appetizers and cash bar member of the public. These meetings will Maria L. Kreiter provide information and referrals appropriate Godfrey & Kahn for each individual’s legal situation. We are Jazz in the Park currently seeking volunteers from 10:00 – 2:00 Susan E. Lovern Open Houses von Briesen & Roper at various libraries in Milwaukee. Kickoff event: Thursday, June 4 Thomas H. Reed 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Please contact Britt Wegner at 414-276-5931 State Public Defender, Milwaukee Criminal Wine and appetizers or [email protected] if you are interested Trial Office in participating. Honorable Maxine Aldridge White Milwaukee County Circuit Court MBA Staff Annual Milwaukee Justice James D. Temmer, Executive Director Katy Borowski, Director of Projects Center Campaign Is Around Sabrina Nunley, Director of Continuing the Corner Legal Education The MBA Foundation’s Annual Milwaukee The MJC assisted more than 10,000 needy Dorothy Protz, Accountant Justice Center Campaign will run from individuals in 2014 due to the generosity Molly Staab, Office Manager March 23 to April 3. It’s easy to help sustain of our donors. Please help us continue our Britt Wegner, Director, Lawyer Referral & the MBA’s signature public service project, a commitment to improve access to justice in Information Service unique, award-winning model that has put Milwaukee. our legal community on the national pro bono Milwaukee Justice Center Staff map. Visit the MBA’s website, www.milwbar. P.S.: You can make donations any time the spirit is willing and the credit card or Mary Ferwerda, Executive Director org., and click on Milwaukee Justice Center to donate. checkbook is at hand. March 23 to April 3 is Angela D. Cunningham, Legal Director merely when we bug you about it. Omar Mallick, Attorney Supervisor Contact Information The Mobile Legal Clinic team accepts Milwaukee Bar Association, Inc. the State Bar of Wisconsin’s “Top 5 Legal 424 East Wells Street Innovator” Award at the December meeting Milwaukee, WI 53202 of the State Bar Board of Governors. From Phone: 414-274-6760 left, Mike Gonring, Frank Daily, Dawn Fax: 414-274-6765 Caldart, Angela Schultz, and Mary Ferwerda. www.milwbar.org 4 Spring 2015 Quarles & Brady announced the selection of Katherine Maloney Perhach as the Milwaukee office Member News managing partner effective January 1, 2015. She succeeds Kathryn M. Buono, who is joining Briggs & Stratton Corporation as Vice President, Secretary, and Francis W. Deisinger of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren and Kevin J. General Counsel. Lyons of Davis & Kuelthau have been nominated to run for the office of president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Reinhart Boerner Katherine Maloney Perhach Van Deuren Davis & Kuelthau announced that William A. Jennaro has joined the announced that firm’s Litigation Practice in its Milwaukee office. His practice primarily five of the firm’s attorneys have focuses on mediation and arbitration. been named shareholders: James D. Borchardt and Gordon M. Wright in the Intellectual Property Practice, James D. Borchardt Gordon M. Wright Hupy and Robert S. Driscoll in the Labor and Abraham Employment Practice, Jennifer L. announced that Naeger in the Litigation Practice Thomas W. and as chair of the firm’s Food and Kyle and Terese Beverage Law Practice Group, and Halfmann have Mindy Foss Rice in the Banking joined the firm. and Finance Practice. The firm also Both concentrate welcomed Robert J. Heinrich as a their practices partner in its Banking and Finance Thomas W. Kyle Terese Halfmann Anne Saghir in nursing home Practice. abuse. Robert S. Driscoll Jennifer L. Naeger The firm The firm also announced the hire of Anne Saghir. She concentrates in welcomed personal injury matters at the firm’s Madison office. Albert Ortiz as an associate in its Banking and Petrie & Stocking announced that John C. Thomure, Finance Practice. Jr. has joined the firm. He concentrates his practice in general corporate matters, real estate transactions, and import and export control laws. Wisconsin Association for Albert Ortiz Mindy Foss Rice Robert J. Heinrich Justice has elected Ann S. Jacobs of Jacobs Injury Law as its 2015 President. Benjamin S. Wagner of Habush, Habush & Rottier was elected Vice-President. John C. Thomure, Jr. in family and criminal law. He has presented programs throughout the Milwaukee community on topics such as how juveniles can Volunteer Spotlight avoid putting themselves at risk, and how the elderly should plan for Richard Hart their well-being. He has spoken to school groups on constitutional law, criminal law, and family law; and has presented CLE seminars on criminal law issues for the State Public Defender Office and the ichard Hart graduated from Marquette Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. University Law School in 1977 and has been in private practice in Milwaukee ever since. R The Governor’s Office, the City of Milwaukee Common Council, and Richard has a general practice that concentrates the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors have each declared a in family law, criminal defense, probate, and real “Richard H. Hart Day” in recognition of his volunteer activities and estate. He practices with his son Eric and his long service to youth sports organizations in the community.