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Grants Empower Law-related Educational Consumer Programs Across State ................ 1

Plans in Motion to Move Foundation Forward in 2013 ............................................. 3

Peterson’s Commitment: Unending Community Service ....................................... 3

Charles L. Goldberg – A Lawyer’s Lawyer ..... 4

Join Your Colleagues at the Fellows’ Annual Recognition Event .......................................... 4

Goldberg Award Recipient Jim Friedman: Equally at Home in Business and Public Service ........................................................... 5

Ethics Expert Is Fellows Guest Speaker: ‘Core Values’ and the Challenge of Change for the Legal Profession ............................................. 5

Contribute to the Foundation .......................... 6

Three Wisconsin Law Foundation Presidents and Charles L. Goldberg Award Recipients Pass Away in 2012 ......................................... 7

Thank You For Supporting the Wisconsin Law Foundation .............................................. 8

Heritage Society Encourages Your Participation .................................................. 10

Law Foundation Offers Grants to Charitable and Law-related Educational Programs ....... 11

Wisconsin Law Foundation Board of Directors .................................................. 11

Name the WLF Newsletter ........................... 12

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Don’t miss the Oct. 2 Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation Annual

Recognition Dinner. See page 4.

Grants Empower Law-related Educational Consumer Programs Across State $24K-plus Distributed

The Wisconsin Law Foundation (WLF) recently awarded $24,080 in grants to law-related programs in Wisconsin. Grants include educating the public on health care reform, providing estate planning services to Native Americans, smoothing the way through bankruptcy issues for pro se litigants, helping Spanish-speaking residents un-derstand family court issues, expanding teen court programs, and supporting the State Bar-sponsored Mock Trial Program and the translation of a popular publication What You Should Know About Wisconsin Law into Spanish.

“The Wisconsin Law Foundation is hon-ored to award grants to these truly deserving organizations,” says Grants Committee Chair Mark A. Pennow. “We wholeheartedly sup-port these programs as they strive to fulfill the mission of this Foundation – to promote the public understanding of the law and to improve the administration of justice. The Foundation commends and thanks them for their great work.”

ABC for Health received $1,955 to de-velop a series of education workshops called “HealthCheck CheckMarks.” The Wisconsin

HealthCheck program is derived from a federal law that mandates Medicaid coverage for any service a child needs that is determined to be medically necessary, even if the state health plan does not cover that service. Unfortunately this federal statute is not well-known to Wisconsin families, attorneys, or medical service providers. ABC for Health hopes to change this by offering a series of educational workshops on the legal and administrative hurdles to health care coverage for children seeking medically necessary services. The workshops will be offered in Milwaukee, Marathon, and Winnebago counties.

ABC for Health, Inc. is a Wisconsin-based, nonprofit public interest law firm with offices in Madison, Balsam Lake, and Mil-waukee. ABC is dedicated to using legal education tools to ensure health care access for children and families, particularly those with special needs or who are at risk.

Easter Seals Wisconsin (ESW) received $1,500 for its Disability and Aging Ser-vices Program. Through partnership with Wisconsin Judicare and the U.W. Law

Law student interns working with ABC for Health during the early stages of the HealthCheck CheckMarks project.

Julie Short manages the Easter Seals Wisconsin

Aging & Disability Services Program.

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Xavier team prepares to present its case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Mediation Center of Greater Green Bay Inc. volunteers.

School, ESW expands its pro bono estate planning services to Native Americans. U.W. Law School students receive train-ing and conduct client interviews drafting core estate planning documents including wills, advance directives, and powers of attorney.

The ESW Aging and Disability Servic-es program was created to meet the needs of individuals over age 60 and individuals with disabilities residing in low-income households. Wisconsin Judicare, based in Wausau, is a nonprofit law firm that provides services to low-income individu-als in Wisconsin’s northern counties and to Native Americans statewide.

Eastern District of Wisconsin Bank-ruptcy Help Desk received $2,000 to continue its Pro Se Help Desk program.

Since its inception several years ago, this project has had the enthusiastic sup-port of the four members of the Eastern District bankruptcy bench. The need for this service has increased dramatically after the passage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which increased the procedural difficulty for unrepresented people who want to file bankruptcy.

The number of consumer bankruptcy filings continues to climb. In 2011, the help desk served approximately 1,000 visitors who needed legal assistance and were unable to afford legal representation.

Centro Legal received $2,000 to sup-port Family Law Outreach Classes, which educate individuals about the family court system. The classes educate participants about the processes and procedures of

family court, offer a basic understanding of family law issues and terminology, explain the types of remedies available and not avail-able through litigation, break down pervasive myths and misconcep-tions about family court, and educate participants about courthouse resources.

In 2011, Centro Legal opened 519 new client cases, an increase of 46 cases from 2010, and continued representa-tion in 291 cases carried over from prior years. Centro Legal also served nearly 1,000 individuals through free consulta-tions and family law information classes.

Centro Legal, located on the south side of Milwaukee, serves a diverse group of clients in family law and criminal misdemeanor defense cases. Centro Legal also provides services for victims of domestic abuse and serves as guardians ad litem for minors in family and paternity court.

Crawford and Grant counties each re-ceived grants to further enhance, expand, and sustain their teen court programs. Crawford County Teen Court and the Grant County Teen Court Task Force each received $1,750.

Teen court programs typically hear the cases of juveniles between the ages of 12 and 17 who have committed their first nonviolent offenses or who are minor repeat offenders. The goals are restitution to the community and victims and giving youth an opportunity to be-come accountable for their behavior and develop as responsible citizens.

Mediation Center of Greater Green Bay Inc. received $1,125 to expand its services to include Brown County Circuit Court non-threatening temporary restraining orders.

Established in 1998, this center mediates approximately 700 disputes annually, with an 85 percent resolution rate through the

involvement of 25 professionally trained volunteers. Since 2002, the center has contracted with Brown County to medi-ate small claims cases. Approximately 95 percent of the center’s cases are referred from the Brown County Circuit Court.

State Bar Law-related Education programs received $12,000 to support the High School Mock Trial Tourna-ment and the translation of the 44-page booklet, What You Should Know About Wisconsin Law, into Spanish.

The High School Mock Trial Tour-nament familiarizes students with the American legal system with students par-ticipating in a trial simulation as lawyers and witnesses.

What You Should Know About Wisconsin Law is an expansion of the popular publication On Being 18. A large segment of Spanish-speaking Wisconsin residents currently find access to the le-gal system very difficult because they do not understand English well enough.

The State Bar of Wisconsin’s Law-related Education programs promote awareness of the law and citizenship through interactive educational experi-ences.

Centro Legal staff attorneys, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Plans in Motion to Move Foundation Forward in 2013By Dean Dietrich, WLF President, Wausau

Peterson’s Commitment: Unending Community Service

The Wisconsin Law Founda-tion does a lot of wonderful things to advance the goals of the Foundation but does a terrible job of telling people of its successes. This newsletter moves us in the direction of communicating to you both our success as well as our impact. The Board of Directors is working hard to move the Foundation forward and clarify its goals to provide support and funding for projects that will improve the image of lawyers, increase the knowledge of the public about the law and the legal profession, and improve

the administration of justice.

Many important things are happening within the Foundation:

The Foundation recently awarded $24,080 in grants to seven different agencies to promote legal education and legal services to the needy. The largest grant ($12,000) was to the State Bar Law-related Education Programs to support the Mock Trial Program and a Spanish version of the What You Should Know About Wisconsin Law booklet. (See article on page 1.)

Wisconsin will host the National Mock Trial Competition in May of 2014. The Law Foundation will support this event and help our state competi-tion expand to more schools and com-munities.

The Annual Fellows Dinner will be held on Oct. 2 at the Wisconsin Club at the near northeast Milwaukee facility. A new class of Fellows will be welcomed and James Friedman will be honored as the recipient of the Charles L. Goldberg Award. (See articles on pages 4 and 5.)

Look in upcoming communications for a plan of action by the Board of Directors to grow the Law Foundation to ensure its place as an important part of the State Bar and to the lawyers in Wisconsin.

Please consider a contribution to the Wisconsin Law Foundation to help its efforts to expand legal edu-cation in our communities.

James P. Peterson, Mil-waukee, received the Wisconsin Law Founda-tion’s Donald O’Melia Local Service Award in June. The award recognizes a law-

yer who has made a significant public service contribution in his or her local community.

Peterson is a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP and member of the firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital, Transactional & Securities and Interna-tional practices. His practice includes acquisitions, divestitures, investment of private equity and venture capital funds, and general corporate law. He repre-sents private equity acquirers, as well

as emerging and mature businesses and serves as the firm’s chair of training for the Business Law Department.

Prior to practicing law, Peterson represented Wisconsin’s interests at the State of Wisconsin Office of Federal-State Relations in Washington, D.C. and worked as a staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means.

Community ServiceHe is chairman of the board of St.

Aemilian-Lakeside, a nonprofit orga-nization that provides therapy, preven-tion, education, and support services for foster care families and Wisconsin’s children. Peterson also serves as chair-man of Integrated Family Services Inc., which provides ongoing case manage-ment and safety services for children and families from Milwaukee County

who are assigned to IFS by a protective services court order or are at high risk for entering the court system. He also is on the board of Capitol West Academy, a tuition-free charter school.

In her letter of nomination Foley & Lardner Managing Partner Linda Benfield said, “Jim is very conscious of his role as a younger professional who is helping to establish a community service tradition for a new generation of Milwaukee leaders. He has a deep personal commitment to the work of these organizations in serving thousands of people whose lives are deeply chal-lenged. His sustained and substantial effort embodies the kind of commit-ment and effectiveness that the O’Melia Award symbolizes. His work to benefit the Milwaukee community is the best spirit of that award.”

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Charles L. Goldberg – A Lawyer’s Lawyer –1902 - 1975By Margadette Demet, WLF board member, MilwaukeeThis is the first in a series of articles about Foundation leaders whose lifetime contributions are recognized with awards in their name.

Charles L. Goldberg was born in Mil-waukee and lived there all his life except for the years he spent as a student at the University of Chicago. He graduated from the University in 1925, and from Mar-quette University Law School in 1928. He was admitted to the bar and opened his office that same year.

Congeniality and CollaborationAs a young Jewish attorney, Charlie

encountered a climate of prejudice – limi-tations on membership in community or-ganizations, clubs he might join, law firms which would welcome him and other such restrictions. As Frank Gimbel describes it, Charlie did not take notice of such barri-ers. He had confidence in his ability and coupled professionalism with a genuine interest in his fellow human beings. He was a skilled lawyer and a charming man. His congenial personality and sense of humor opened doors for him wherever he went. He was a sole practitioner but shared offices with Francis Krembs in what was then referred to as the “First Wisconsin Building” on Water Street. He developed “of counsel” relationships. He liked his fellow lawyers and they liked and respected him. He set a standard for collaboration and congeniality long before collaboration and mediation were the buzz words they are today.

Always a GentlemanCharlie respected the dignity of his

clients and of opposing counsel and

their clients. Ben Chernov tells a story of Charlie’s approach to difficult legal battles. Ben and Charlie were on the opposite side of what had become a bitter dispute between former business partners. They met in Charlie’s office to attempt settlement. Suddenly, the tone of the meeting became ugly. Charlie turned to his client and said “You are a good friend of mine. Ben Chernov is also my friend. You will behave yourself like a gentleman or this conference will end.” Charlie fought hard for his clients but conducted himself with courtesy and respect for those on the other side. His practice included real estate matters, fam-ily matters, and business litigation. He was the “go to guy” for successful Jewish business men in Wisconsin and for busi-ness people of every stripe.

Community and Home LifeIn addition to his busy practice, Charlie

was active in the community and in the Bar. He contributed generously time and money to the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American Bar Association, and the Milwaukee Bar Association. He served as president of the State Bar of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Bar Association. He served on numerous committees, was a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a member of the American Law Institute. One of the founders of the Wisconsin Law Foundation, at the time of his death he was president of the Fel-lows of the American Bar Foundation.

Charlie and his wife, Julia, were deeply involved with the community and their Temple. Charlie served on the board and as president of Congregation Emmanuel El B’NE Jeshurun. His wife later succeeded him in that role. She was one of the founders of Lawyers Wives of Wisconsin. They had two daughters, Jacqueline and Marion. Jacqueline died tragically a few days after the birth of Charlie and Julia’s only grandchild. Her

Join Us at the Fellows’ Annual Recognition Event

The Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation will hold its Annual Recognition Dinner on Oct. 2 at the Wisconsin Club Country Club in Milwaukee. James D. Friedman will receive the Charles L. Goldberg Dis-tinguished Service Award (see article on page 5), and the Fellows Class of 2012 will be inducted. The incoming class will be announced in the State Bar of Wisconsin InsideTrack.

The Fellows program was instituted in 1999. Its purpose is to honor accomplished State Bar of Wisconsin members who have made significant contributions to their communities, offer quality educational programs to foundation members, and raise additional funds for the foundation. The inaugural class of Fellows in 2000 comprised 83 members. Membership today is 220. New Fellows are elected by nomination from current Fellows members.

A reception begins at 6 p.m., fol-lowed by dinner at 7 p.m. The cost of the dinner is $125. Invitations were mailed in late August. RSVP by Sept. 24. Lost your invitation? Contact the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.

father raised her and she gave great joy to her grandparents.

Charlie exemplified qualities of integri-ty, professionalism, humanity, and service which caused the rabbi who presided at his funeral to say “There was a man!” The Charles L. Goldberg Award Distinguished Service Ward was established by the Wis-consin Law Foundation to honor others who exemplify those same qualities.

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Paul D. Paton, Professor of Law and Director, Ethics Across the Professions Initiative, University of the Pacific, Mc-George School

of Law is the guest speaker on Oct. 2 at the Annual Fellows Recognition Din-ner. Paton’s topic is “Core Values” and the Challenge of Change for the Legal Profession.

Prof. Paton had a distinguished career in private practice, corporate counsel and public service settings

He served as an alderman for the City of Mequon for years and is the chair of the board of ethics. He served as the president of the Common Council and chaired the community’s Blue Ribbon Visioning Committee.

Friedman sets the bar high for other lawyers and as Wisconsin Court of Ap-peals Judge Richard S. Brown, who has known Peterson for more than 30 years, said in his nomination letter, “Jim is tru-ly a citizen out to help make the world a better place than he found it, without any thought of personal material gain. I’ve known Jim as a person who has worked hard to broaden the educational opportunities of disadvantaged children and as an ardent supporter of our public libraries. He is equally at home as a director of the Wisconsin Manufactur-ers and Commerce Association and the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund.”

its clerkship program.

Civic ContributionsFor nearly 30 years, Friedman has

been an advocate for providing the best opportunities of education to children in our community who otherwise would not have such opportunities. He was one of the founders of Partners Advanc-ing Values in Education (PAVE), and is currently on its board of directors. PAVE is a private, nonprofit organization that provides scholarship aid to low-income students attending parochial and private schools in Milwaukee.

Friedman has served as a director and president of the Weyenberg Public Li-brary Foundation in Mequon since 1983, as a board member and president of the Wisconsin Law Foundation and a board member and president of Wisconsin’s Equal Justice Fund Inc.

Goldberg Award Recipient Jim Friedman: Equally at Home in Business and Public Service

Ethics Expert Is Fellows Guest Speaker: ‘Core Values’ and the Challenge of Change for the Legal Profession

James Friedman will receive the Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award at the Fellows Annual Recog-nition dinner on Oct. 2 in

Milwaukee. The award is presented to a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin who has a longstanding record of service both to the legal profession and to the public.

Friedman has maintained an active practice in the business and financial services industry as a partner at Quarles & Brady, LLP, serving as the chair of its Financial Institutions Practice Group. He represents clients large and small. While his individual legal practice is very im-pressive, it is his dedication to bettering the legal community and the communi-ties in which we live that truly highlights his commitment to being an active leader in the industry.

His career is extensive and impres-sive and his expertise has been regularly recognized by his frequent appointments to legislative councils, advisory com-mittees, boards, and more. He played an active role on the State of Wisconsin Legislative Council Special Study Com-mittee on the Regulation of Financial Institutions. He was appointed by the Governor’s Advisory Council on Judicial Selection of the State of Wisconsin for Ozaukee County and served as a member of the State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Task Force on Financial Competitiveness.

His contributions to the State Bar include serving as chair and member of the Board of Governors, member of the Executive, Finance and Investment com-mittees, and he is one of the founders of the State Bar Diversity Committee and

before becoming a full-time professor in 2004. He joined the faculty at Mc-George in 2008 as associate professor and was promoted to full professor in 2010. He teaches courses in profession-al responsibility, corporate governance, business associations, legal ethics and the legal profession, and ethics for government and public lawyers, and was twice named a Fellow of the U.S. National Institute on Teaching Eth-ics and Professionalism. Prof. Paton’s research focuses on ethics in corporate contexts, legal ethics and lawyer regula-tion in comparative perspective, and on corporate governance matters.

He is recognized nationally in both

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Congratulations to Xavier High School Mock Trial Team who won the 2012 Mock Trial State Championship, narrowly beating Shorewood High School. The teams faced off before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in March. Xavier represented Wisconsin at the National Mock Trial

Championship in Albuquerque in May. This is the team’s second consecutive year winning the state championship.

Thanks to your financial support of the Wisconsin Law Foundation, important educational and public service projects like Mock Trial can grow and flourish – even in tough economic times. Your investment through the Foundation, funds critically needed programs and activities, furthering the

cause of justice throughout Wisconsin.

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Jack R. DeWitt was a civil litigator at DeWitt Ross & Stevens for more than 60 years – a firm he founded in the 1950s.

“Jack was much more than our law firm’s namesake – he was an example to all of us on how to practice law with decorum, respect, and grace,” said law partner of 37

years Jon P. Axelrod. “Throughout his legal career, Jack made extraordinary contributions to the public as well as his clients and set the standard as an outstanding litigator, legal scholar, and ethicist.”

When DeWitt received the Senior Lawyers Division Leonard L. Loeb Award, retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William G. Callow noted, “There are many excel-lent attorneys in Wisconsin but there are very few great citizens. Jack DeWitt is not only a great attorney, he is a great citizen.

“Jack’s community service cannot be matched by many Wisconsin citizens,” said Callow. “The reorganization of the Wisconsin court system was drafted by the supreme court while I was a member, and I know first-hand the importance of Jack’s leadership in accomplishing that milestone in that branch of the government.”

Donald Heaney was partner at Lathrop & Clark LLP for more than 53 years. Heaney was a Wisconsin Law Foundation (WLF) presi-dent, and he chaired the Grants, Executive, Funds Development, Programs, and Publications com-mittees. He also was president, secretary, and treasurer of the

Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation. More recently he served as Senior Lawyers Division president, treasurer, and board member. At the time of his death, Heaney was on the Wisconsin Law Foundation Board of Trustees when he died.

As State Bar President in 1985, when lawyers were hav-ing a difficult time obtaining malpractice insurance, he spearheaded the effort to create WILMIC.

Patrick T. Sheedy, retired Milwau-kee Chief Judge and former State Bar president started his legal career in private practice and worked as a litigator for 30 years. During those years he also acted as a Milwaukee court commissioner and public administrator.

Retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Louis J. Ceci recalled Sheedy as a great negotiator, an extremely effective court commissioner, and a very persuasive fellow. “Rarely, if ever, were any of Pat’s deci-sions overturned. I know that because I appeared before him when I was practicing. Pat even convinced me to become a trial judge within days of my retirement from

the supreme court.”

In Memoriam The following longtime Wisconsin Law Foundation

members also passed away in the past year.

Richard L. Cates, U.W. 1951, Madison, Nov. 22, 1925 – Aug. 3, 2011.

Thomas J. Curran, Marquette 1948, April 30, 1924 – July 17, 2012.

Jack R. DeWitt, U.W. 1942, Madison, Dec. 15, 1918 – Feb. 21, 2012.

Dwight H. Ellis III, Harvard 1972, Milwaukee, Aug. 4, 1947 – Sept. 24, 2011.

Donald L. Heaney, U.W. 1955, Madison, May 15, 1931 – Sept. 6, 2012.

Ralph E. Houseman, Marquette 1939, Grafton, July 29, 1916 – Feb. 13, 2012.

Hon. Patrick T. Sheedy, Marquette 1948, Glendale, Oct. 31, 1921 – Jan. 13, 2012.

W. Scott Van Alstyne Jr., U.W. 1953, Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 21, 1922 – Dec. 10, 2011.

Three Wisconsin Law Foundation Presidents and Charles L. Goldberg Award Recipients Pass Away in 2012 The legal profession lost Jack DeWitt, Don Heaney, and Patrick Sheedy in 2012. All three were Wisconsin Law Foundation president and Charles L. Goldberg Distinguished Service Award recipients. Visit www.wisbar.org/wlf for in-depth tributes.

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Thank You For Supporting the Wisconsin Law Foundation!The Wisconsin Law Foundation gratefully acknowledges and thanks the following attorneys and judges for their financial contributions in the last 12 months.

Albert G. AbenaSusan M.C. AdamsLester H. AffeldtJean E. AllenKristine Elaine AndersonHon. Daniel P. AndersonKathryn R. AndersonBradley Alan ApplemanRudolph BabounJames H. BaileyValerie Bailey RihnJanice M. BaldwinThomas J. BalistreriHon. Richard T. BeckerWilliam J. BendtJuli A. BenedumLinda E. BenfieldJohn E. BerminghamGilbert J. BerthelsenThomas W. BertzJoseph H. BestulHon. Andrew BissonnetteHon. Dolores Anne BomradJeffrey H. BowmanPatricia A. BradyHerbert S. BrattChristine Bremer MuggliHon. Audrey Y. BrooksHon. Ellen R. BrostromBruce J. BrovoldDavid D. BrownPeter W. BruceHon. Edward R. BrunnerBarbara L. BurbachKate E. Burkart-PaulsonMary L. BurksKenneth G. CalewartsPaul J. Callan Leticia CamachoMark M. CampHon. James L. CarlsonHon. Jane Vinopal CarrollRoch CarterJ. Todd CaseyMichael L. CherninSusan B. ChesleyHon. Karen E. ChristensonDaniel M. ChudnowRoger W. ClarkJohn E. ClarkeJohn David ClaypoolGlenn R. CoatesEdward C. CoffeyHon. Juan B. Colas

David M. ColburnJames Allen CollinsDavid Y. CollinsJudith P. CollinsDaniel E. ConleyDenis J. ConlonGerald E. ConnollyHon. Dennis D. ConwayJudith W. CooperMichael R. CrabbHon. Barbara B. CrabbDinah M. CraytonJustice Neil Patrick CrooksJoseph M. CrosbyGreg P. CurtisJames G. Curtis, Jr.Richard W. CutlerFrank J. DailyDeborah D. DaleyCheryl Furstace DanielsScott Russell DashPeter G. DavisNadine I. DavyPatricia DeLessioMargadette DemetJennifer Deuster-Loesch Helen Marks DicksDiane S. DielDean R. DietrichW.T. Doar, Jr.Hon. Martin Joseph DonaldHon. Thomas P. DoneganLindsey D. DraperEmil DrobacSean N. DuffeyMaureen T. DulenDonald J. DykeHon. William D. DykeJulianna EbertAmy J. EddyKenneth John EhlenbachThomas W. EhrmannRichard Thomas ElrodWilliam D. Engler, Jr.Robert B. ErdmannMargery C. EricksonHon. James R. EricksonWilliam J. EvansWilliam O. EvensonRussell D. FeingoldMary Sue FeldmeierRobert B. FennigPhillip D. FerrisJoseph R. Filachek

Benjamin Carter FindleyCharles P. FischbachElizabeth C. FlahertyMaureen McGlynn FlanaganTracy S. FleischmanHon. Frederic W. FleishauerEzekiel J.N. FletcherRick A. FlugaurBrian G. FormellaThomas R. FortneySarah E. FortuneAubrey R. FowlerJames D. FriedmanFrederic G. Friedman Grace Matthews FruddenRichard Henry FullerHon. Molly E. GaleWyrickThomas J. GardnerRobert A. GarskeJon Peter GenrichDaniel W. GentgesJanine P. GeskeGregory B. GillMichael W. GillDonna Leigh GinzlMary E. GiovagnoliBradley McConnell GlassPatrick J. GoebelDavid M. GoelzerDaniel L. GoelzerPeter D. GoldbergRussell T. GollaJorge A. GomezCathy J. GorstDavid A. GottardoAmy E. GoyetteWilliam M. GrahamKathleen E. GrantBrent E. GregoryJohn Thomas GreinerHon. Stephan M. GrochowskiMary B. GrossmanPaul D. GrossmanMichael E. GrubbThomas K. GuelzowJodi Lynn HabushSteven R. HaligasJames H. Hall, Jr.Thomas G. HalloranPaula Ann HamerEdward A. HannanRobert W. HansenStephen F. HansenCharles E. Hanson

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Sigurd W. KrostueLeslie Kuhn-ThayerCatherine A. La FleurHon. Robert W. LandryJeffrey J. LaValleDonald W. Layden, Jr.Bok Jung LeeMichael Gim LeeRoger W. LeGrandDavid P. LeibowitzMary E. LeonardAllyn LepeskaSteven A. LevineKevin LonerganRobert B. LoomisJosefina R. LozanoAmber D. LucsayHumphrey J. LynchPatricia M. MacKinnonHelen H. MadsenGordon M. MalaiseTimothy J. MalloyRamiro ManalichSusan C. ManningValerie S. MannisAlan MarcuvitzColleen J. MartineJames J. MathieHon. Margaret Dee McGarityPatrick B. Mehigan Clifford K. MeldmanJoseph A. MelliMichael Charles MenghiniFrancis MettrickPhilip G. MeyersMatthew M. MietzelJane E. MillerLinda M. MintenerAndrew MishloveG. Hans Moede, IIIHon. James B. MohrRobert J. MubarakHon. Emily S. MuellerDonna M. MuellerCharles C. MulcahyEarl H. Munson, Jr.Donald J. MurphyBridget A. MurphyScott Michael NelsonHon. Lisa S. NeubauerHon. Gerald Charles NicholRichard C. NinnemanMichael K. NolanJames C. NoonanRichard K. NordengBrian P. NortonKenneth R. NowakowskiTamara Hayes O’BrienGerald M. O’BrienTamara Hayes O’BrienJohn V. O’ConnorWendy Elaine O’KonekJonathan Joseph O’Konek

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Law Foundation Offers Grants to Charitable and Law-related Educational Programs

The Wisconsin Law Foundation (WLF) reviews grant applications in early spring, but applications for grants up to $2,000 can be submitted at any time. Requests must support charitable or educational programs that promote public understanding of the law, the improvement of administration of justice, or another law-related public service.

“The foundation’s mission is to make a difference through law-related pro-grams that educate and serve the public,” says Mark Pennow, Grants Committee chair. “During the current fiscal year, the Foundation made grants to programs and projects that educate the public on health care reform, provide estate plan-ning services to Native Americans, smooth the way through bankruptcy issues for pro se litigants, help Spanish-speaking residents understand family court is-sues, expanded teen court programs, and support the State Bar-sponsored Mock Trial Program and the translation of a popular publication What You Should Know About Wisconsin Law into Spanish. The Foundation is proud to support programs that directly affect Wisconsin residents, and the committee looks forward to offering another round of grants this year.

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Cheryl Furstace DanielsMargadette DemetJames D. FriedmanMyron E. LaRoweSteven A. Levine

Marygold S. MelliSteven R. Sorenson

G. Lane WareJohn F. Wilcox

Hon. Jon P. Wilcox

Fellows of the Wisconsin Law

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Christy A. Brooks, PresidentThomas J. Drought, Vice President

Kathleen E. Grant, SecretaryHenry A. Field, Treasurer

Philip R. BrehmGeorge C. Brown

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the United States and Canada for his con-tributions to debates on the future of the legal profession and is a frequent media commentator on the role of lawyers in corporate scandal.

Paton received a Master of Philoso-phy in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, supervised by Sir Christopher Greenwood (now of the International Court of justice) before returning to the University of Toronto for law school, where he was an associate editor on the Faculty of Law Review. He clerked for Chief Justice Charles Dubin of the Ontario Court of Appeal, spent more than a decade in the commercial litigation group of Davies, Ward & Beck in Toronto, as Justice and Social Policy Advisor to

the Premier of Ontario, and as in-house counsel to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He earned a Master’s in law from Stanford Law School in 2002 and a Doctorate in 2008, where he was a Fellow in the Keck Center on Legal Ethics and the Legal Pro-fession and received the George S. Shultz Grant from the Stanford Institute for Inter-national Studies in 2002 and 2003. He has been Chair of the Canadian Bar Associa-tion’s National Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee since 2009.

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and educational organization that serves to promote

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and other law-related public service through funding

of innovative and creative programs that improve the

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