Gargoyle

From Soldier to Student: Veterans at UW Law School

INSIDE: • What I’m Doing with My Law Degree • How I Got Here: Frank Tuerkheimer’s Story

volume 35 no. 2 Summer 2012 Fall 2012 September has always meant “back to school.” Class Reunion Weekend No matter how long it’s been since you were a law student, we invite you to come back and reconnect with the school and your classmates.

Friday and Saturday Ten classes are planning reunions on this weekend: September 21 and 22, 2012 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2007. law.wisc.edu/alumni/reunion Come visit our reunion website at law.wisc.edu/ alumni/reunion, where you can click on your class year to find more details about your reunion.

It’s not too early to begin planning — and encouraging friends to attend as well!

The 2012 reunions will feature: • Opportunities to meet and visit with Dean Margaret Raymond • Badger football against the University of Texas-El Paso Miners, with pregame tailgate party • Free CLE ethics program • Grand reception for all classes at the Law School • Individual class dinners at select Madison locations Gargoyle

Summer 2012 Volume 35, No. 2

14 From Combat to Classroom Four veterans share how military service has enhanced and guided their legal studies. Why Gargoyle? n 1963, when the existing Law School was demolished to make way for a new Ibuilding, Law School Dean George Young 20 What I’m Doing with My Law found and rescued a sandstone gargoyle from Degree the rubble. This figure and its departed twin had sat on the roof of the 1893 building for One degree, many paths. From public service to almost 70 years. While one of the pair had technology start-ups, four graduates demonstrate perished in its fall, the second had landed how legal education served as a launching pad unscathed. into fascinating careers. That rescued gargoyle, which is now permanently installed in the Law School’s atrium, gives its name to this magazine, representing the indomitable strength and 24 How I Got Here: Frank Tuerkheimer spirit of our University of Wisconsin Law The innovative professor’s path included stops School and its many graduates. For an illustrated history of the along the way as a Watergate prosecutor and Law School’s gargoyle, see law.wisc.edu/ U.S. Attorney. about/lore/gargoyle.htm.

The Gargoyle is the alumni magazine of the University of Wisconsin Law School, 975 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706-1399. 2 A Dean’s View It is funded by private donations. 4 Student Life Editor: Karen Koethe 7 News [email protected] 29 Alumni Activities Please stay in touch: Jini Jasti 34 Profiles in Giving Assistant Dean of Alumni Relations [email protected] 36 Class Notes 38 In Memoriam Campus Adviser/Art Direction: Niki Denison/Colleen O’Hara 40 Photo Finish Wisconsin Alumni Association

Cover photo by Andy Manis A DEAN’S VIEW

Distinctive Strengths Define Us, Even in Challenging Times NICK WILKES

his is my first Dean’s View had an opportunity to engage in column, and I write it in experiential learning by participating what is unquestionably a in one of our criminal and civil live- Tchallenging time for legal educa- client clinics. Another 48 students tion. The employment market for engaged in a sophisticated, semester- lawyers has yet to recover from the long simulation course — our ongo- economic downturn, the national ing Lawyering Skills program — to press seems to have singled out prepare them for general practice. legal education for special critique, and other law schools (not ours) Our Commitment to are being sued in large numbers Excellent Value based on claims that they did not Critics also argue that law school provide accurate information about costs too much. But the Wisconsin the employment prospects of their Law School has always been a public graduates. One might say (and some institution with a strong commit- have) that this is a crazy time to ment to access. The law school still become a law school dean. offers a top-quality program for But I don’t say anything of the an excellent value. This year, our kind. On the contrary, I think it’s in-state tuition was $19,684. That’s a tremendously exciting time to be a very significant commitment for at the University of Wisconsin Law anyone, but it keeps legal educa- School. We have three distinctive tion in the realm of the possible for “This is an exciting time to be involved in strengths that have always made many. Out-of-state tuition is a larger legal education, but a challenging one us who we are, and that continue challenge, but is still competitive as well. Maintaining our core strengths to define us. These strengths speak relative to our peers. and our values requires commitment, directly to the critiques that others Our Commitment to Justice it requires focus, and it requires team- offer about legal education. They make me very proud to be the law Last of all, some say that legal work. It also requires financial support.” school’s dean. education has lost its way, that it has lost its commitment to fundamental Our Commitment to issues of justice. But that is not the Hands-On Learning case here. We are a community with Critics of legal education argue shared, profoundly held values. One that law schools should offer more is that a diverse learning environ- diverse experiential-learning op- ment benefits all of the participants portunities, so that law students can in it. Another is that, in studying emerge from law school “practice law, we should think not only about ready” and hit the ground running. how law works in the abstract, but However, the Wisconsin Law School how it affects people in the real has always maintained a commit- world. A third is that it is possible ment to providing an extraordinary to offer a rigorous and demanding breadth and depth of opportunities course of study without creating an for hands-on learning, both in the oppressive and harsh environment. context of live-client clinics and so- Last, and perhaps most significantly, phisticated simulation. In fact, this we share a belief in the power of last year, more than 200 students legal education to transform lives.

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As I travel the state and the country JEFF MILLER, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS and talk to our graduates, I hear many inspiring stories of families, careers, and individuals transformed by their legal training at Wisconsin. I hope someday to hear your story.

Your Commitment and Support This is an exciting time to be involved in legal education, but a challenging one as well. Maintaining our core strengths and our values requires commitment, it requires focus, and it requires teamwork. It also requires financial support. Attracting students, limiting their debt, and supporting the variety of activities that make for an engaged, demanding, and cutting-edge twenty-first-century legal education costs money. Your contribution, of whatever size, helps us to provide for the next generation of UW law students the transformative experi- ence you had. If you are already a donor, thank you! If you are not, please consider a gift this year using the enclosed gift card. I have had a wonderful year meeting UW law graduates, and I’m eager to do more. If you plan to be in Madison and would like to stop by and say hello in person, please be in touch.

Warmly,

Dean Margaret Raymond — Dean Margaret Raymond

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 3 STUDENT LIFE

Our Wisconsin law students are a remarkable group. We thought our alumni would like to get to know some of them and learn about their unique stories. In this issue, we’ve profiled three students, but it was hard to choose.

Lauren Powell ’13 Hometown: Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

NICK WILKES Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois

Undergraduate Major: Political Science

action. I would send the constitu- sonal jurisdiction. “E-commerce is ent a laminated copy to say, ‘We’ve expanding and changing our lives, noticed your hard work, and we and it could benefit from some legal appreciate it.’” scholarship,” Lauren says. “There By her junior year, Lauren was are no personal jurisdiction tests evaluating whether to apply to grad tailored to the Internet. eBay has its school or law school. A summer own dispute resolution, but it’s very shadowing a lawyer seemed invalu- limited. I am proposing an online able for the decision ahead, but legal procedure where you could go Lauren did not know any lawyers. online and litigate disputes among “I got out the phone book and start- recreational retailers and buyers with t the University of Illinois, ed calling at the letter A. I got a lot a virtual magistrate facilitating the ALauren Powell majored in of ‘No, thank yous,’ but I kept going process. I hope my comment will political science and won a seat on until I reached Alfred Ivy.” He invited create a discussion.” the student senate, where she served her for an interview and offered her Lauren has been accepted to the on the cultural and minority student a paid position to organize his office Judicial Internship Program and will affairs committee. The assignment and sit in on client interviews and be interning with the Chief Justice of was rife with conflict, because the meetings. Lauren got what she was the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the campus was rocked by a dispute looking for: a sense of what it takes to coming fall semester. Last summer, over its mascot, Chief Illiniwek. “It be a lawyer, along with the confidence Lauren worked with the law firm was an interesting time to be trying that she had those skills. Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis. to promote diversity and a more Lauren was drawn to the “I enjoyed my work in practice areas collaborative atmosphere on campus,” University of Wisconsin Law School like trusts and estates, corporate and she says. “One group called Chief by the combination of challenge and employment law. That experience has Illiniwek a derogatory symbol, while collaboration that she felt during her focused my interest in transactional for others it was just a harmless first visit. She has augmented that law rather than litigation.” mascot. We encouraged dialogue collaboration through her role as This summer, she will pur- by sponsoring a discussion where Community Services Coordinator sue that interest further, working students could voice their opinion.” for the Black Law Students Asso- with Sidley Austin in Chicago, Lauren also interned with ciation (BLSA). She makes sure all where President Barack Obama Illinois State Representative Naomi BLSA members fulfill their required once worked as a summer associ- Jakobsson, where she fielded phone community service hours and also ate. “They are a global firm, and calls from concerned citizens and explores new service opportunities. their clients include multinational monitored constituent successes. She helped to organize mock debates corporations and financial institu- “We always celebrated when a for the YWCA’s Girls Inc. program. tions — anything business related,” community member did something As a member of the Wisconsin says Lauren. “I’m looking forward to positive,” Lauren says. “The first Law Review, Lauren is responsible learning where my interests fit in.” thing I did each day was scan the for cite-checking and is writing a — Denise Thornton newspaper community section for comment on how the Internet and articles that highlighted community e-commerce are affecting per-

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eff Mason grew up in New Mexico coursework has helped him solve PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEFFREY MASON Jand attended college in the issues with voting privileges in the East, but no matter where he was lake district as well as tackling other living, he looked forward to spend- problems. ing each summer at his family’s “I wouldn’t have been aware cabin in the pine-scented Wisconsin of where to find the solutions if it northwoods. “Wisconsin has always hadn’t been for the instruction I’ve felt like home to me,” Jeff says. received at the Law School,” Jeff As a first-year student at UW explains. Law School, Jeff is already apply- Before law school, Jeff worked ing his law school lessons in the as a professional equine and events Wisconsin northwoods through his photographer for a year after earn- position as chair of the Long Lake ing his undergraduate degree in of Phelps Lake District. He initially history at the College of William & got involved with the lake district Mary. He says the choice to attend board through the “Loon Ranger” UW Law School was actually quite program, and he is active in building simple: “I realized I wanted a profes- loon nesting rafts, monitoring nest- sional degree and practical skill set ing sites, and educating the public that built upon my entrepreneurial about respecting the birds’ space. streak. After deciding to pursue a Jeffrey Mason ’14 The “Loon Ranger” program led to legal education, my first choice was other projects, and eventually, Jeff UW Law School because I want to Hometown: Phelps, was elected to fill a seat on the lake live and work in Wisconsin.” Wisconsin, and Los district board. The lake district con- Since joining the law school, Ranchos de Albuquerque, ducts an annual meeting of riparian Jeff has taken an interdisciplinary New Mexico owners, deals with issues concerning approach. In addition to his law invasive species and fishing, and school coursework, he is studying Undergraduate promotes wise ecological practices. photography. “Since I work as a Institution: The College Jeff says his first-year training at professional photographer and am of William & Mary the law school has already proven an pursuing studies in photography in asset to his role as chair. Familiarity the graduate school art department Undergraduate Major: with state statutes gained through at the UW, I feel that I have insights History which will help me in the area of intellectual property law,” he says. Jeff is also interested in explor- ing various legal paths that will As a first-year law student, Jeff enable him to apply his extensive is exploring various legal paths and knowledge of automobiles. His looks forward to taking courses in senior thesis focused on the history areas that particularly interest him of the Duesenberg automobile, and and will enable him to get a job he is currently a member of the UW practicing law in Wisconsin. “I am Racing Team based out of the UW’s interested in mediation and other mechanical engineering department. career opportunities which make His responsibilities for the team legal services more affordable,” he include photography, producing says. “Doing pro bono work to promotional materials, and using protect the natural environment and CAD software and a 3D CNC mill to support wise ecological practices to program and machine parts used in Wisconsin lakes will always be an in building the race car. important part of my life.”

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A Fruitful Path Leads to D.C.

By Andy Ferguson ’12 sin Representative Ron Kind (D- will prove beneficial in my role of La Crosse) and several senators continuing to expand the family s I sat in the U.S. Capitol pre- (including both Wisconsin senators) orchard. Aparing to meet with members of to discuss agricultural immigrant So, will I be leaving the orchard Congress, I couldn’t help but laugh labor, the 2012 Farm Bill, and other to pursue a career as a full-time as I realized I was only there for one issues, I was thankful to (almost) Washington lobbyist anytime soon? reason — apples. have a law degree. (Because the world needs more Growing up on an apple orchard While I wasn’t exactly a Wash- lobbyists — just like it needs more has its obvious perks. Unlimited ington insider in there, lobbying did lawyers, right?) Not likely — free free apples come to mind. Over the require a great deal of persuasion apples are a hard thing to give up. years, working at my family’s orchard and negotiation to effectively get my Despite several tempting offers from evolved from an after-school job of points across. I thought my experi- outside law firms and companies, I driving tractors and picking apples ence in the apple industry would have decided to return to the job I into a meaningful way to gain law give me all the credibility I needed truly love — as general counsel and and business experience. One perk I with members of Congress, but my director of business development for didn’t expect was the opportunity to University of Wisconsin Law School Ferguson’s Orchards. These experi- go to Washington, D.C., to lobby on education turned out to be equally ences also inspired me to found behalf of Wisconsin apple orchards. important. It allowed me to get past Agribusiness Legal Solutions, LLC, a After being selected as one of the “smile and nod at what your company that specializes in provid- twelve “Young Apple Leaders” from voting constituent is saying” phase to ing legal and business services to the across the country by the U.S. Apple more meaningful discussions. agricultural industry in Wisconsin Association earlier this year, I was Now that I have returned to and Minnesota. asked to go to Washington, D.C., Wisconsin, I have a new apprecia- Remind me to get those this March to lobby Congress on tion for how politics works behind “unlimited free apples” in writing. behalf of the national apple industry. the scenes, and I now see why so As the first leader ever to be selected many politicians have law degrees. Andy Ferguson graduated from from Wisconsin, I was excited to fi- My trip to D.C. was a great experi- UW Law in May 2012 and is nally give Wisconsin apple orchards ence, and I’m grateful to the U.S. now working at Ferguson’s Orchards a voice in the national arena. Plus, Apple Association and its sponsors in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, as well who wouldn’t want to see what lob- for sending me out there. I was as running Agribusiness Legal byists really do? fortunate to gain a national perspec- Solutions, LLC. As I met directly with Wiscon- tive on the apple industry, which

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Law School Establishes $2.5 Million Fund in Honor of John Rowe ’67, J.D.’70

xelon Corporation has marked “This gift will have a profound impact, providing a Ethe retirement of CEO and remarkable tool to help us retain our extraordinary University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty here at Wisconsin and enabling them to influence graduate John Rowe with a the next generation of lawyers. It reflects a very signifi- $500,000 gift to the Law School. cant vote of confidence in our faculty. I am very grateful Exelon made a separate, $2 to the Exelon Corporation and delighted that we million gift in late 2011 that created can honor John with named fellowships that will advance the Exelon Corporation Faculty Fellowship Fund. The two gifts will his commitment to support and enhance the intellectual now be combined and renamed the and scholarly enterprise at the Law School.” John W. Rowe Faculty Fellowship — Dean Margaret Raymond Fund for the University of Wisconsin Law School. School, and having a great faculty and enhance the intellectual and Exelon’s gifts will be used to will do just that, Raymond says. scholarly enterprise at the establish up to four new faculty “This gift will have a profound Law School.” fellowship funds, which will support impact, providing a remarkable The fund will use $1 million retaining mid-level faculty members. tool to help us retain extraordinary to start the first fellowship and $1.5 “Our hope is we can use this faculty members here at Wisconsin million to solicit matching gifts, to entice our best and brightest to and enable them to influence the with a goal of reaching $4 million stay at the Law School and continue next generation of lawyers. It reflects for faculty support. to use their talents for the benefit a very significant vote of confidence Rowe retired this year from the of the UW,” says Dean Raymond. in our faculty. I am very grateful to Chicago-based Exelon, one of the “We’d like to be competitive not just the Exelon Corporation and am nation’s largest electric utilities. He in salary, but in research support.” delighted that we can honor John received both his undergraduate and Rowe wanted the donation with named fellowships that will law degrees from UW-Madison. to have a lasting effect on the Law advance his commitment to support

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New Pro Bono Program Expands Service Opportunities for Students

The program has developed new partnerships with area attorneys at private law firms and non-profit legal service organizations, and strength- ened its ties with student organiza- tions involved in pro bono projects. The new Pro Bono Society was established to recognize the outstand- ing efforts of law students engaged in pro bono service. Students graduat- ing with a minimum number of pro Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson discusses the importance of bono service hours will be eligible pro bono work at the kickoff reception. for induction into the society at graduation. As a result, the program ro bono work performed by creating a new Pro Bono Society to has seen a marked increase in student Pattorneys as a service for the recognize student participants. participation this year. UW law public good has a long tradition in “The Pro Bono Program pro- students contributed more than American law. vides excellent opportunities for law 600 pro bono service hours. The Law School is working to students to work for the public good In September 2011, the Pro instill this sense of civic responsibility while gaining experience that could Bono Program held its annual in its students through its Pro Bono be of benefit when they go on the job kickoff reception, featuring state Program, in which law students part- market,” says Ann Zimmerman, who Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley ner with local attorneys to provide began her role as director this year. Abrahamson S.J.D.’62 and Dean service to Dane County residents. These efforts build upon the Margaret Raymond. More than Thanks to a three-year previous work of the program, led 100 law students, community renewable grant from Wisconsin by clinical professors Ben Kempinen members, faculty, and staff attended. Campus Compact’s AmeriCorps and Marsha Mansfield, who created “Since then, we’ve been moving VISTA program, the program and implemented the initiative five the ball down the field, but we has expanded, hiring two staff years ago. This year, VISTA member haven’t reached the end zone yet,” members, broadening the range Julia Zwak serves as the program says Zimmerman. of pro bono opportunities, and coordinator.

Twenty-Sixth Annual Coming Together of the Peoples Conference

he Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) Amanda Rockman ’05 discussed the importance of Thosted its 26th annual Coming Together of the the Ho-Chunk Nation’s new Healing to Wellness Peoples Conference this March. Court, a program designed to reduce recidivism and ILSA continues to host the longest student-run coordinate community support for members with conference on Indian law to advance the develop- alcohol- and drug-related convictions, as well as her ment of scholarship in Indian law. Each year, the experiences as associate judge of the Ho-Chunk conference facilitates forums, communication, and Nation Trial Court. the advancement of indigenous peoples, and fosters The conference included discussions about communication among indigenous and non-indige- domestic violence on tribal lands, non-traditional nous law students, UW students, and the UW Law uses of intellectual property law, juvenile justice, faculty and staff, as well the indigenous community membership debates and ways recognition has been and the community at large. used to influence them, and the applicability of The conference started with a drum ceremony international law to indigenous rights. and traditional prayer. Keynote speaker Judge

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Law Review Symposium Addressed Evolution of In-House and General Counsel

he practice of law has changed Tradically in the last twenty years, with the growth of many megafirms, the rise of “virtual” firms, and the outsourcing of legal services to legal “temps” domestically and to inexpensive service providers overseas. Less well known — but perhaps more impor- tant — are changes within the legal departments of businesses, the offices of in-house and general counsel. Last fall, the 2011 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium brought together an all-star cast of academ- ics and lawyers to consider this transformation. The symposium featured international experts and panels exploring such topics as the changing economics and technolo- gies of practice, how startups and entrepreneurs make use of in-house attorneys, how transnational issues affect in-house and general counsel, and more. “With practitioners and top academics in attendance, the sympo- sium made a valuable contribution to our printed journal issue,” says Liz Sanger, who, along with Nate Inglis Steinfeld, is a symposium editor on the Wisconsin Law Review. “The symposium offered an opportu- nity for students to consider large- scale changes and challenges in the profession.” The symposium also marked the Above, top: Jerome Okarma and R. Thomas Howell, Jr. ’67 discuss “The Changing public launch of the University of Economics and Division of Labor between In-House Counsel and Outside Firms.” Wisconsin’s Business Law Initiative, Above, bottom: Pam Hollenhorst ’97, Cynthia M. Fornelli, David S. Ruder ’57, and which aims to better connect faculty Nate Inglis Steinfeld ’12. and students with business lawyers in Wisconsin and beyond. The idea edge business law work,” says The initiative plans to collabo- for the initiative came about, in part, Jonathan Lipson, the UW Law rate with other Law School pro- to honor former Law School Dean School Foley & Lardner Professor grams, centers, and initiatives that Ken Davis, a renowned business law of Law and director of the Business address business law matters as part scholar, and to coordinate, promote, Law Initiative, as well as program of their mission, including the pro- and bolster the business law work chair for the symposium. “The gram in Real Estate, Land Use, and done at the school. Wisconsin Business Law Initiative Community Development and the “We have terrific teachers and seeks to continue to advance this Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic. scholars doing important, cutting- tradition.”

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Lynde B. Uihlein Gift Supports Joint Water Initiative with UW-Milwaukee University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Ms. Uihlein’s gift to increase both Housed in UW-Milwaukee’s our research and teaching capacity.” School of Freshwater Sciences and Last year, a $2.6 million gift from approved last summer, the center Uihlein funded an endowed chair and takes an interdisciplinary approach center director. Recruitment continues to research and the development for that position, which is expected to of policies that conserve, protect, be filled by this summer. and restore the planet’s freshwater The center will also link with resources. other major water policy develop- Melissa Scanlan was named the ment centers, such as those in Stock- Water Law and Policy Scholar at holm and Singapore, to provide both institutions. She is carrying an international context for policy out joint research and teaching in development. water law and policy, connecting “In the field of water policy, the programs and faculty at both the law has often framed the avail- schools. Scanlan brings an interdis- able policy options,” Raymond says. ciplinary background in water law, “This interdisciplinary collaboration Water Law and Policy Scholar Melissa science, policy, and management. could have wide-ranging implica- Scanlan “This collaboration is a chance tions for how we deal with failing ynde B. Uihlein launched a to address pressing questions in the water infrastructure, beach closings, Ltwo-year pilot program to bring area of water law and policy,” says and our national goal of providing the expertise of the University of Dean Margaret Raymond. “We ‘fishable, swimmable’ waters for Wisconsin Law School to the new are very excited to be working future generations.” Center for Water Policy at the with the center, and we appreciate

Wisconsin Innocence Project Receives $1 Million in Federal Grants

he U.S. Department of Justice Project screens applications, inves- a new Wisconsin Innocence Project Trecently awarded two grants to tigates, and advocates on behalf of attorney, in the State Public Defend- the Wisconsin Innocence Project wrongfully convicted clients. The er’s Office to help screen cases for at the University of Wisconsin Law new funding will allow the program potential sources of DNA evidence School’s Frank J. Remington Center. to continue and to expand its work that can be used to prove innocence Together, the two grants total more advocating for wrongly convicted early in the litigation process. The than $1 million. individuals in cases where both new funding will also cover the costs of The most recent grant, a part DNA evidence and other non-DNA consultation with DNA experts and of the Postconviction DNA Testing evidence supports the convicted allow the program to continue the Assistance Program sponsored by individual’s claim of innocence. work of three faculty attorneys hired the National Institute of Justice, “This money reflects both the under a previous Department of awarded $778,329 to the Wiscon- Department of Justice’s commit- Justice grant. sin Office of Justice Assistance to ment to determining the accuracy According to Findley, the disburse to the Wisconsin Innocence of criminal law outcomes, and its collaboration with the State Public Project. The previous grant, awarded trust in the Wisconsin Innocence Defender’s Office, in particular, rep- in August 2011, provided $249,901 Project’s effectiveness as a program,” resents an innovative new approach through the Bureau of Justice says Keith Findley, co-director of to using DNA and the lessons from Assistance Wrongful Conviction the project. the innocence movement to prevent Review Program. The funding allows the project to or catch wrongful convictions The Wisconsin Innocence expand by placing Caitlin Plummer, sooner, rather than later.

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Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom Visits Law School

obel Laureate Elinor Ostrom Scanlan, as well as UW experts in Nvisited the UW Law School’s business, economics, and freshwater Program in Real Estate, Land Use, science. The panel discussed how law and Community Development to and policies in their fields should participate in a panel discussion address common property. Professor about issues surrounding her area of Thomas Mitchell, director of the expertise — common-pool resources. Program in Real Estate, Land Use, The term refers to natural- or human- and Community Development, made resources — such as forests, moderated the panel discussion. fisheries, oil fields, aquifers, and the “The program was honored to global climate system — that face sponsor a panel discussion with depletion due to competing demands Professor Ostrom,” says Mitchell. by multiple users. Ostrom’s work “Her work on common-pool Dr. Elinor Ostrom and Professor looks at how humans and ecosystems resources is groundbreaking and Thomas Mitchell are inseparable, and how they must be provides a great example of the kind managed to retain long-term benefits of contribution that ‘law in action’ Development also administers for the well-being of humans. She research can make in terms of the Real Estate Law Certificate won the Nobel Prize in Economics in advancing knowledge and challeng- (a curricular concentration) and 2009, becoming the first woman ever ing widely held assumptions about sponsors externships and internships to win that distinguished award. how legal regimes work.” for students interested in real estate, The panel included law profes- The Program in Real Estate, land use, and community sor Neil Komesar and scholar Melissa Land Use, and Community development.

Erlanger, Shear Named UW Law School Teachers of the Year

Two individuals have been honored by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association (WLAA) with the 2011 Teacher of the Year awards in recognition of outstanding instruction at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Howard Erlanger was chosen as Leslie Shear has been named the Teacher of the Year from among all Law School’s 2011 Clinical Teacher eligible professors at the Law School of the Year. She has been the by a poll of the three most recent director of the Frank J. Remington classes (excluding the graduating Center’s Family Law Project since class). Erlanger is Voss-Bascom August 2001. Shear joined the Law Professor Howard Erlanger Professor of Law and Professor of School clinical faculty after more Sociology at UW, where he has been than twelve years in private practice on the faculty since 1971. He is the with the Madison firm Murphy recipient of a number of awards for Desmond, S.C., where her practice his teaching and research, including emphasized family law, including the Emil Steiger Award for divorce, child custody and place- Distinguished Teaching from ment, child support, and property UW-Madison, the Underkofler and debt division. In 2001, she was Award for Distinguished Teaching recognized by Madison Magazine from the UW System, and the Stan as one of the 10 best family law Wheeler Mentorship Award from attorneys. the Law and Society Association. Professor Leslie Shear

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New Dual-Degree Programs Incorporate Public Health and Neuroscience wo new dual-degree programs, responsibility, and with the proper aspects of the legal system, such as TJD-Master of Public Health balance between governmental the importance of personal responsi- (JD-MPH) and Neuroscience and responsibility and individual rights. bility, courts are grappling with how Law (JD-PhD), address the grow- Public health practice often draws to handle new kinds of evidence. ing importance of public health and on a broad spectrum of laws, Neural imaging and other neuroscience as legal and public including constitutions, legislative new neuro-technologies, such as policy issues. Both programs launch enactments, and regulations, and brain implantation for therapeutic in fall 2012. has played a significant role in many purposes, may influence legal deter- The JD-MPH provides students public health achievements, from minations of competence. Courts with an opportunity to integrate tobacco control to motor-vehicle are confronting the question of legal and public health education, safety. whether to admit results from brain gaining a broad understanding of A new, integrated, dual-degree imaging as evidence of lying, and the intersection between law and program in neuroscience and law law enforcement professionals are public health professions. offers students the opportunity to considering using such technology “The legal aspects of public earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience and for screening and surveillance. health are significant, and there is a J.D. “These programs enable law a growing, critical need for profes- “The program in Neuroscience students interested in the intersec- sionals trained both in law and and Law will train neuroscientists tion of law and health care, or public health,” says Sarah Davis, who also are competent in the law law and neuroscience, to prepare co-director of the JD-MPH Dual- and prepare them to address the themselves to address a complex and Degree Program. “The integrated many important legal, scientific, and rapidly growing field,“ says Dean curriculum prepares students for public policy issues at the intersec- Margaret Raymond. “They also public-health law externships and tion of neuroscience and law,” says enable us to leverage the university: résumé-building experiences while Ronald Kalil, director of the UW- our dual-degree students now can they are in school, synthesizing their Madison Neuroscience and Public call upon the extraordinary resources specialized skill set more efficiently Policy Program, which will adminis- of UW-Madison to build unique than if they pursued each degree in ter the new dual-degree option. portfolios that will enable them to tandem.” Even as recent advances in serve their clients and help solve Public health law is concerned neuroscience call into question some of our society’s most pressing with federal and state power and many assumptions underlying concerns.”

International Law Symposium Examined Renewable Energies

he opportunities and challenges of international efforts thus far, the Tencountered in the develop- development of alternative fuels is ment of renewable energies to offset another important policy response climate change was the subject of to climate change.” the Wisconsin International Law Through the keynote address Journal 2012 Symposium held on and three panel discussions, the campus this March. symposium titled “Renewable “Climate change is considered Energy and Climate Change: as one of the main challenges to Opportunities and Challenges” this generation’s policymakers and examined renewable energy in the scholars, with potential impacts on United States and in other countries. generations to come,” says third-year The keynote address was delivered Symposium organizers Jamie law student Stephanie Chase, one of by Professor David Freestone, Konopacky and Stephanie Chase the symposium’s organizers. “While professorial lecturer in law at the reduction of greenhouse gas George Washington University. emissions has been the main focus He was formerly the chief counsel

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between United States scholarly work to clarify, In Brief nationals and foreign modernize, and otherwise governments. improve the law. The insti- PEOPLE Lawyer Awards for 2012 by tute drafts, discusses, revises, ◆ Students Rachel Cychosz, and publishes restatements ◆ Professor Asifa Quraishi- The Nonprofit Organiza- Amanda Grady, Francisco of the law, model statutes, Landes has received a tions Committee of the Riojas, Lindsay Rosenquist and principles of law that fellowship from the John American Bar Association, Burns, and Daniel Spirn are enormously influential Simon Guggenheim Business Law Section. have been selected as in the courts and legisla- Memorial Foundation. ◆ Professor Anuj Desai Presidential Management tures, as well as in legal The prestigious award will was confirmed this March Fellows. Fellows work scholarship and education. support progress on a book as a member of the Foreign throughout the executive manuscript that seeks to Claims Settlement Com- branch in departments ◆ Mary Barnard Ray, who articulate a way out of the mission, a federal-level ranging from Veterans recently retired as a legal current conflict between commission overseeing Affairs to Health and writing specialist at UW secularism and Islamism in such things as claims aris- Human Services. Law School, received an Muslim-majority countries. ing out of terrorist acts. AALS section award for ◆ Professor Shubha Ghosh “significant lifetime contri- ◆ Professor Mark Sidel The commission is an has been elected to the bution to the field of legal was named the Outstand- independent, quasi-judicial American Law Institute, writing, reasoning, and ing Academic Award agency in the United States Department of Justice an independent U.S. research.” Recipient in the annual organization that produces Outstanding Nonprofit that adjudicates disputes

EVENTS education: telling clients’ papers with a connection conference that compre- ◆ The 2011 Midwest stories, fostering systemic to Professor Macaulay’s hensively focused on these Clinical Law Conference, change in a variety of legal influential contracts schol- crucial workplace legal titled “True Grit: The Grit fields, and developing arship. issues. The conference, innovative pedagogical which was co-organized of What We Do,” aimed ◆ teaching methods. The law school hosted by Professor Emerita to improve clinical legal “The Constitutional- education through Carin Clauss and Visiting ◆ The 2011 conference ization of Labor and Professor of Law Paul examining its foundations. “Empirical and Lyrical: Employment Law?”, an More than 120 clinicians Secunda, examined to Revisiting the Contracts innovative and timely con- what extent constitutional representing 37 law Scholarship of Stewart ference at the intersection schools attended the event. law can and should inform Macaulay” brought of labor and employment workplace law. The conference focused together 15 distinguished law and constitutional law. on three facets of clinical scholars who presented It was the first law school

and head of the international environmen- bon and no-carbon fuels,” Chase says. Chase, a student in the dual-degree tal law group at the World Bank. “The use of renewable energies and fuels law and public affairs program, and The panels discussed renewable energy such as wind, solar photovoltaic, and biofu- third-year law student Jamie Konopacky in the United States and other regions of els will continue to grow as techniques and planned the event for nearly a year, includ- the world and cross-cutting issues, such technologies are developed. These changes ing gathering sponsors, raising funds, and as biofuels and food security, that affect are a welcome and necessary development. arranging for panelists to attend. Present- many countries. However, with the growth of these indus- ers were invited to submit their papers “Lawmakers are looking for new ways tries come challenges for individual nations for publication in a special issue of the to accelerate the development of low-car- and the international community.” Wisconsin International Law Journal.

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 13 From Combat To Classroom The UW Law School is fortunate to have a number of veterans among its student body and staff. Over the years, many veterans have joined our law school after completing their military service, and others are currently enrolled in classes while they continue to serve. We are grateful to our veterans for their significant commitment to our national welfare and for the wisdom and experience they bring into our program. On the following pages, four of our student veterans and one of our deans share how their military experience has enhanced and guided their legal studies. By Denise Thornton Photography by Andy Manis

14 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 Leigh Neville-Neil armored. Driv- ing through the he path that led Leigh Neville- streets of Baghdad TNeil to military service and ulti- with thousands of mately UW Law School started with people surround- the criminal justice class she took ing you while you as a freshman at Viterbo University are responsible for in La Crosse. “I became interested everyone’s safety in federal law enforcement. And at makes you hyper- that time, military experience was vigilant.” preferred. As a sophomore, I joined Neville-Neil the Reserves, took a semester off for also learned as basic training and military police much as she could school, and came back to college.” about the country After Neville-Neil completed in which she was the Wisconsin Police Academy train- serving. “I got ing and while completing her final to know an Iraqi year at Viterbo, she began working interpreter, Alla. full time for the Juneau County He taught me Sheriff’s Office. Her rigorous balanc- a lot about the ing act of full-time school and full- history and time work was cut short just days culture of Iraq into her final semester, when she and the Arabic was called up to active military duty. language. Alla “We got two days’ notice to report,” took many risks Leigh Neville-Neil she says. “I dropped my classes, put working for us. I my belongings in storage, packed wish I knew how he “Some criminal cases can be my gear and found a temporary was doing today.” quite upsetting,” she says. “But I home for my two Springer Spaniels.” When she learned her 365-day think my military experience has Neville-Neil flew to Kuwait and tour was being extended, Neville- toughened me to be able to consider was placed on the military police Neil asked permission from her those disturbing cases. I’m a more team asked to do route reconnais- professors to complete her final four disciplined person now, and I’ve sance, traveling ahead of the rest of classes by correspondence. “We were been exposed to things that make the company to scout out routes into busy, driving all the time,” says me better able to handle stress. And Iraq. On her next mission, she helped Neville-Neil. “I studied when I could, I know I can put in long hours to provide security to convoys for reading with my flashlight in my achieve a goal.” projects throughout Iraq. The team tent, and I emailed my assignments protected doctors and interpret- when I had access to the Internet.” ers who were taken into villages to Currently working as a law Joshua Cornell provide medical care. They guarded clerk at a civil firm, Neville-Neil has Inspired by his father’s service in engineers building bridges, sewer accepted a position with the State the Army during the Vietnam War, lines, and water sources for schools. Public Defender’s Office for her Joshua Cornell enlisted in the In addition to convoy security, summer experience. Neville-Neil Marines while still in high school her company, which had only five will graduate with concentrations and left for basic training the summer women, guarded the “deck of cards,” in criminal law and family law from he graduated. He trained for the which included the most wanted the UW Law School. She says that military police, but was recruited by Iraqi detainees, including Saddam her class in sentencing and correc- HMX-1, the presidential helicopter Hussein when he was captured. tions last year made a profound squadron. Riding in the turret as a impression on her. “As a cop I saw After receiving top-secret military gunner was very stressful, many people sentenced to time in clearance, he was stationed at the Neville-Neil says. “Every day I had jail and prison. That class helped me Executive Alert Facility in Wash- to clean, maintain and mount a understand the importance of alter- ington, D.C., providing security for heavy, 75-pound, Mk 19 grenade natives to incarceration and looking local presidential helicopter trips, launcher. We had Humvees from at each individual to determine what ferrying the president to Andrews the first Gulf War, and they weren’t is appropriate.” Air Force Base or Camp David, and

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 15 made.” In addition to represent- ing prison inmates, the Innocence Project works with others to help the criminal justice system convict the guilty. One example of this effort is the recent legislation that improves upon eyewitness identification proce- dures in the state. “I was working as a police officer when those changes came down,” Cornell says. “I see that kind of work as a really important function of the project.” His main interest is criminal law. “I have always liked working in law enforcement, and I want to stay in a related field,” he says.

Kathleen Marschman Joshua Cornell Kathleen Marschman joined the always at the ready to evacuate the “It was definitely a different Army Reserve with a group of president in case of emergency. “The country than in 2004,” he says, friends while attending UW- helicopters go everywhere the presi- noting that Iraqi forces were given Oshkosh in 1986 during the height dent goes,” says Cornell. His assign- primary roles in many of the of the Cold War. The idea of com- ments took him around the United operations and much of the violent bat was so remote then, it was an States, and to Brazil, England, South resistance was directed at Iraqis almost casual decision, but it has Africa, New Zealand, and India. rather than at the U.S. Forces had a huge impact on her life and When his four-year tour themselves. The unit’s efforts professional goals. After 11 years of ended in 2000, Cornell joined the focused on patrolling and security, a one-weekend-a-month/two-weeks- Marine Corps Reserve and worked providing community security in-the-summer commitment, she toward degrees in chemistry and training, and connecting civilians attended Officer Candidate School, criminal justice at the University of to other services. became a commissioned officer, and Wisconsin-Platteville. In 2004, he Cornell returned to the Verona transferred to the National Guard. was mobilized to Iraq for one year Police Department, where his law Following a national scandal in as a member of Company G, 2/24, enforcement experience led him to 2003 over the treatment that wound- where he served as a squad leader consider law school. “Reading cases ed Reserve and National Guard responsible for infantry patrolling involving the things I was experienc- soldiers were receiving, Marschman and checkpoints along the main ing, such as evidence handling and went on active duty to create a new supply route that runs from Kuwait searches and seizures, really sparked kind of medical hold unit for Reserv- to Baghdad. “We suffered some hard my interest. I enjoyed reading law ists and National Guard soldiers losses,” he says. “But I know my and wanted to learn more.” who had been wounded or become unit performed well, and overall, The same wish to serve his ill while deployed. “We didn’t really our mission was successful.” community that drew Cornell to know how it was all going to work Returning to Wisconsin mid- the military also drew him to law out,” she says. way through the spring semester in school. “I see my law education as “I didn’t have any credentials 2005, Cornell attended the police one more potential way of being aside from prior company com- academy and then worked at the helpful,” he says. mand. I didn’t have any medical Richland County Sheriff’s Depart- Cornell is excited about working experience, but from 2004 until ment while completing his final this summer with the Wisconsin I retired in 2010, I got a global semester in the fall. After a year and a Innocence Project. “I definitely think perspective of the military disabil- half with the Verona Police Depart- that defense work is important for ity program, VA benefits, and the ment, he was called to active duty in the legal system to work,” he says. health-care arena,” says Marschman. 2007. As a platoon sergeant in Iraq, “And we should not be closed to the “I saw the full range of human he supervised 40 infantry Marines. idea that mistakes may have been response to injury, and the effects

16 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 Free Legal Clinic for Veterans

A free legal clinic to help veterans in the Dane County area, staffed by UW law students and volunteer attorneys, is scheduled to launch on Veterans Day, November 12, 2012, as part of the UW Law School Pro Bono Program. Ann Zimmerman, the law school’s pro bono director, recruits attorneys to work with students to provide services to low-income individuals. “I’ve been to many firms and nonprofit legal organizations to set up partnerships where stu- dents perform law-related pro bono work under appropriate supervision, and what I kept hearing is that there is a real need for civil legal assistance for veterans,” she says. In response, she has helped to coordinate the formation of a veterans’ clinic by working with area groups that have an interest Kathleen Marschman in veterans’ issues. Funding for the clinic will come through a Pro Bono Initiative grant from of war on the men and women who in Virginia Beach and start law the State Bar Legal Assistance Committee to the come back suffering physical and school at nearby Regent University Dane County Veterans Legal Clinic. psychological wounds from war, and the next day. She transferred to The clinic will operate in partnership with this is the experience that I hope Madison for her second year. “It’s Porchlight, Inc., an organization dedicated to to translate into advocacy once I wonderful to be at the UW Law helping homeless people. Zimmerman says, become a lawyer.” School as these programs are being “We are hoping to operate the clinic once each Each of the military branches set up for veterans,” she says. “The month out of a transitional-housing facility near of service is required to make a Law in Action aspect of my educa- the law school, and also once each month in the disability determination for those tion is already giving me opportu- City County Building in conjunction with the individuals who can no longer meet nities to serve veterans. Whatever Dane County Veterans Service Office.” the physical requirements to serve. class I am sitting in, I have a context Zimmerman says she has been over- Marschman has seen how a disabil- that takes it beyond the conceptual, whelmed by the positive response to the ity determination by the army can and I’m doing directed research this program both from the community and from mean the difference between leaving semester looking at local veterans’ the law school, and plans are underway to reach the army with a severance check for specific legal needs.” out to the student body for volunteers. She has a few thousand dollars or receiving Marschman is especially excited already met with student veterans who are eager lifetime benefits for the soldier and about the Pro Bono Veterans Legal to take a leadership role. his or her family. Clinic that will launch by Veterans “It’s exciting,” says Zimmerman. “Most of “The cards are stacked against Day in November 2012. “This the pro bono programs are pre-existing efforts the soldier,” she says. “Because each program will provide referrals to administered by national organizations. This of the services is its own bureau- veterans for their civil matters like is the first time we have actively gone out and cracy, and the VA is another, they landlord/tenant issues. As part of my set up our own legal assistance clinic at which don’t move quickly.” It’s the soldiers directed research, I am hoping to volunteer law students and attorneys will work and their families who fall through make contact with veteran advocates together to help underserved members of our the cracks, she says, adding that in the area to explore the specific community. The students are going to be a attorneys are in short supply, and needs of veterans in appealing their huge and enthusiastic part of it. It will give our the system is overwhelmed. “They disability findings and upgrading students a chance to be out in the real world, deserve everything we can provide their discharges so they can get their where they can gain practical skills and explore for them,” she says. “It prompted VA benefits. I hope to get something how to make pro bono an ongoing part of their me to think, ‘I have the kind of started to help veterans in that arena professional life once they become lawyers.” experience that can add value for before I leave school.” soldiers in the system.’” The timing worked out for Marschman to come off active duty

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 17 Hahn says that his military experience as a Korean linguist and providing intelligence in Iraq “gave me a sense of how government can influence everyday life, and the important role the lawyer can play.” The study skills and work ethic that Hahn developed in the Navy were a boon to his preparedness for law school. “The Defense Language Institute had a stringent schedule of training,” he says. “From the minute you arrive, you are in the pipeline. It was like drinking from a fire hose. That’s what the first year of law school was, too, and I was ready.” Hahn is enjoying law school, particularly the clinical programs like the Family Law Project at the Remington Center, where Nicholas Hahn he is learning practical skills. “We focus on civil issues of incar- Nicholas Hahn exercise by the United States and the cerated individuals. I like what I’m Republic of Korea that simulated doing there — helping people get Working as an aide in Hawaii’s state war conditions. “I analyzed intel- through divorces or getting to see legislature piqued Nicholas Hahn’s ligence and acted as an interpreter their kids. It’s rewarding and interest in the legal system, but between the American officers and important for society.” before considering law school, Hahn enlisted people and the Korean of- This summer, Hahn will intern at opted to pay off his school loans ficers aboard ship. It taught me to Nowlan & Mouat, LLP, in Janesville, and gain some life experience. The think on my feet, manage time well, Wisconsin, where he has settled with Iraq War had just started, and a dual and be prepared for anything.” his young family. “As a lawyer, I want sense of adventure and patriotism Being deployed to Iraq height- to advocate for individuals and help spurred him to enlist in the Navy. ened those skills. “That wasn’t a them achieve their goals,” he says. ■ Hahn spent 65 weeks at the simulated experience,” Hahn says. Defense Language Institute in “It was a hot war, and we had to Monterey, California, learning produce for different consumers and Korean. “We had class for eight tailor intelligence about possible The Robert E. Cook hours a day, then four hours of enemies to their needs and access Scholarship homework, and this as well as our allowances. Again, I saw strong military training,” he says. He added parallels with the practice of law. The Robert E. Cook Scholar- extra study on his own, attending To be effective, you must fit your ship has been assisting service Korean church and spending two legal advice to the specific needs and men and women attending weeks of his free time in Korea. levels of individual understanding.” UW Law School since the “I wanted to improve my language Hahn’s attention was also academic year 2006–07. skills and get to know the country.” turned toward law by a book he read Cook, a retired partner in After training, Hahn was on his way to Iraq, The Dirty Dozen: the firm Cook & Franke, stationed at the National Security How Twelve Supreme Court Cases provided a gift of $100,000 Agency in Hawaii and was soon Radically Expanded Government to offer the kind of help- supervising a team of six analysts and Eroded Freedom. “It was a ing hand he benefited from producing intelligence reports fascinating account of constitutional after serving three years as for policymakers at many ranks, law and how lawyers can advocate an Air Force pilot in World including some at the national level. for people and really make a differ- War II. To learn more about “That was good preparation for law ence in people’s lives,” he says. “That this scholarship, contact the practice,” he says. Next he spent book brought it home for me and admissions office. a month on the Navy Command made me want to study law more Ship U.S.S. Blue Ridge for a joint than ever.”

18 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 Kevin Kelly PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN KELLY

Kevin Kelly is the Law School’s Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs, and is currently a captain in the U.S. Navy. He followed a family tradition when he was commissioned in the Navy as an ensign in the Judge Advo- cate General’s (JAG) Corps in 1989 after his first semester as a student at UW Law School. “My father was a reserve Navy medical officer, and my grandfather was an Army colonel who served in both World Wars. The idea of giv- ing back through military service appealed to me,” he says. After graduating from law Kevin Kelly stands by a Slovenian helicopter used for long-distance travel school and some initial training around Bosnia in 2003. at the Naval Justice School, Kelly served six years on active duty as a criminal defense attorney at School at a scholarly conference ence, including veterans who have the Naval Legal Service Office in in Berlin on unmanned aerial served but no longer have any San Francisco from 1992–1993 vehicles, hosted by Germany’s continuing military obligation, as and then as Staff Judge Advocate University of Giessen. well as those who are reservists. at the Naval Security Group He was mobilized in 2003 to “If reservists are mobilized, we Activity in Edzell, Scotland, from serve on the U.S. European Com- try to give them the best support 1993–1997. mand headquarters staff during and advice we can,” says Kelly. In 1999 he joined the the Iraq War, and also served as a “When they return, we help them Reserves. While assigned to the NATO legal adviser to the Peace reintegrate into their courses and Great Lakes Naval Station in Stabilization Force in Bosnia- lives at the law school. As a vet- Illinois, he taught other naval Herzegovina. eran and a reservist, I’m especially reservists the Laws of War. “All Kelly finds his military expe- motivated to ensure that we give members of the U.S. military rience informs both his teaching them all of the appropriate ■ must be trained in the laws of and his administrative respon- support we can.” armed conflict, and that can be an sibilities in the law school. He important part of a JAG’s duties,” enjoys being able to share what he says. he has learned in the military by He is currently the com- taking it into the classroom, with manding officer of the interna- courses that include the Law of tional law reserve unit located at Armed Conflict, the Just War the Naval War College in New- Tradition, Terrorism and the Laws port, Rhode Island. “We provide of War, and War Crimes. “My support to the international law Law School duties are primarily department at the War College by administrative, but I do teach a working on curriculum, research, seminar every other year, and I and teaching,” Kelly says. In re- find it rewarding to talk about cent years, his Naval War College this very important part of teaching responsibilities have also international law with interested taken him to Italy and Estonia. students,” he says. Most recently, in January of this The law school has a number year, Kelly represented the Law of students with military experi-

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 19 What I’m Doing with My Law Degree

By Alexander Gelfand

The notion that a law degree can serve as a launching pad for any number of careers has become something of a cliché. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t true, or that the range of available career options isn’t exceptionally broad. In this article, we profile four alumni who are using their law degree to chart their own course.

“That’s the wonderful part about legislator and another was the mayor building your career,” says Ave Bie of Green Bay — and her career ’90. “There are so many different ambitions have always been coupled paths you can take.” with a desire to serve the broader Bie herself has pursued sev- community. She spent six years as eral different career paths, at times policy director for the Republican simultaneously. A former public Party in the Wisconsin State servant who ran several state agen- Assembly before going to law cies and regulated Wisconsin’s public school, and chose UW-Madison in utilities, Bie is currently a managing part because it allowed her to enroll partner and member of the public part-time while continuing to pur- utilities practice in the Madison sue her career in state government. offices of Quarles & Brady, LLP. She That was a good call. Shortly also juggles a plethora of community after she began taking classes, her and family obligations, serving on boss in the state legislature, Tommy the boards of organizations rang- Thompson ’63, J.D.’66, was elected ing from the Green Bay Packers to governor, and Bie became his direc- “That’s the wonderful the St. Mary’s Foundation, while tor of appointments. Four years part about building your somehow finding the time to raise later, just as she was tying up her career. There are so two teenage children. studies, Bie herself was appointed many different paths “You learn as you get older to deputy secretary in the Department you can take.” work smart, versus work hard,” Bie of Regulation and Licensing — and — Ave Bie ’90 says. “If you work smart, you can got married, to boot. continue to pursue things that you’re “The headline in the paper was, passionate about outside those hours ‘Bie Gets a Degree, a Husband, and at the office.” a Promotion All in One Week,’” It’s pretty clear that Bie learned she laughs. to work smart early on. Her family Bie subsequently spent eight has a long tradition of public service years as deputy secretary of the — one great-grandfather was a state Department of Corrections and six

20 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 years on the Wisconsin Public for expressing it in many and Service Commission, the indepen- varied ways. Nettles spends a good dent body that regulates the state’s deal of time running Generation public utilities. Growth Capital, a private equity Throughout her career, Bie has fund that generates both invest- collected board memberships the way ment returns and social returns by some people collect stray animals, in- providing capital to businesses in cluding one at the Edgewood Campus low- to middle-income communities School, where her son and daughter across Wisconsin. He is also actively attend high school. (She started off on involved with Usher’s New Look, a the board of its grade school, a posi- charitable foundation founded by tion she acquired when her son asked R&B star Usher Raymond. if she’d serve as a lunchroom mom. “I Nettles joined Quarles & Brady tell you, hon, I’ll do what I can,” she as a litigator in the firm’s product told him. Bie approached the school’s liability practice in his hometown of president, who knew a gift when he Milwaukee. Six years later, a friend saw one; the next day, she was invited who was considering a run for gov- to serve on the board.) ernor asked Nettles if he would sup- “It’s a wonderful way of Yet as a Green Bay native, port his campaign. Nettles agreed. leveraging my legal skills, Bie was especially pleased to join The friend was Jim Doyle ’67, and my time in government, the Packers’ board. In addition to once elected, he named Nettles my time as an entrepre- her ongoing work for the Packers’ secretary of commerce. Nettles was governance subcommittee, Bie spent 32 at the time, and the first African- neur, and my social six years with the Green Bay Packers American to serve in the post. commitment.” Foundation, the team’s grant-making “I was a fairly young person, — Cory Nettles ’96 arm, which funds charitable orga- and the transition from private nizations across the state. (Since its practice and the private sector to inception in 1986, the foundation government was an interesting one,” Nettles when he was still commerce has distributed more than $2 million Nettles says. Interesting and secretary: a group of institutional to civic and charitable groups.) successful: as commerce secretary, investors, some with philanthropic “That was really rewarding, Nettles handled a number of major backgrounds, came to him with a because you touch charities all over initiatives in areas such as banking plan to combine community and Wisconsin with Packers grants,” she reform and economic development. economic development by making says. “It was overwhelming to look When Nettles left government for-profit investments with a social at the good deeds that people were service in 2005, he returned to Quar- mission. Nettles took an immediate doing all over the state. You just see les & Brady part time (he’s currently liking to the concept, which jibed how passionate people are about giv- of counsel in the corporate services with his attempts at encouraging ing back to the community, and you and government relations groups at economic growth and opportunity want to be a part of it. That’s what the firm’s Milwaukee office), but he in the state. keeps you going on nights when never quite returned to his old life. “We thought that you could do you think, ‘I’m just too tired to do “I really haven’t practiced law in well, and you could do good,” he says. something else.’ ” the traditional sense since I left the After Nettles left government That sense of fulfillment — firm in 2002,” Nettles says. Instead, service, he was invited to join the whether it comes from her volunteer he used the skills and expertise he board of Generation Growth. Short- efforts, or from continuing to address acquired in government to drive ly thereafter, he was asked to run it. public policy issues in private practice business development and strategic Under his leadership, the fund has — is what keeps Bie motivated. projects for the firm, while launching backed minority entrepreneurs and ❖ ❖ ❖ a series of businesses in areas ranging businesses in distressed communi- from IT consulting to real estate ties, reaping the rewards presented Bie’s colleague at Quarles & development. In 2007, he helped by overlooked opportunities while Brady, former state Commerce launch Generation Growth, and he simultaneously spurring economic Secretary Cory Nettles ’96, has a has managed the fund ever since. development in underserved areas. similar commitment to community Generation Growth grew out “It’s a wonderful way of leveraging service — and a similar penchant of an idea that was first presented to my legal skills, my time in government,

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 21 my time as an entrepreneur, and my Institute of Technology while work- social commitment,” Nettles says. ing evenings and weekends as a In similar fashion, Usher’s New deputy sheriff in the Atlanta Police Look invests in urban and minority Department. youth in communities from New York to Los Angeles. The non- “What’s the story? Are profit foundation offers a variety of training and mentoring programs, there smoking guns? requires participants to perform What’s in there that the community service, and offers them other side is going to opportunities for education and surprise me with at travel. As a member of its executive deposition?” committee, Nettles was instrumental — Mark Noel ’07 in taking the organization to Milwaukee. “I remember hearing early on the “I was probably the only physics Biblical injunction, ‘To whom much student who carried around a case is worth,” Noel says. is given, much is required,’” Nettles 40-caliber Glock — and the only Noel and his team first deter- says. “I was fortunate enough to deputy sheriff who carried around a mine the best e-discovery procedures have a lot of people invest in me, quantum physics textbook, in case for a given case based on the particu- and that instilled in me a sense of things got slow,” Noel says. lar legal and technical issues involved. obligation to pay that forward. I Since the sheriff was reluctant They then employ a variety of soft- could never pay it back, but I can to sign off on Noel’s tuition reim- ware tools to extract and organize the certainly pay it forward. And that’s bursement forms without at least most relevant documents for review what I’ve tried to do.” one or two courses related to law by flesh-and-blood lawyers. ❖ ❖ ❖ enforcement, Noel also began pick- Those tools include predictive ing up credits in psychology. coding software that uses artificial Like Nettles, Mark Noel ’07 That unique background led intelligence to identify responsive has spent time both in and out of to a seven-year career at Dartmouth documents (the software learns conventional legal practice. And the College developing computer-driven to recognize relevant material by career path he has followed, though training programs for organizations digesting input from expert hu- circuitous, has had an internal logic such as the Department of Home- man reviewers, and recent research all its own. land Security. A growing interest in indicates that it is at least as accurate Noel spent three years as a intellectual property and constitu- as human review, albeit far faster); litigation associate specializing in tional law led to UW-Madison. And and data visualization software that intellectual property at Latham & Noel’s subsequent stint as a litiga- clusters large batches of similar Watkins, LLP, in Washington, D.C. tor produced a résumé tailor-made documents in user-friendly, graphi- He then founded a startup company for his current role as an expert on cal form. To use them properly, Noel to build cloud-based software for electronic discovery — a discipline stays current with the latest studies electronic document review. And whose practitioners use their knowl- on information storage and retrieval, just last year, he became a director in edge of information technology, a field that draws on computer sci- the technology practice at the global cognitive psychology, and the law ence and cognitive science alike. His business advisory firm FTI Consult- to extract legally significant infor- primary goal — aside from iden- ing, specializing in the discovery of mation from electronic data and tifying privileged documents that electronically stored information. But present it in ways that litigators and should stay out of sight — is to help as Noel points out, his interest in sci- their clients can understand. counsel figure out which files in the ence and technology actually predates At FTI, for example, Noel helps data pile are significant, and then his interest in the law. parties to corporate litigation and make sense of them. “I’ve been a techie for a long their lawyers sift through mountains “What’s the story? Are there time,” he says. of data. These days, Noel says, it’s not smoking guns? What’s in there that Family lore has it that by the unusual for each side to have 150 to the other side is going to surprise me age of five, Noel was already disman- 200 GB worth of digital files, which with at deposition?” Noel asks by tling his parent’s television to see can easily mean several million docu- way of illustration. how it worked. He went on to earn ments. “You get to the point where it Armed with some very power- a degree in physics from the Georgia costs more to do discovery than the ful technology and a lot of expertise,

22 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 Noel aims to answer questions like with offices in both London and Bao is also charged with those as thoroughly and as quickly Hong Kong who was also chairman explaining the benefits of arbitration as possible. of the HKIAC at the time. to potential users, and with advocat- ❖ ❖ ❖ Bao’s interest in international ing for Hong Kong as the best place arbitration eventually drew her to to pursue it. Since those potential Chiann Bao ’07 might not share law school. When she first arrived, users might be found anywhere, Noel’s high-tech pedigree. But the however, no one at the UW taught so might Bao. Since joining the first step she took toward her current the subject, so Bao took the initia- HKIAC in 2010 (she previously position as secretary-general of the tive. In her first year, she recruited worked on civil litigation and inter- Hong Kong International Arbitra- a small group of fellow students national arbitration for DLA Piper tion Center (HKIAC), the principal to compete in the Willem C. Vis in New York), she has traveled to hub for international commercial International Commercial Arbitra- Canada, Sweden, the United States, arbitration and dispute resolution in tion Moot, an arbitral moot court Singapore, South Korea, India, Asia, nonetheless involved a handful held each year in Vienna and Hong Myanmar, and mainland China. of keywords and a web browser. Kong; persuaded various faculty After returning from “Literally, it was a Google to serve as volunteer judges during Vienna, for example, Bao took a search,” she says. practice sessions; and enlisted James brief holiday in Thailand with her Bao was just out of college Cole, a certified mediator at Quarles family before departing for the and working as a legal assistant & Brady, as a coach. U.S. (Bao’s husband, Andrew when she began exploring a possible By Bao’s second year, Cole was Meehan ’07, works for the Hong Fulbright scholarship to Asia. teaching arbitration as an adjunct Kong office of the New York firm (A fluent Mandarin speaker, she (Professor Jason Yackee has since Kobre & Kim; the two have an spent her summers as a child visiting taken over), and Bao and another infant daughter.) She then spent her grandparents in Taiwan, and student were co-coaching the team, two weeks giving presentations in traveled to Beijing while studying which advanced to the semi-finals San Francisco and Washington, policy analysis as an undergraduate in Hong Kong and the elimination D.C., hopping from a seminar on at Cornell.) The word arbitration round in Vienna. cross-border dispute resolution in “It put Wisconsin on the map China hosted by the Association of in the international arbitration Corporate Counsel to the American

“I love being an advocate for Hong Kong. I get to educate users about arbitration and what we do at the center, and I get to learn about an area of the law that is always interesting to me.” — Chiann Bao ’07 world,” says Bao, who recently trav- Bar Association’s annual dispute- eled to Austria to serve as a judge in resolution conference. the 19th annual competition, which It all adds up to a fairly de- drew participants from 262 univer- manding schedule, especially for sities scattered across 16 different the parent of a young child. Despite countries. While she was there, some initial anxiety about taking a Bao also spoke at a seminar on new position so far off the beaten path, developments in arbitration in both Bao has clearly found her niche. popped up in her search results Austria and China. “I love being an advocate for as a focus of one of the Fulbright As secretary-general of the Hong Kong,” she says. “I get to programs, and Bao was intrigued. HKIAC, she is responsible for educate users about arbitration and She applied and was awarded the overseeing the administration of what we do at the center, and I get Fulbright, and she later wound up approximately 600 arbitration cases to learn about an area of the law that earning a master’s degree in arbitra- each year. “In litigation terms, we’re is always interesting to me.” tion and dispute resolution at the the equivalent of a clerk of the court If only all online searches paid City University of Hong Kong. She and a process server,” Bao says. “We off so handsomely. went on to work for Neil Kaplan, handle all the procedural aspects of ❖ ❖ ❖ a respected international arbitrator an arbitration.”

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 23 How I Got Here Frank Tuerkheimer By Dianne Sattinger

eople who know Frank Tuerkheimer in any of his many capacities — innovative professor of evidence and trial advocacy, accomplished litigator, Watergate prosecutor, PU.S. Attorney, to name a few — may be surprised to learn that English was not his first language.

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Born in New York City in 1939 and finished seventh in the nation- to Jewish parents who fled Hitler’s als in his senior year) — but none Germany, Tuerkheimer grew up in a that led to a career path. “I didn’t German-speaking household. Look- know what to do after college,” he ing back on his childhood, he draws recalls, “so I thought, ‘I’ll give law a vivid picture: “Like many immi- a try.’ ” Receiving a Root-Tilden grants’ kids, I lived in two worlds. Scholarship, he went to New York In the apartment we spoke German, University Law School and then to the furniture was German, the food clerk for Judge Edward Weinfeld of was German, and there were many the Southern District of New York. references to the life in Germany Tuerkheimer places several of that my parents and older brother his early career choices in the default were forced to abandon. Then I run category. “ ‘Default’ was the major down four flights of stairs to play engine driving me at that point,” he on the street, and I’m in America. says. “I chose law by ‘default,’ and I I loved both worlds. As forced im- clerked for a judge by ‘default.’” migrants arriving with nothing, my He recalls the first time he made parents did not have much money, a career choice other than by de- but they provided love and laughter fault. “After my clerkship, I decided — all a child needs.” to spend a year in Swaziland in A good student, Tuerkheimer Africa, working for its attorney gen- went to Columbia College, where he eral on a Ford Foundation-funded furthered many interests — politics, grant.” During the year, he traveled science, linguistics, fencing (he was from the southern tip of Africa to captain of Columbia’s fencing team the Sudanese border of Uganda.

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law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 25 what I wanted. That, coupled with students, and it was fun teaching the opportunity to teach and write, them something that I knew how drew me into law teaching.” to do. I never separated theory and practice — to me, they were Westward to Wisconsin inseparable. My evidence teaching is By this time, Tuerkheimer very much from the focus of a trial was married, and his wife, Barbara lawyer.” He likens his trial-focused Wolfson Tuerkheimer, and he were teaching of evidence to a line from a expecting the first of their two Yeats poem: “How can we know the children. He found himself analyz- dancer from the dance?” ing the demands of working in New Tuerkheimer, as he had envi- York City: he felt that commuting sioned, also started to litigate, and would tax too much family time, soon after coming to Madison, he while living in the city would be too was representing indigent clients in A young Frank Tuerkheimer expensive, or alternatively, create a criminal cases and the Sierra Club pressure to earn the money to afford in an effort to stop construction of a The experience in Swaziland living in the city. dam on the Kickapoo River. introduced Tuerkheimer to a world That year (1970), the University that contrasted markedly with what of Wisconsin Law School hap- Prosecuting Watergate he had known. “As a native New pened to be looking for an evidence In May 1973, Archibald Cox Yorker, I felt it was the greatest place teacher. Tuerkheimer had never been was appointed special prosecutor for in the world. Then I spent the year to Wisconsin and had no Wisconsin the famed Watergate investigation. in Swaziland, where I would finish acquaintances. “This was the great legal investiga- work by 4:30 p.m., play tennis, eat tion of the generation,” Tuerkheimer supper, spend time with friends, and “Working with Frank as a says. He wanted to be part of it, get to bed by 11 p.m.” law student taught me the applied, and was chosen. It was a fuller lifestyle, which importance of approach- This was a convenient time for he enjoyed tremendously. When his ing every case and every Tuerkheimer’s family (which by year in Swaziland ended, he headed decision as a lawyer with then included Deborah and Alan, back to the work-intensive energy an eye toward doing the ages three and one) to relocate to of New York. He plunged into right thing. A lawyer’s Washington. Barbara Tuerkheimer absorbing work as an Assistant U.S. ethical standard is set was then a law student who was Attorney for the Southern District early in his or her career, able and willing to take a leave from of New York (also by default), and Frank leads through school. (Barbara subsequently re- where he was assigned continually direct teaching and turned to law school and completed more interesting work, conducting instruction, but more her law degree, going on to a long many investigations and trying importantly, by example.” and successful career as an assistant about 30 cases. — Tina Galbraith ’00 attorney general in the Wisconsin After four years in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Consumer Attorney’s Office, his thoughts He sent a résumé, which featured Protection Division. Perhaps observ- turned to a new avenue: teaching. his impressive credentials as an As- ing that both parents enjoyed their When he was at NYU, he had seen sistant U.S. Attorney with a sterling work, Deborah and Alan both be- two professors litigate, and it had law school record and a high-level came lawyers also: Deborah is now made a strong impression on him. clerkship. He was hired, and he took a law professor, and Alan is a trial “I was attracted to the idea of being strongly to teaching. consultant.) financially independent of clients “I found that I really enjoyed Tuerkheimer, on leave from and having the luxury of litigating teaching,” Tuerkheimer says. “I like the Law School, was appointed

26 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 “As a more senior member of the staff, I was also involved in what had to be one of the more interesting issues of any time: what to do when a grand jury investigation revealed that the president was central in a conspiracy to obstruct justice.”

associate special Watergate prosecutor, do full-time litigation. He was in charge of the case against former appointed U.S. Attorney for the Secretary of the Treasury John Con- Western District of Wisconsin by nally. “As a more senior member of President Jimmy Carter. “I really the staff, I was also involved in what wanted that job — no ‘default’ this had to be one of the more interesting time,” he says. “It is a tribute to issues of any time: what to do when Wisconsin that someone in the state a grand jury investigation revealed less than seven years could receive that the president was central in a con- that appointment.” Frank Tuerkheimer was an Assistant spiracy to obstruct justice.” When Carter’s term ended and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Tuerkheimer convinced special President Ronald Reagan’s appoin- of New York before joining the UW Law prosecutor Jaworski, who did not tee took over the U.S. Attorney faculty. want to name the president in the position, Tuerkheimer returned to indictment, that the named defen- teaching, but took steps to ensure nan’s closing argument in his trial dants had to be on notice that the that he would continue to litigate. advocacy course was so impressive president was charged as a conspira- After President Reagan’s re-election, that he asked her if she was inter- tor and suggested that, contrary to he joined La Follette & Sinykin ested in a position in the Manhattan normal practice, the grand jury (now Godfrey & Kahn) in an “of District Attorney’s Office under allege that persons “known” and un- counsel” capacity and has remained Tuerkheimer’s former boss and long- known were part of the conspiracy. there ever since. At the Law School, time colleague, Robert Morgenthau. The inclusion of the president he was awarded the Habush-Bascom “The stars were aligned,” he says, in the unindicted conspirator cat- Professorship in light of his focus on “since Morgenthau had just, as an egory was made public several weeks trials and litigation. afterthought, said to me at lunch later, when the president’s lawyers Over time, many of in New York: ‘If you see anybody incorrectly assumed the president Tuerkheimer’s students have been good, send them my way.’” was not charged as a member of inspired by his example to pursue Tuerkheimer has also contrib- the conspiracy and based their legal careers as prosecutors. “More of my uted his expertise in leading numer- strategy on that mistaken assump- students have become prosecutors, ous investigations of professional tion. (A description of Tuerkheimer’s both in Wisconsin and elsewhere, misconduct. He has represented the key role in the Special Prosecution than I can keep track of,” he says. Wisconsin Board of Attorneys and Force strategizing can be found in Two of Tuerkheimer’s protégées Office of Lawyer Regulation in dis- the book Stonewall: The Legal Case were featured in the Fall 2008 ciplinary cases against attorneys and against the Watergate Conspirators Gargoyle in an article on some of the the Wisconsin Judicial Commission by two of Tuerkheimer’s fellow Law School’s most prominent pros- in misconduct cases against judges. Watergate prosecutors, Richard Ben- ecutors: Bridget Brennan ’83, special He has also served as the U.S. Veniste and George Frampton, Jr.) narcotics prosecutor for the City Senate appointee to the National of New York, and Deborah Landis Commission on Judicial Discipline Continuing to Litigate ’83, then senior litigation counsel and Removal. Returning to Wisconsin in at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for At UW-Madison, he handled 1975, Tuerkheimer took advantage the Southern District of New York. internal disciplinary matters for the of a second major opportunity to Tuerkheimer recalled that Bren- chancellor, including the first case

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 27 2009 semester, who come across the video online. almost one hun- dred students Geographical Mix attended the As an emeritus professor, course, which Tuerkheimer is still involved in he also teaches teaching and litigation. His work, regularly in however, is no longer confined to Germany. “I’ve Madison. “For the past 12 years,” taken advan- he says, “we have split our lives tage of the Law between Madison and New York School’s long- City.” Sometimes he chooses to time exchange teach when he is in New York; he program with has taught six times at New York law the university in schools and will teach again in the Frank Tuerkheimer in Antarctica Giessen to teach spring of 2013. German law “I love the Madison/New York brought against a professor for sexual students the same subject. It’s a mix,” Tuerkheimer says. “I am harassment of a student. In addition, popular course with them; usually always thrilled to bike in the hills since 1997 he, along with two other about 40 students sign up for the west of Madison, and also along the lawyers, has represented an indigent class.” In 2010, the law school at Hudson River and over the George prisoner on Alabama’s death row with Giessen awarded Tuerkheimer an Washington Bridge to New Jersey. the assistance of a succession of more Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. And I still enjoy riding the subways, than 30 law students. Tuerkheimer’s study of Holo- seeing them as the life-blood of a caust trials led him to a major new great city.” Trials of the Holocaust project: he traveled to Jerusalem Tuerkheimer and his family In recent years, Tuerkheimer has to interview Justice Gabriel Bach, have traveled much over the years, developed an entirely new research the senior prosecutor in the trial of having visited six continents. He and teaching interest: trials of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann also traveled to Antarctica. When Holocaust. For 10 years, he has 45 years earlier. The impetus for a friend asked him, with some taught a high-enrollment course the project was a talk that Bach had incredulity, why he would want to by that name to law students and given in New York, in which he go to Antarctica, he responded with undergraduates, and is co-authoring painted a picture of Eichmann that comparable incredulity: “How can a book titled Forgotten Trials of the was contrary to what Tuerkheimer you spend your whole life in one Holocaust. understood to be the case from a house and not see all the rooms?” “It started when a colleague reading of Hannah Arendt’s Eich- Reviewing a Law School asked me to review a book on the mann in Jerusalem. career that encompasses a wide range subject of Holocaust denial,” he To prepare for the interview, of dedicated teaching and mentor- says. “Up to that time, I hadn’t Tuerkheimer read the entire 3,000- ing, plus high-level litigation and thought much about it.” page transcript of the trial. The professional service, Tuerkheimer Tuerkheimer found that he edited interview was made into a reflects, “In all the years, no one at wanted to combat the phenomenon DVD and can be viewed online at the Law School has ever told me, of individuals proclaiming that www.eichmannprosecutorinterview. ‘Don’t do that.’ The Law School has Nazi mass murders of Jews during org. Tuerkheimer has had enthusi- given me enormous latitude, and I World War II never happened. His astic feedback about the DVD from don’t take that for granted. It’s been method: “Teach about the trials. Holocaust libraries and museums a great place.” ■ ■ ■ The facts are in the trials.” In the fall around the world, and from people

28 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 ALUMNI ACTIVITIES NEWS Civil Rights Pioneer Vel Phillips ’51 Honored as a Trailblazer

el Phillips L.L.B.’51, a civil ANDY MANIS Vrights pioneer and community activist, was honored on October 26 at the fall Legal Education Oppor- tunities (LEO) reception as the first inductee into the UW Law School Trailblazer Walkway. The walkway recognizes those who have made significant contribu- tions to the Law School. Located on the third-floor atrium catwalk, the display provides a visual history of where the school has been and how far it has come. Vel Phillips, who built a career of “firsts” as both a woman and an African-American in Wisconsin, is a true trailblazer. In 1951, she became the first African-American woman to obtain a law degree from the University of Wisconsin. She was the first African-American and the first woman elected to Milwaukee’s Common Council in 1956. In 1971, she was appointed by Governor Patrick Lucey ’46 to the Milwaukee County judiciary, becoming the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and the first African-American judge in Wisconsin. In 1978, Phillips again made history by being the first woman and first African-American elected as the secretary of state in Wisconsin. She remains the highest-ranking African-American to win state office in Wisconsin. Attending the reception were many who wished to honor Phil- lips’s remarkable contributions and her ongoing role as a champion of equality in the community. “Vel has lived a remarkable life, (Top) Vel Phillips in the Trailblazer Walkway. and used the tools she acquired at (Bottom) Vel Phillips outside of the newly named Phillips Hall, formerly the University of Wisconsin Law Friedrick Hall, named in her honor. Phillips, who remains a committed activist School to change the world,” says and community worker in the area of civil rights, attended the dedication Dean Raymond. “I’m delighted that ceremony, honoring women of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in August. we have honored her as the first UW Law School Trailblazer.”

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Smart on Crime: Revitalizing Milwaukee’s Troubled Neighborhoods

district attorneys to we are more effective in keeping our get out from behind a communities safe by changing a per- ANDY STENZ desk and away from the son’s behavior through a treatment traditional role of simply and education program or through reacting to what the traditional prosecution and prison.” police present, so that For example, a particular they can instead work district was affected by ongoing directly in neighbor- problems with prostitution and hoods to collaboratively associated crimes. In partnership solve problems with the with community organizations and police, government, and the Milwaukee Police Department, community-based part- CPU worked to decrease prostitu- Christopher Ladwig ’07, Benjamin Wesson ’06 ners before they rise to a tion activity through an effort called level of criminal activity.” Operation Red Light. lthough district attorneys are The unit is uniquely A traditional response to prosti- Atraditionally depicted prosecut- positioned within the crimi- tution consists of a short-term police ing in court, Milwaukee Assistant nal justice system to understand patrol and arrest sweeps — measures D.A. Christopher Ladwig ’07 is neighborhoods and the people who that have only a temporary impact more likely to be found working in while the police are present. By neighborhoods alongside commu- “The Community contrast, CPU’s multi-pronged nity members, organizations, and Prosecution Unit puts approach included arrest and other stakeholders to revitalize com- Law in Action and the prosecution, outreach with local or- munities and proactively prevent Wisconsin Idea into ganizations, community leadership, crime. This recent UW Law School practice every single and consistent patrolling in high- graduate is using his law degree day. By working smartly risk areas. The collaboration was as a member of the Community within the criminal justice most effective when women were Prosecution Unit (CPU) to solve environment, their work redirected into positive program- complex problems in Milwaukee’s provides a unified vision ming, job search aid, parenting, and most troubled neighborhoods. For of public safety that is self-esteem. the last three years, he was joined by deeply intersected with This uniquely proactive another law school alum, Benjamin agencies and connected problem-solving approach has Wesson ’06, who left in February to to the community.” seen success in reducing street-level join Milwaukee’s Crivello Carlson, prostitution in some of Milwaukee’s S.C., as an associate. — John Chisholm ’94, most historically embattled Members of the city’s CPU are Milwaukee County corridors. Through this operation located right in the community, District Attorney and others, Milwaukee communities where they interact with residents, are being revitalized. It’s a message alders, and partner agencies on a are committing crimes within them. that Ladwig and Wesson continue daily basis. Together with the com- This awareness informs strategic to work on together as adjunct munity, they identify issues and de- choices and the allocation of limited professors at Marquette University velop long-term strategies to address resources. Law School, where they co-instruct root problems. “We cannot arrest our way out a Community Prosecution course. According to Deputy Dis- of all problems,” says Ladwig. “We trict Attorney Jeffrey J. Altenburg have to be smart on crime by focus- ’91, “Community Prosecution in ing police and prosecution resources Milwaukee is focused on allowing on violent offenders. We are in a trained and experienced assistant better position to evaluate whether

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his year, Dean Raymond and Tthe law school hosted alumni events in Wisconsin and through- out the U.S., from Los Angeles and Seattle to Washington, D.C., and New York. The well-attended alumni receptions brought together law graduates for a lively inter- change. Want to join in on the fun? Visit law.wisc.edu/alumni to see what events are coming to your area, and mark your calendars for our class reunions on September 21 and 22, 2012.

Speed Networking Event Connects Students and Alumni

On February 22, 2012, the Career Services Office hosted its first annual Speed Networking event at the Edgewater in Madison. The event brought together 55 law students and alumni. Alumni participants included attorneys from large and small firms; public interest, government, and in-house settings; and even an administrative law judge. Students rotated every three minutes from one attorney to the next, giving students a chance to network with alumni, expand their contacts, and gain information about different practice areas. If you are interested in participating in our next Speed Networking event, please contact Trisha Fillbach in the Career Services Office at [email protected].

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Congratulations to 2011–2012 Graduates

ongratulations to our JAY SALVO CDecember 2011 and May 2012 graduates. After the graduation ceremony, Dean Raymond hosted a special reception to honor graduates and their families. Students who graduated with honors and students inducted into the Pro Bono Society were also recognized. In December, thirty-three students received J.D. degrees and more than 25 additional students received graduate law degrees. In May, over 240 students received J.D. degrees, and over 40 additional students received graduate law degrees.

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First Joseph P. Mettner Foundation Scholarship Awarded

The Joseph P. Mettner Foundation to improving her state and nation choice for the first awarded its first scholarship to through service to the public that was Joseph P. Mettner University of Wisconsin Law School so important to Joe Mettner. Yoon Scholarship,” student Jamie Yoon. The foundation excelled at the UW Law School while said Michelle was established last year to honor volunteering with the Wisconsin Mettner who, Joe Mettner ’92, a career public Innocence Project. She also served as along with friends servant and former chairman of the president of the student chapter of Joe, formed Wisconsin Public Service Commis- of the Wisconsin Association of the foundation sion. Joe Mettner’s public service Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) in honor of her began while he was in law school and as advocacy chair of the UW late husband. “Joe with work in the office of then- Public Interest Law Foundation. believed in the Governor Tommy Thompson ’63, Yoon received a $10,000 scholarship ideals of citizen J.D.’66, and continued through for her final year of law school with service to which appointments to the Wisconsin Tax funding provided by the founda- Jamie has devoted Jamie Yoon Appeals Commission and Public tion. “I thank the foundation and herself. We hope Service Commission. will work to honor the legacy of Mr. that this scholarship will help Jamie The scholarship winner, third- Mettner,” said Yoon in accepting the and many others pursue their true year law student Jamie Yoon, has scholarship. vocation with a little less worry demonstrated the type of devotion “Jamie Yoon is an outstanding about the cost of law school.”

Hastie Alumna Stacy Leeds Named Dean of University of Arkansas School of Law

served as a fellow in the Hastie Court justice. At the University of program, where she received her Kansas School of Law, she served master of laws degree and started as interim associate dean for her teaching career. The program academic affairs and as director provides an opportunity for of the Tribal Law and Govern- lawyers of color to prepare for ment Center. a career in law teaching. Leeds Chair of the Hastie Com- remarks, “The Hastie Fellowship, mittee Professor Thomas Mitchell as Jim Jones envisioned it, was remarked, “The Hastie Fellow- the key to my entry into law ship is a durable and significant teaching. The extensive UW part of Wisconsin’s commitment Hastie community has mentored to promoting diversity within me throughout every stage of the legal profession. Stacy has my career.” already achieved an outstanding Stacy Leeds LL.M.’00, a graduate Leeds’ nationally recognized reputation as a scholar, teacher, of the UW Law School’s William scholarship has focused on prop- and judge. She is now the second H. Hastie Fellowship program, erty, natural resources, and Ameri- Hastie Fellow to be selected as was named dean of the University can Indian law. Additionally, she a law school dean. [Daniel of Arkansas School of Law. Leeds, has served as a judge for many Bernstine was the first Hastie a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is tribes, including the Cherokee Fellow to become a law school the first Native American woman Nation, where she was the only dean.] The Law School and the to serve as a dean of a law school. woman as well as the youngest Hastie Program take great pride From 1998 to 2000, Leeds person ever to serve as a Supreme in her achievements.”

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Farmers have reaped the benefits of his work

isconsin farmers who can Antigo. Coates found that land Wirrigate their fields from owners could legally tap ground- groundwater or obtain loans using water if it was under their land. their equipment and potential harvest as collateral owe Glenn “The Uniform Commercial Coates a debt of gratitude — Code was being developed although most likely, he would by the American Law brush aside any praise. Institute, and I was Ask him, and he’ll say he was probably the only person just a researcher doing what needed in the nation who knew to be done, under the guidance of anything about farming Professor Jake Beuscher, a well-loved and law on that subject. and well-remembered mentor and I was able to apply the a paragon of the University of commercial code to farm Wisconsin Law School’s Law in financing.” Action credo. Now retired, Coates LL.B.’49, D.L.S.’53 and his wife, Dolores, live in Racine and have made gifts The grant segued to a Carnegie Fel- to establish the Jake Beuscher/ lowship, and “then I went into the Coates Family Scholarship at the broader field of financing for farm- Law School. ers, using not land and mortgages “Jake was a fine teacher who but chattel property, personal prop- knew how to motivate people. I was erty for collateralizing loans.” His After a stint in Seattle, Coates fortunate that he took a liking to me,” thesis earned him a doctorate and a joined a firm in Racine. In 1989, he Coates says of his mentor, who died further opportunity to help farmers. went to work for Racine Federated unexpectedly in 1967. “He was very “The Uniform Commercial as an in-house attorney, his last interested in farm law, and I was born Code was being developed by the position before retiring. on a farm. That was what brought us American Law Institute, and I was In establishing the Jake together in the beginning.” probably the only person in the Beuscher/Coates Family Scholar- After taking and enjoying nation who knew anything about ship, in part through proceeds from Beuscher’s class on equity in 1947, farming and law on that subject,” the sale of Dolores’ family farm in Coates saw a bulletin board message Coates says. “I was able to apply the Iowa, Glenn and Dolores Coates from the professor seeking someone commercial code to farm financing.” created a gift annuity, which gives to do research. Coates responded, His work there led to such them cash flow now and benefits the wrote a law review piece, and “one changes as allowing dairy farmers to Law School later. thing led to another.” use their milk checks to secure loans, The scholarship will help After graduating, Coates had and crop farmers to use anticipated meritorious students with need. an apprenticeship in Whitewater harvests as collateral. “That is because of my own experi- that didn’t work out, so he called “It really was Law in Action, ence in Law School and how Beuscher in the summer of 1949. traveling around the state talking grateful I was to have a mentor like “He had indicated there might be to bankers and lawyers, and seeing Jake Beuscher, who saw the need some further research opportuni- how they handled these things,” and thought I merited assistance,” ties, and he was working on a book says Coates, who grew up on a dairy Glenn Coates says. “I wanted those on farm law,” Coates says. Beuscher farm in Thorp, Wisconsin. “I went same criteria applied to people with secured Coates a grant from what to law school because I didn’t want need and their willingness to devote was then the College of Agriculture to stay on the farm. Nonetheless, time and effort to their studies.” to study law regarding irrigation in thanks to Jake, I was able to adapt – Chris DuPre the potato-growing area around the law to farm needs.”

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Looking out for small towns

The son of Greek immigrants planning and family planning. — “my father left to escape the “It’s a fairly specialized area,” civil war” of the late 1940s — he says. “There aren’t many people Vlahadamis was the first of three who do what I do.” siblings to graduate from college, Vlahadamis took a long view and all three have earned UW- in setting up the scholarship. He Madison degrees. “For my father will make annual gifts over 10 especially, education was really years to reach the endowment important,” he says. “He couldn’t level, and, through a trust, he set finish his studies, given the war. up a life insurance policy that one He had to leave for employment day will fund the scholarship fur- opportunities. He paid for all of ther. “There are a lot of tax reasons our undergraduate degrees. to do the policy, and I thought it Coming from a manual laborer, was important to make a substan- it was really impressive that he tial gift that way,” he says. “I plan could do that.” to give each year for the rest of my After earning bachelor’s and life, and life insurance is a great K. Gus Vlahadamis ’92 grew MBA degrees from the Wisconsin way to fund it further.” up a city kid in Milwaukee, but he cares about the young people and “You’re always worried over time that people are communities in rural Wisconsin. concentrating on the cities and leaving Wisconsin. He has established the I’d like to play a part in strengthening the rural part Vlahadamis Law Firm Scholarship of the state.” at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and once it is School of Business, Vlahadamis When he’s asked to judge endowed, he would like it to was working as a financial analyst. moot court or international support Wisconsin students “A lot of the work I was doing had competitions at the University of outside of Dane and Milwaukee tax implications,” he says. “I went Texas School of Law, Vlahadamis counties interested in practicing to law school to get a better tax is reminded of the education he in rural Wisconsin. background and focused my stud- received at Wisconsin. “Especially “People who were born ies in that area.” in the areas of international law outside of Milwaukee and Dane Vlahadamis has carved out and tax law, I feel like I got a great County probably have a bigger a high-demand niche for his education and am really indebted challenge on their hands decid- practice. “My main area of spe- to the school,” he says. He singled ing whether to go to a bigger firm cialization is international estate out Emeritus Professor Charles in a bigger city or going home planning,” he says. “I help foreign Irish as an inspiration. “He was and maybe being more of a town nationals coming to the U.S. or the most influential for me,” lawyer,” says Vlahadamis, whose wealthy Americans invest offshore Vlahadamis says. “He taught me Vlahadamis Law Firm is based in and in other countries. Most of a lot about tax policy.” Houston, Texas. “You’re always my practice has been in Houston. — Chris DuPre worried over time that people are It’s a very international city. There concentrating on the cities and are a lot of international oil com- leaving Wisconsin. I’d like to play panies here like Shell and Exxon a part in strengthening the rural who have a lot of inpats and expats part of the state.” going in and out. I do a lot of tax

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1960s a tour guide at the Walker Art Center. He is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Palatine, Illinois, and Donald A. Hoffman ’68 has joined Karin A. Bentz ’82 was elected president Leake & Andersson, LLP, as counsel to of the Virgin Islands Bar Association after currently serves as the judge coordinator the firm, and will be based in the New serving as its president-elect for the past for the Palatine Police Department’s Peer Orleans office. year. Bentz previously served as secretary Jury Program. 1970s and a member of the board of governors. 1990s Robert M. Simmons ’73 was recently Randall J. Erickson ’84 has joined the Laura A. Lindner ’93 was recently named elected and sworn in as the mayor of Milwaukee office of Godfrey & Kahn, the 2012 Up and Coming Employment Walnut Creek, California. S.C., where he will work in the Securities Lawyer of the Year by Chambers USA, the leading publisher of legal guides Donald L. Bach ’74 of DeWitt Ross & Practice Group. Erickson is on the board throughout the world. Lindner received Stevens, S.C., has received the Charles of directors for Renaissance Learning, Inc. the award at the Women in Law Awards L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award. and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse ceremony honoring outstanding female The Goldberg Award recognizes the Foundation. He also serves on the board stars in the U.S. legal community. Winners lifetime achievement of an individual of visitors at the University of Wisconsin- were selected based on rankings from in the legal profession with a record of Milwaukee School of Education. corporate counsel throughout the U.S. service to the profession and to the public. Eric F. Swanson ’84 has been named the Lindner is a shareholder in the Milwaukee It is named after the former State Bar Minneapolis Best Lawyers Energy Lawyer office of Littler Mendelson, P.C. president, a leader in launching free legal of the Year by the Best Lawyers in America services to the poor. 2011. Only a single lawyer in each spe- Sverre D. Roang ’94 of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C., has been named Louis B. Butler, Jr. ’77 has joined the cialty in each community is being honored Deal Maker of the Year-USA for 2011 Milwaukee office of Gonzalez Saggio & as the Lawyer of the Year. by Lawyer Monthly magazine. Roang Harlan, LLP, as a partner. Butler previously Thomas B. Eagon ’85 was selected as is a shareholder in the Madison office, served as a senior visiting lecturer at the the 2011 State Prosecutor of the Year. where he serves as co-leader of the firm’s Wisconsin Law School from 2008-2011 Eagon has served as an elected district Corporate Practice Group. and was the first African-American justice attorney in Portage County, Wisconsin, to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. since 1995, after serving for six years as John D. Surma ’94 has joined Adams & Reese, LLP, as special counsel in the firm’s Seward M. Cooper ’78 was appointed an assistant district attorney. Houston office. Surma will practice in the the legal adviser to the president of Scott L. Langlois ’86 has received a area of regulatory compliance involving Liberia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Real Estate Award for his part in The City the United States Department of Labor- Johnson Sirleaf, who is the first woman to Center at 735 project from the Milwaukee OSHA, state OSHA programs, the Nuclear be elected president of an African country. The project encom- Business Journal. Regulatory Commission, and the United Cooper serves as a member of the passes the renovation of a downtown States Chemical Safety Board. president’s cabinet. Milwaukee building that has been empty Theresa B. Laughlin ’95 of Habush, Perry S. Granof ’78 was recently ap- for 22 years. Langlois is a member of the Habush & Rottier, S.C., has achieved NBTA pointed chair-elect of the American Bar Real Estate Group at Quarles & Brady, LLP. certification by the National Board of Trial Association TIPS Professionals’, Officers’, Gay A. Spahn ’88 has been appointed an Advocacy. Laughlin is only the fifth woman and Directors’ Liability General Committee. administrative patent judge on the Board in the state to gain NBTA certification. Barbara (Taulborg) Portwood ’79 of Patent Appeals and Interferences at Christine L. Taylor ’95 was elected as was recently named among the area’s the United States Patent and Trademark the new state representative for the 48th Top Women in Finance by Finance & Office. Spahn will serve as a member of Assembly District. The 48th Assembly Dis- Commerce. The award honors the Mechanical and Business Methods trict covers parts of the east and far-east outstanding efforts of women who are section. sides of Madison, parts of Monona and making notable contributions to their Cinthia S. Christensen ’89 has been McFarland, and the towns of Blooming professions, their communities, and promoted to president of Children’s Grove and Dunn. society at large throughout Minnesota. Hospital of Wisconsin and executive vice Portwood is a shareholder at Leonard, president of Children’s Hospital and Health Mario D. Mendoza ’96 has joined the law Street and Deinard. System. Christensen also serves on the firm of Murphy Desmond, S.C., practicing board of directors of the Wisconsin March in the areas of business law, municipal 1980s of Dimes, as well as Big Brothers Big law, and administrative/regulatory law and Deborah Klein ’81 practiced as a trial Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. government relations. lawyer specializing in health-care issues in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has served Todd A. Rowden ’89 has been named Carl R. Kugler ’98 has been named to on a number of boards of health- and vice-chair of Thompson Coburn, LLP’s the board of directors of the Boys & Girls art-related charities and public commis- Business Litigation Group. Rowden was Club of Dane County. Kugler is a partner at sions. Having retired from law practice also named to the Law Bulletin Publish- Foley & Lardner, LLP, working in the corpo- some years ago, Klein has recently been ing Company’s prestigious 40 Illinois rate and commercial transaction fields. recognized for her five years of service as Attorneys under Forty to Watch in 2003.

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Nelson W. Phillips III ’98 was appointed Litigation and Risk Management Practice tion that provides victims of sexual and by Governor Scott Walker to Branch Group and works out of the firm’s domestic violence/abuse with support, 17 of the Circuit Court of Milwaukee Milwaukee office. education, training, and healing. County. Phillips replaced Judge Francis Kyle J. Gulya ’04 was recently promoted Wasielewski, who retired in July. 2010s to shareholder of von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Kyle B. Flanagan ’10 of Ruder Ware has Kevin D. Trost ’98 has joined the Axley as a member of the Labor and Employ- been named a member of the Wisconsin Brynelson Law Firm to aid in the rep- ment Law and School Law Sections. Gulya Alumni Association: Wausau Chapter resentation of financial institutions and practices in the firm’s Madison office. Board of Directors. WAA’s alumni chapters insurers at the firm’s downtown Gottlieb J. Marmet ’04 was recently are nonprofit, volunteer groups dedicated Madison office. promoted to shareholder of von Briesen to raising overall awareness of the Donald E. Laverdure ’99 was recently & Roper, S.C. Marmet is working in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, named interim head of the U.S. Bureau of Litigation and Risk Management Practice generating scholarships for local students, Indian Affairs. Laverdure has been deputy Group and works out of the firm’s and providing UW-Madison alumni with assistant secretary since 2009. He was Milwaukee office. a local connection to the university. previously the chief legal counsel for the Kerry L. Moskol ’04 of Quarles & Brady, Melissa Holds the Enemy ’10 was executive branch of the Crow Tribe and LLP, was selected as a 2011 Up and named one of the 2012 Forward under has held judgeships with the Crow and Coming Lawyer honoree by the Wisconsin 40 winners by the Wisconsin Alumni other tribes. Law Journal. Honorees are attorneys who Association. The award honors UW 2000s have been practicing eight years or fewer, graduates under the age of 40 who are making an impact on the world by living Jeffrey A. Goldman ’02 was recently and who have demonstrated leadership, promoted to partner at DeWitt Ross & contributed to their community, and suc- the Wisconsin Idea. Holds the Enemy was Stevens, S.C. Goldman practices in cessfully achieved legal outcomes early in chosen for being a voice of sovereignty in the firm’s Trust & Estate and Litigation their careers. her role as the deputy executive counsel to the Crow Nation. Practice Groups and focuses on estate Christopher J. Fahy ’05 has joined the planning, probate, trust administration, Chicago office of Quarles & Brady, LLP, as Kristen E. Lonergan ’10 has joined the and trust, estate, and fiduciary litigation. an associate in the Intellectual Property staff of Bremer & Trollop Law Offices, S.C., practicing in the personal injury field, with John P. Arranz ’03 has achieved Group. Fahy concentrates his practice in partner status at Swanson, Martin & patent litigation, patent prosecution, and an emphasis on civil trial practice. Bell, LLP. Arranz focuses his practice trademark litigation, including work in the Jessica E. Ozalp ’10 has joined the on environmental law, commercial fields of mechanical devices, confec- Axley Brynelson law firm in Madison, litigation and business disputes, and toxic tioneries, gaming devices, automotive Wisconsin, as an associate in the firm’s tort litigation. systems, and robotics. litigation department. James L. Oakley ’03 has been elected a Eric J. Ryberg ’06 has been recognized by Benjamin S. Piper ’10 has joined the partner at Thompson Coburn, LLP. Oak- peers as a distinguished lawyer, receiving Portland, Maine, office of Preti, Flaherty, ley practices in the firm’s Litigation Group. top honors and being selected as one of Beliveau, and Pachios as an associate. the Wisconsin Law Journal’s 25 Up and He will work in the litigation field. Michele L. Perreault ’03 of DeWitt Ross Coming Lawyers. The honor recognizes & Stevens, S.C., has been appointed to individuals who have demonstrated Heather E. Hazelwood ’11 has joined the District 9 Committee of the Office leadership, contributed to their community, Hurley, Burish & Stanton, S.C., in Madison. of Lawyer Regulation by Chief Justice successfully achieved legal outcomes Hazelwood will practice in the firm’s Shirley Abrahamson D.J.S.’62. The Office early in their careers, and have been prac- transactional and personal services area, of Lawyer Regulation is an agency of the ticing law for eight years or fewer. Ryberg to include estate planning, family law, Wisconsin Supreme Court that supervises is an associate at the Madison office of and advising business, non-profit and attorneys’ legal practices, and protects the Habush Habush & Rottier. charitable organizations. public from attorneys’ misconduct. Reed L. Christiansen ’08 has joined Tyler K. Wilkinson ’11 has joined Axley Jennifer R. Racine ’03 has accepted the Carestream Health, Inc. in Oakdale, Brynelson, LLP. Wilkinson practices in position of commercial counsel at Pay- Minnesota, as patent counsel for the business litigation, personal injury, Pal, Inc. Racine will be based out of the medical films and printing solutions criminal defense, municipal and local Omaha, Nebraska, worldwide operations business. government, school law, and other areas. center for PayPal. Jonathan W. Hackbarth ’08 of Quarles Magill E. Weber ’03 recently published & Brady, LLP, in its Milwaukee office, has Door County Outdoors: A Guide to the Best been appointed to serve on the City of Hiking, Biking, Paddling, Beaches, and Milwaukee’s Standards and Appeals Com- Natural Places. mission by Mayor Tom Barrett ’76, J.D.’80. Steven G. Carlson ’04 was recently Annie Jay ’08 is the 2011 recipient of the promoted to shareholder of von Briesen Lee and Lynn Copen Award from Women’s & Roper, S.C. Carlson is working in the and Children’s Horizons, an organiza-

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 37 IN MEMORIAM

University of Wisconsin Law School Mourns the Loss of Professor John Kidwell and Professor Jane Larson

The University of Wisconsin Law School is deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Emeritus John Kidwell, who passed away in March 2012 in Madison, and Professor Jane Larson, who passed away in December 2011 in Madison.

Professor John Kidwell A brilliant scholar, was born in Denver, Professor Jane Larson Colorado, and grew up joined the faculty in in Custer, South Da- 1996 to teach Property, kota. After high school, Women’s Legal His- he attended the South tory, Conflicts of Laws, Dakota School of Mines and Feminist Legal and Technology for two Theory. An immensely years, contemplating a popular teacher, she degree in physics, but once explained that changed plans when, she taught doctrine in his own words, as if teaching musical “… I encountered scales — that is, as a The Calculus, and The Calculus won.” He transferred necessary technical skill on which all else is based. But, to the University of Iowa and majored in English, she said, it is the social, political, and philosophical receiving his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1967 context that brings meaning to doctrine and makes (with Distinction, Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa). music out of the law. He then attended Harvard Law School and received Among Professor Larson’s signature scholarly his J.D. in 1970 (cum laude). He took a job as an asso- contributions are her Columbia Law Review article on ciate with the Denver, Colorado, law firm of Dawson, the development and decline of the tort of seduction, Nagel, Sherman & Howard. which later formed the basis for her co-authored Ox- Professor Kidwell joined the University of Wis- ford University Press book, Hard Bargains: The Politics consin Law faculty in 1972 as an assistant professor, of Sex (with Linda R. Hirshman, 1999), and her work and except for a year as a Fellow in Law and Hu- on informal housing in Texas, published in the Yale manities at Harvard University in 1976-77, was here Law and Policy Review in 2002. In addition, she was continuously. He served as associate dean for academic a co-author of the historians’ amicus brief in the case affairs from 2002-2005 before retiring from the full- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Washington v. time faculty in June 2005. Casey, which ultimately affirmed the core holdings Professor Kidwell regularly taught courses deal- of Roe v. Wade. ing with the law of contracts, remedies, copyrights, After earning her B.A. magna cum laude from and trademarks. He was the recipient of the Emil H. Macalester College and a J.D. from the University of Steiger Award for teaching excellence, and had been Minnesota Law School, Larson clerked for the Honor- chosen Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Law able Rosalie E. Wahl on the Minnesota Supreme Court Alumni Association. He was a co-author of Wisconsin and then for the Honorable Theodore A. McMillian Law School’s signature Contracts: Law in Action, a case- on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. book published by Lexis/Nexis, as well as a co-author She began her teaching career on the faculty of the of Property: Cases and Materials, published by Aspen. Northwestern University School of Law and while Among his many service activities, he served as a there was twice awarded the Robert Childes Memorial member, and ultimately chair, of the Wisconsin Board Award for Teaching Excellence. After joining the of Bar Examiners. University of Wisconsin faculty, she was awarded the John Kidwell leaves behind his wife and son, H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship for research and played Jean and Ben Kidwell. A man of broad and eclectic an active role in the university’s Land Tenure Center interests, he characterized his interests and activities as and the Law School’s Institute for Legal Studies. “reading, listening to music, idle conversation, and the She is survived by her son, Simon, and her game of poker.” sister, Jennifer.

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1930s Wallace H. Hahn, Jr. ’51 David B. Mills ’63 Herbert T. Johnson ’38 Ken Hur ’51 John S. Teschner ’65 Paul P. Lipton ’39 Louis G. Kratochvil ’51 William J. Doss ’66 Clarence H. Mertz ’51 Don M. Kaminsky ’67 1940s Robert Silverstein ’51 Steven M. Schur ’67 Ernest O. Hanson ’40 Russell E. Weinkauf ’51 John D. O’Connell ’41 David E. Beckwith ’52 1970s Jack R. De Witt ’42 Henry B. Buslee ’52 Robert C. Wertsch ’70 Harold E. Rieve ’42 Lawrence J. Hayes ’52 Barry F. Bohan ’71 Ruth Whiffen La Fave ’45 Robert B. Murray ’52 Meryl R. Manhardt ’72 William L. McCusker ’46 George G. Russell ’53 John M. Webster ’73 Bruce B. Burrows ’48 Richard H. Stafford ’53 Cynthia L. Murphy ’78 Martin M. Lucente ’48 Gerald T. Nolan ’54 Frank L. Nikolay ’48 Anton Motz ’55 1980s William V. Schuster ’48 Karl M. Tippet ’55 Sandra E. Stein ’81 Harry F. Franke ’49 Jay W. Winter ’55 Carolie B. Kuehn ’83 Dale E. Ihlenfeldt ’49 Richard J. Callaway ’56 Madeleine A. Fremont Michael W. Maier ’49 Peter K. Schmidt ’56 Brenner ’84 William J. Mantyh ’49 John H. Thill ’56 Jeffrey T. Jones ’86 John J. Nikolay ’49 Rodney J. Satter ’57 Joseph P. Wright ’88 Robert B. McConnell ’58 Michael L. Stoker ’89 1950s Lyle W. Allen ’50 1960s 1990s Mary L. Dooley ’50 Curtis M. Kirkhuff ’60 Karen M. Clougherty ’93 Gerald J. Kahn ’50 Anders Birkeland ’61 Virginia L. Erdman ’94 James M. Ruth ’50 Fred E. Black ’61 Richard L. Cates ’51 George B. Sletteland ’61 2000s Bryant W. Fisher ’51 Arthur C. Kordus ’62 Lisa Thornton ’03

law.wisc.edu/alumni GARGOYLE 39 PHOTO FINISH PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

Alumni at the Spring Program, 1972 Hairstyles and clothes have changed, but law school camaraderie stays the same.

Tell us about the most bizarre case you’ve ever worked on, and your case might get mentioned in an upcoming Gargoyle issue. Email [email protected]

40 GARGOYLE Summer 2012 A more inclusive Benchers’ Society

he Law School is pleased to announce some changes to the TBenchers’ Society. For many years, this special group has consisted of individuals who have made a significant commitment to the Bench- ers’ Society Fund, which provides discretionary support to the dean and allows the school to invest in opportunities that forward its academic mission and reputation. The Benchers’ designation has reflected a unique relationship with the Law School that we believe should be shared more broadly by recognizing all donors who generously support any area within the Law School. Therefore, starting this year, any gift of $1,000 or more to the Law School will qualify you as a member of the Benchers’ Society. We now welcome all of our committed friends to the Benchers’ Society, whether their support goes towards the LEO Program, the Remington Center, the Benchers’ Fund, or any other area. As a member of the Benchers’ Society, you will receive exclusive communications from the dean, recognition in an upcoming Gargoyle, and an invitation to our new annual Dean’s Summit. We are very grateful to all of our alumni who have generously given to the Benchers’ Society Fund over the past several decades. We hope that this change encourages even more of our alumni to lend their support. For more information about the Benchers’ Society, please contact Eric Salisbury at (608) 263-6669 or email [email protected]. Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Madison, WI Permit No. 658

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■ Dean’s Summit ■ Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture ■ ClassCrits V Workshop: From Madison September 15, 2012 Speaker: Professor Mark Lemley to Zuccotti Park: Confronting Class and October 12, 2012 Reclaiming the American Dream ■ Reunion Weekend November 16 and 17, 2012 September 21 and 22, 2012 ■ Wisconsin Law Review Symposium: 30 Years of Comparative Institutional ■ Washington, D.C., Alumni Reception ■ 6th Annual South Asia Legal Studies Analysis: A Celebration of Neil Komesar January 9, 2013 Pre-Conference Workshop October 19, 2012 October 11, 2012