PAUL A. STURGUL '73 hasbeen elected President ofthe National Elder LawFoundation, Tucson, Arizona.Sturgul focuses his practicein elder law and maintainsoffices in Hurley andWoodruff, Wisconsin.

FRANCES ULMER '72,Lt. Governor of Alaska, isa candidate for the officeof Governor in the fallelections.

co-chair of the committeeand is one of the co-editorsof the fourth edition ofThe Developing Labor Law(BNA,2001).

DAPHNE WEBB '73has been elected to theExecutive Committee atStafford Rosenbaum inMadison. Webb practices

CHRISTOPHER HEXTER'72, a partner in SchuchatCook and Werner, St. Louis,Missouri, is a member ofthe ABACommittee onDevelopment of the Lawunder the NLRA. For thepast three years, Hexterhas been the union-side

currently chairman of theboard of Sinai HealthSystem in Chicago.

KEVIN LYONS '70 hasjoined the Milwaukee officeof Davis & Kuelthau as ashareholder in its litigationsection.

Southeast Storage &Development, a self-storagepartnership includingGEORGE MCCORD '69,Bluffton, South Carolina,has won the Facility of theYear award from the SelfStorage Association.

STEVEN COHEN '69,international tax partnerwith Deloitte &Touche inSan Francisco, has beenelected vice president-finance for the InternationalFiscal Association(U.S.Branch).

RICHARD KRANlTZ '69has joined GenoMed, Inc.,as a member of its board ofdirectors and as corporateSecretary. GenoMed isa St.Louis-based medicalgenomics biotechnologycompany.

GERALDINE S. HINES '71has become an AssociateJustice of the SuperiorCourt of Massachusettsin Boston.

DOUGLAS J. REICH '67has been named vicepresident, general counseland secretary of HypercomCorp, a leading providerof electronic paymentsolutions. Hypercom isheadquartered in Phoenix.

TERRY W. ROSE '67has been elected tohis ninth term on theKenosha County Boardof Supervisors. Rosepractices with Rose& Rose in Kenosha.

PAULJ.CHERNER '68has joined the Chicagooffice of Altheimer & Gray,where he concentrates hispractice in managementlabor and employment law.Cherner recently servedas president of the UWHillel Foundation and is

JOEL HIRSCHHORN '67,of Hirschhorn & Bieberin Coral Gables, Florida,has been elected a LifeFellow of the WisconsinBar Foundation for hisoutstanding accomplish-ments in the practiceof law. He has also beennamed president elect ofthe American Board ofCriminal Lawyers.

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ROBERT W. FEUER '49 isthe author of Chronicles ofa Chest: Henry Sutton'sNew Haven Schooners,1875-1918, published in2001. Feuer retired fromthe FBI after 29 years as aspecial agent. He spent 12years researching this book.

A. GLENN EPPS '56 hasbeen honored by theMallory, Scott, Van Dyne BarAssociation for his lifetimeachievements. Epps retiredin 1994 after 18 years as anadministrative law judge forthe Michigan EmploymentSecurities Commission.

JAMES R. MORGAN '52 hasbeen re-elected chair of theState of Wisconsin EthicsBoard. He has served onthe Board for 21 years.

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family law and alternative alternative dispute Missouri-Columbia School NILA]EAN ROBINSON '81dispute resolution. resolution. of Law. Uphoff had been a has been certified as a trial

member of the faculty at advocate by the NationalM. DANIEL VOGEL '74 has the University of Oklahoma Board of Trial Advocacy.been certified as a trial Law Center for 11 years.advocate by the NationalBoard of Trial Advocacy. JOSEPH W. BOUCHER '77

of Neider & Boucher inPETER M. WElL '74, Madison has been namedof the LosAngeles firm among the "best lawyersChristensen, Miller, Fink, in Madison" by MadisonJacobs, Glaser,Weil and Magazine. Boucher, aShapiro, is the new member of the State Barpresident of the American of Wisconsin Business LawJewish Committee, Section, also helpedLosAngeles Chapter. draft the state's "Next

RALF-REINHARD BOER Economy" law.'74 has become chairman CHARLES E. NEIDER '75 LAWRENCE BENSKY '83and CEO of Foley & of Neider & Boucher in PIERCE A. MCNALLY'78 has been named a partnerLardner, a national law Madison has been named has joined the entrepre- at Stafford Rosenbaum infirm headquartered in among the "best lawyers neurial services practice Madison. Bensky concen-Milwaukee. Foley employs in Madison" by Madison group of Gray Plant Mooty, trates on employment law,more than 1000 lawyers Magazine. in Minneapolis. litigation and criminal law.in 15 offices.

THOMAS L. OLSON '76 LINCOLN K. MURPHY '79, JEFFREY LEAVELL'83announces that his WAYNE L. MAFFEI '79 and has been certified as a trialcompany, U.S.Paper Mills SCOTT G. PERNITZ '79 advocate by the NationalCorp., has been sold to have been certified as trial Board of Trial Advocacy.Sonoco Products Company advocates by the Nationalof Hartsville, South Board of Trial Advocacy. SYLVANA. SOBEL '83Carolina. Olson will has published Our Pledgecontinue as president of PAMELA E. BARKER '79, of Allegiance, his fourththe new company, Sonoco- co-chair of the book on U.S. history andU.S.Mills, Inc. Environmental Energy government for young

Practice Group for the readers. Sobel is directorMilwaukee firm of Godfrey of communications for the& Kahn, has received the Federal Judicial Center inMarygold Melli Washington, D.C.Achievement Award from

RICHARD NORDENG '74 the LegalAssociation forhas been named head of Women (LAW). The awardthe government law team is presented in recognitionat Stafford Rosenbaum in of substantial contributionsMadison. Nordeng is a to the interests of womenspecialist in local govern- in law.ment and public utility law.

PAULINE H. TESLER '74, PEGGY BANCZAK '81partner in Tesler, Sandmann has been named General& Fishman, MillValley, RODNEY J. UPHOFF '76 Counsel at Cielo WindCalifornia, has published has been named the Power, LLC,an Austin,Collaborative Law, the first Elwood 1.Thomas Professor Texas-based wind power JONATHAN E. STROUSEbook-length treatment of of Law at the University of company. '86 has been elected

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partner at McBride Baker& Coles in Chicago.Strouse, a CPA,concentrateson tax controversies andcontested litigation.

NANCY C. WElTERSTEN'86 has joined DeWittRoss & Stevens in Madison.She will practice family law,juvenile law and criminaldefense.

LYNN BODI '87 hasbeen named head of thechildren's law team atStafford Rosenbaum inMadison. Bodi is a frequentlecturer on laws affectingchildren.

VINCENT LYLES'87has received the BlackExcellence Award fromthe Milwaukee Times andthe Louvenia JohnsonScholarship Fund. Lyles

is first vice president in thePublic Finance Departmentof Robert W Baird & Co.

CAROL M. GAPEN '88has been elected managingpartner at StaffordRosenbaum in Madison.Gapen practices adoptionlaw and children's law.

EDmERTO ROMAN '88has joined the facultyof Florida InternationalUniversity's new College ofLaw. Roman had been onthe faculty of St.ThomasUniversity School of Law.

KIMBERLY SHAUL '89has been named directorof life/health compliancefor American Family LifeInsurance Co. in Madison.She will be responsiblefor monitoring insuranceoperations, field force

practices, and training forcompliance and ethics.

KIM FENSKE '90 hasbeen named director ofnatural history educationat Keystone Ski andSnowboard School. Lastsummer Fenske worked asan environmental educationcoordinator with the U.S.Forest Service.

STEPHEN A. DITULLIO '92is the new managingpartner at DeWitt Ross &Stevens, Madison. DiTulliowill continue to practicemanagement labor andemployment law practicewith the firm.

JAMES FRIEDMAN '92has been promoted toshareholder in the Godfrey& Kahn law firm. Friedman

is a member of the litigationpractice group in the firm'sMadison office,

AlAN GORMAN '92has been elected to theexecutive committee ofMerchant & Gould inMinneapolis. Gorman isa general patent counselfor the firm.

MICHAELJASKOLSKI '92,

and MICHAEL LAPPIN '93

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JENNIFER BINKLEY '01has won the 2001 AmericanAcademy of MatrimonialLaw Prize for outstandingcommitment to the area offamily law.

ERIN M. BINNS '01,LARS E. GULBRANDSEN'01, RYAN P. MORRISON'01 and LAURENCEJ.OLEKSA '01 have joinedQuarles & Brady in theirMilwaukee office. Binnswill practice commerciallitigation, school and familylaw. Gulbrandsen will

CHARLES D. WINGROVE'00 has joined Balisle &Roberson in Madison. Hewill practice family law,estate planning, probateand appellate law.

RAMONA NATERA '00,is working at the CentroGuadalupe in Madison,providing the Latinocommunity with represen-tation and counsel on avariety of legal topics.She was featured in theMarch 1-7 edition ofThe Madison Times.

LAURA KATERS '00 hasjoined the Kendricks,

GREG A. ROWE '97 hasjoined the firm of Bazelon,Less & Feldman, P.C, inPhiladelphia. Formerly anassociate with the litigationpractice group at PepperHamilton. Rowe also servedas assistant district attorneyof Philadelphia.

and BRYAN C. ESCH '97have become shareholdersat DeWitt Ross & Stevens,Madison. Westerhofpractices commerciallitigation, employment andintellectual property law.Esch focuses his practiceon employee benefits,probate and estate,business, tax and realestate law.

Bordeau, Adamini, Chilman& Greenlee firm inMarquette, Michigan. Katerswill practice family law,estate planning and pro-bate, and real estate law.

DALE T. GOLDEN '96, anassociate with Marshall,Dennehey, Warner, Coleman& Goggin in their Tampa,Florida office, spoke at arecent seminar given by theNational Business Instituteon the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act.

JEREMY LEVITT '96 hasjoined the faculty at DePaulUniversity College of Lawin Chicago.

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SHUNETTE T. CAMPBELL'96 recently became thefirst African-Americanwoman Wisconsin assistantattorney general to give anoral argument in theWisconsin Supreme Court.

TAMARAMCNULTY '95has joined the NorthernVirginia office of theVenable Law Firm. McNultyfocuses her practice oncomplex commerciallitigation.

commercial, productsliability and employmentlitigation.

MEG VERGERONT '93has been named partnerat Stafford Rosenbaum inMadison. Vergeront headsthe firm's employmentlaw team, representingprivate and public sectoremployers.

JACQUES COWAN '95has joined Maslon EdelmanBorman & Brand inMinneapolis. Formerly withFaegre & Benson, Cowanwill continue to practice

TERENCE A. THOMAS, SR.'93 has been elected aprincipal in the Detroitoffice of Miller, Canfield,Paddock and Stone. Thomaspractices business litigationand advises clients one-commerce issues.

have been named partnersat Quarles & Brady inMilwaukee. Jaskolskifocuses on intellectualproperty practice whileGrebe and Lappin practicecorporate law.

JOSEPH C. MONAHAN '93has joined the litigationdepartment of Saul EwingLLPin Philadelphia. Heconcentrates his practicein intellectual property,business and commerciallitigation.

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Legal ProfessionRemembers

Marquette UniversityDean Eisenberg

(Reprinted with permissionfrom WisBar,the Web site of

the Wisconsin State Bar)

HOWARDEisenberg,dean of the Mar-quette University

law School, passed away onTuesday, June 4 at St. Luke'SMedical Center in Milwau-kee. Eisenberg suffered amild heart attack on May 23.He was readmitted to thehospital Monday, June 3.He was 55.

"The state of Wisconsinhas lost a bright star and I,personally, have lost a closefriend and an esteemedcolleague," said WisconsinSupreme Court Chief JusticeShirley S.Abrahamson."I have known HowardEisenberg since he was mystudent at the UWlawSchooLWhen he leftWisconsin to teach law atSouthern Illinois University,1traveled to Carbondale athis invitation to participateat the law schooL When heleft Carbondale for theUniversity of Arkansas lawSchool in Little Rock, 1joined him there to give acommencement address.And 1took great joy inwelcoming him and hiswonderful wife Phyllis backto Wisconsin in 1995."

"Through the years, DeanEisenberg frequently arguedcases before our stateSupreme Court as a publicdefender and then asap-pointed counsel, oftenreceiving no pay for hiswork," continued Abraham-son. "Hewas, and willcontinue to be, an example

CORY TENNISON '01began work in Mayasthe newest prosecutor atthe Mille Lacs CountyAttorney's Office inMinnesota. He passed theMinnesota bar exam earlierthis year. Previously, heewas working as a part-timedistrict attourney in St.Croix County,Wisconsin.

CHRISTOPHER D. SHAW'01 and DEREK L.WRIGHT '01 have joinedthe Chicago office of Foley& Lardner in the litigationdepartment.

MEGAN A. SENATORI '01has joined Balisle &Roberson in Madison,where she will practicefamily law, estate planning,probate and appellate law.

YER VANG'01 is animmigration attorney,providing assistance tobattered immigrants at theWisconsin Coalition AgainstDomestic Violence, inMadison. She was featuredin an article in the March1-7 edition of The MadisonTimes .•

CARl ANNE RENLUND '01

JENNIFER PETERSON '01,law clerk to Justice N.Patrick Crooks of theWisconsin Supreme Courtfor the 2001-02 term, hasreceived the 2001Outstanding RecentAlumnus Award fromUW-EauClaire, where shegraduated in December1997.

practice commerciallitigation, Morrison willfocus on corporate financeand securities law, andOleksa will concentrate onlabor and employment law.

and MINDY ROWLANDBUENGER '01 have joinedDeWitt Ross and Stevensin Madison. Renlund willpractice general litigationand environmental law.Buenger will focus onemployment relations.

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of a remarkable lawyer, arole model for all the stu-dents at Marquette UniversityLaw School and the entirebar.

"I mourn Dean Eisen-berg's passing with the heartof a friend and the soulof a fellow teacher andlawyer," concluded Abraham-son. "He lived life, as do allgreat men and women, as ifhe would never have to die.He died far too young, buthe will live on through hisfamily, his students, and themany people whose liveshe touched."

"Howard was the heartand soul of the law school,"said Shirley Ann Wiegand,acting associate dean ofMarquette University LawSchool. "He was one of ahandful of truly great men,more generous of soul andspirit than anyone I'veknown. Funny, brilliant,respectful, caring, and fartoo hardworking; he cannotbe replaced. We will misshim always."

"Dean Eisenberg lived theconcept of serving the publicthrough pro bono represen-tation of the poor and thedisadvantaged, and wasalways willing to share hisvast knowledge and expertadvice with other attorneys,"said State Bar PresidentGerry Mowris. "My firstmemory of Howard waswhen I called him as a younglawyer facing a difficult legalissue. Howard not only hadan answer but quoted me acase and a citation frommemory. He was always will-ing to provide advice andguidance or suggestions toyoung lawyers. The citizens

of the State of Wisconsin andthe State Bar lost a truefriend."

"Dean Eisenberg willbe missed greatly by thelawyers and the staff ofthe State Bar of Wisconsin, "continued Mowris. "From hisservice as the state publicdefender through his serviceas dean of the MarquetteUniversity Law School,Howard has been a consum-mate professional."

Eisenberg joined theMarquette faculty as deanand professor inJuly 1995.A native of Chicago, he wasa Phi Beta Kappa graduateof Northwestern University.He attended UW Law School,after which he clerked forWisconsin Supreme CourtJustice Horace Wilkie. From1972 until 1978 he served asthe chief State Public Defen-der of the State of Wisconsinand wrote the current StatePublic Defender statute.Eisenberg left Wisconsin in1978 to become executivedirector of the National Aidand Defender Association inWashington, D.C. From 1983to 1991 he was professorand director of ClinicalEducation at SouthernIllinois University School ofLaw in Carbondale, Illinois.He served as dean and pro-fessor of law at the Univer-sity of Arkansas at Little Rockfrom 1991 until he joined theMarquette faculty.

Eisenberg argued morethan 300 appellate casesbefore state and federalcourts, including two casesbefore the United StatesSupreme Court. He wroteand presented dozens ofcontinuing legal education

Howard Eisenberg

programs in the areas ofcriminal procedure,legal ethics, elderlaw, andcivil rights.

Eisenberg received the1989 Outstanding Achieve-ment Award fromthe governor of Illinois forhis work in combating elderabuse and the first Walter J.Cummings Award in 1992 asthe outstanding courtappointed attorney in theSeventh Federal JudicialCircuit. He received theaward a second time in 2002.Eisenberg received severalawards recognizing hiscommitment to pro bonolegal services. He served as amember of the WisconsinBoard of Bar Examiners from1996-2001, and as chair ofthe board during 2001.

At the time of his death hewas chair of the State BarAppellate Practice Section,

and he served as Chair of theSeventh Circuit RulesAdvisory Committee since1998. Eisenberg was appoint-ed chair of a SpecialCommission to advise theArchbishop of Milwaukee onissues relating to sexualabuse by priests. Gov.McCallum recently appoint-ed him to co-chair a specialcommittee to recommendchanges to the Wisconsincorrupt practices act.Eisenberg was a fellowof the American Academyof Appellate Lawyers, theWisconsin Law Foundation,and the American BarFoundation. He taught crimi-nallaw, criminal procedure,professional responsibility,and appellate advocacy.

In addition to his wifePhyllis, survivors include adaughter Leah, and two sons,Nathan and Adam .•

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