EMPLOYMENT STATUS:
1969 to July, 2000 with von Briesen, Purtell & Roper, S.C.
Present with The Schroeder Group, S.C., Attorneys at Law
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS:
· Milwaukee Bar Assn., President 1996-97
· Milwaukee Young Lawyers Assn., President 1977-78
· Mayfair Kiwanis Club, President 1983-84
· Milwaukee Bar Assn. Foundation, Inc., President 1983-87
· Wisconsin Assn. for Infant/Toddler Development, President 1988-89
· American Bar Association/Y.L.D., National Chairman, Law and Media
Committee 1979-81
· Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from Milwaukee Jaycees 1978
· Moderator—“Law and You” television program WTMJ Channel 4 1977-78
· Host—“At Issue” television program WMVS Channel 10 1979-81
· Member: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Wisconsin and American Bar
Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Diplomat—Court
Practice Institute; Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers
· American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Board of Trustees
1998-2002, Secretary 2000-2002
ADOPTION BACKGROUND:
· Handled over 2,500 international and domestic adoption cases
· Represent Wisconsin adoption agencies and parties in private
placement adoptions
· Wisconsin Legislative Council Committee to revise adoption laws
1997, 2002
· Counsel in numerous contested adoption cases in Wisconsin Court of
Appeals, Wisconsin Supreme Court, U.S. District Court and U.S. Supreme
Court
· Lecturer on adoption for:
American Adoption Congress Medical College of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Judicial Conference Resolve
Wisconsin Adoption Information Center National Business Institute
Wisconsin Adoption Exchange Milwaukee Bar Association
American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
WRITINGS:
· Marquette University Law Review, Volume 66, No. 3, Spring 1983,
“Adoption and Termination Proceedings in Wisconsin: Straining the Wisdom
of Solomon”
· Wisconsin Lawyer, June 1989, “Terminating Parental Rights”
· Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Volume 7, No. 2, February 1988, “Private Adoption in Wisconsin
· Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Volume 19, No. 1, January 2000,
“Foster Parent Rights: The Rules Have Changed”
· American Bar Association Foundation April 1992 “Sending Children
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