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Wetlands Law and Compliance Webinar Series
SeminarSeptember 25, 2019Karen Bennett + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Karen Bennett
Attorney with Clark Hill in Washington, D.C.Ms. Bennett is a member in the firm’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources practice group. She represents clients on environmental and administrative law matters, focusing primarily on permitting, compliance, litigation and legislative and regulatory policy under the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Ms. Bennett has also guided clients through Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) cost recovery actions and appeals. She is recognized as a skilled strategist, with expertise in obtaining federal approvals for complex projects that face multi-front regulatory hurdles and public scrutiny, with special emphasis on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Bennett was vice president for Environmental Affairs at the National Mining Association (NMA), the Washington, D.C.- based trade association that represents the coal and hardrock mining industry before Congress, the Administration, and regulatory agencies. Ms. Bennett earned her JD degree from the University of Denver, College of Law, where she was the editor of the Water Court Reporter, and is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia.
Avi M. Sareen
Avi M. Sareen, President/Principal, TNT Environmental, Inc.
Mr. Sareen is president and principal wetland scientist with TNT Environmental, Inc., a leading wetland and natural resource consulting firm in Northern Virginia. He is a Virginia certified professional wetland delineator, professional wetland scientist, certified arborist, and certified ecologist. Mr. Sareen’s firm is multi-disciplined, specializing in fields of wetland science, regulatory consulting, biology, ecology, botany, forest ecology and arboriculture. Mr. Sareen earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and Ecology Concentration from Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University. He studied Applied Ecology and Conservation Biology at Frostburg State University.
What Business Owners Should Know About the CARES Act and Taxes
WebinarApril 6, 2020Robb A. Longman
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Robb A. Longman, Esq.
Managing Member at Longman & Van Grack LLC – Bethesda, MDMr. Longman’s extensive background in tax law provides him with the ability to advise his clients not just on the corporate matters but the tax effects of those matters as well. In fact, as head of the firm’s Tax Practice, he is the former chair of Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Section, the vice-chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Taxation Closely Held Businesses Committee, and a regularly speaker at tax seminars to attorneys and businesses on the latest tax law issues. Mr. Longman has also testified before the Maryland House of Delegates on tax legislation for the State of Maryland. He regularly works with his clients to devise strategies to help them minimize their taxes in their business or personal transactions. Additionally, he is a regular speaker on panels and presentations with the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. Mr. Longman has successfully represented many businesses, individuals, and non-profits before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing agencies. Robb represents his clients in tax audits, in the United States Tax Court, and the Maryland Tax Court. He regularly assists his clients in resolving outstanding tax debts. Mr. Longman represents his clients in business matters, tax planning and litigation, as well as estate planning. He regularly assists businesses with the drafting of corporate documents, contract negotiation and drafting, the use of employee agreements, and succession planning. Mr. Longman is a native to Washington and attended high school in Rockville, Maryland. Thus, he is very familiar with the various issues that face Maryland and Washington, DC, businesses and individuals. Mr. Longman currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and two children.
Whole Building Technical Commissioning
WebinarOctober 25, 2021Jon Sheppard
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Jon Sheppard
President of Atlantic-Testing
Mr. Sheppard is a principal partner and president of Atlantic Testing, Inc, where he oversees all aspects of the firm’s commissioning, retro-commissioning, testing and balancing, sound & vibration, and building envelope testing activities. He has extensive experience in whole building systems testing and has been in the industry for over 25 years. Mr. Sheppard serves on the Board of Directors for NEBB and is currently the president-elect for 2021. Mr. Sheppard has served on, and chaired, both the Building Systems Commissioning and TAB Committees for NEBB. Mr. Sheppard is also an ACG Certified CxA. He has created and taught several certification courses, including Testing, Adjusting and Balancing for Certified Professionals and for Certified Technicians; Technical Commissioning for Professionals; Retro-Commissioning; and Commissioning Technician review seminars. Mr. Sheppard is a frequent speaker for NEBB, ASHRAE, and other organizations within the industry. He lives in Powhatan, Virginia, and is interested in music and watching his son tour with Drum Corp International during the summers.
Wildfire Management on Rural Lands
WebinarDecember 14, 2020John Bailey + 3 Other Speakers
Speakers
John Bailey
John Bailey is a professor of Silviculture and Fire Management in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. He obtained his BS and MF degrees from Virginia Tech in the 1980s, then he worked for 6+ years with the Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon, on forest stressors. He completed a PhD degree at Oregon State University and joined the faculty at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in ponderosa pine silviculture, fuels management and ecological restoration. Professor Bailey returned to OSU in 2006 to continue research on fuels/fire management and sustainable forestry in drier fire-prone forest types, as well as multi-story management in mixed forest types for broad ecosystem objectives. His recent research and outreach focus is on landscape-scale wildfire risk and how to use sustainable forest management to minimize the adverse impacts of future wildfire in uncertain climatic times.
Dave Lasky
Dave Lasky is the director of Fire Management for the Forest Stewards Guild and the module lead for the Gravitas Peak Wildland Fire Module, and he has spent 20 years in fire management. He has worked as a suppression firefighter with extensive experience in Colorado’s Front Range and its recent history of catastrophic fires in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Mr. Lasky has had a diverse career, from running Daylight Again Restoration Forestry, which used draft horses as the motive power source, to many years as an engine boss, and serving on Type 2 and 3 Incident Management Teams. He spent thre years as the lead for the Four Mile Fire Crew, working with landowners and state and federal partners to build fire resilient communities. A qualified burn boss and incident commander, Mr. Lasky now focuses on workforce development and social justice issues to increase the pace and scale of prescribed fire implementation.
Corrina Marshall
Corrina Marshall is the Intermountain west regional coordinator with the Forest Stewards Guild. She project manages several next generation community wildfire protection plans that the Guild is developing. She has extensive experience in private working lands conservation across the West and Midwest. Her career spans the gap from prescribed fire and ecological restoration implementation projects to community engagement with federal, state, non-profit, and private partners.
Megan Matonis
Megan Matonis, PhD. is the Intermountain West regional manager with the Forest Stewards Guild. Having previously worked at the Rocky Mountain Research Station and with Colorado State Forest Service, Dr. Matonis has significant research and outreach experience in fire ecology, forest ecology, and fire management. Her dissertation research focuses on collaborative landscape-scale restoration of ponderosa pine and dry mixed-conifer forests along the Colorado Front Range and Uncompahgre Plateau. Notably, Dr. Matonis is a coauthor on a highly-regarded general technical report on restoration treatments in ponderosa pine forests.
Wildfire Management on Rural Lands
WebinarApril 28, 2022John Bailey + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
John Bailey
John Bailey is a professor of Silviculture and Fire Management in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. He obtained his BS and MF degrees from Virginia Tech in the 1980s, then he worked for 6+ years with the Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon, on forest stressors. He completed a PhD degree at Oregon State University and joined the faculty at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in ponderosa pine silviculture, fuels management and ecological restoration. Professor Bailey returned to OSU in 2006 to continue research on fuels/fire management and sustainable forestry in drier fire-prone forest types, as well as multi-story management in mixed forest types for broad ecosystem objectives. His recent research and outreach focus is on landscape-scale wildfire risk and how to use sustainable forest management to minimize the adverse impacts of future wildfire in uncertain climatic times.
Daniel Leavell
Daniel Leavell is an associate professor of practice in Forest and Fire Science at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry. As of last June, he was given the job of lead in developing a fire-based education, training, and experience program for the College. Mr. Leavell has worked in various locations throughout the northwest and Rocky Mountains as a forester, silviculturist, botanist, program manager and NF staff. He has worked from Florida to Alaska on wildfire, hurricane, flood, and other emergency incidents as a firefighter (held all NWCG operation section positions, safety officer, line EMT, field observer, situation unit leader, infrared interpreter, BAER team, and other positions), fire and emergency incident manager (Type 1 and 2 Operations Section Chief, Incident Commander Type 3), and forest/fire ecologist – for the Forest Service, States and various academic/state institutions (1973 to 2012).
Mr. Leavell has also been a private consultant in forestry and ecology (2010 to 2014), a volunteer fire chief for a NW Montana structure fire dept. (2006 to 2012), an assistant professor of practice and forest/fire extension agent for Oregon State University, College of Forestry Extension in Klamath and Lake County, Oregon (2014 to 2020), a volunteer firefighter/EMT for a county fire department in Klamath Falls (2015 to 2018). He was also severed in the Navy from 1969 to 1974 and earned BS and MS degrees in Forestry/Forest Science at Oregon State University (1977 and 1992 respectively) and a PhD from University of Montana in Landscape, Community, And Disturbance Ecology (2000).
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
On-DemandApril 28, 2017Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
SeminarJune 24, 2016Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
On-DemandAugust 24, 2018Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
SeminarNovember 18, 2016Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
On-DemandJune 23, 2017Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
On-DemandSeptember 13, 2018Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
SeminarJune 22, 2018Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wind, Snow, and Ice Design Loads
On-DemandJuly 12, 2018Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
Wisconsin Family Law Practice for Paralegals
On-DemandFebruary 27, 2018Billie Jentsch + 4 Other Speakers
Speakers
Billie Jentsch
Billie Jo Jentsch is an experienced divorce and family law paralegal with Kaehne, Cottle, Pasquale & Associates, S.C. Ms. Jentsch graduated from Moraine Park Technical College with a Legal Secretary Associates Degree in 1993 and subsequently received the Registered Paralegal designation on June 26, 2000 from the National Federation of Paralegal Associations. She is one of only ten paralegals in the State of Wisconsin with this distinguished designation. With 25 years of experience in family law, Ms. Jentsch is passionate and knowledgeable about all divorce and family law matters including: paternity, child custody, physical placement of a minor child, child support, maintenance, absolute divorce, legal separation and post-judgment modifications.
Corinne Kaplan
Kaplan Law Firm, S.C.Corinne Kaplan is president and shareholder of Kaplan Law Firm, S.C. Ms. Kaplan has been practicing law for 30 years. A graduate of Indiana University for both her undergraduate and graduate educations, she received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a J.D degree with specialties in Taxation and Securities. Attorney Kaplan was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1984. While an extremely skilled family law practitioner, she is also very well versed in real estate law, business and taxation law, personal injury law, and sport law. Before pioneering Kaplan Law Firm, S.C., Ms. Kaplan worked as an attorney at other firms, as an accountant and tax specialist for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and as a consult and register representative for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Also, Attorney Kaplan worked as a mediator and arbitrator for Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Inc. Attorney Kaplan served as the 2010 president of the Ozaukee County Bar Association. She has been a frequent keynote speaker nationally, and she has been a presenter at continuing legal education seminars in business, tax, and family law areas. Besides law, Ms. Kaplan is passionate about her 28 year teaching career. She has been a professor at Cardinal Stritch University teaching a wide range of courses which allows her to remain current both in technology and in legal issues.
Rachel Laborde
Kaehne, Cottle, Pasquale & Associates, S.C.Rachel R. Laborde is an attorney with Kaehne, Cottle, Pasquale & Associates, S.C. in the Sheboygan office. A certified collaborative family law lawyer, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Language, Literature and Culture from Marquette University and subsequently earned her Juris Doctor degree from Marquette University Law School. Ms. Laborde has been practicing family law in the Sheboygan area for the last four years and presently sits on the Leadership Development Committee and Mentorship Committee for the Wisconsin State Bar. Attorney Laborde is also on the Board of Directors, as the treasurer, for Lakeshore Community Health Care. She is passionate about providing comprehensive, aggressive and compassionate legal services for individuals navigating the nuances of the family court system.
Nicholas Pasquale
Kaehne, Cottle, Pasquale & Associates, S.C.Nicholas J.B. Pasquale is a senior partner at Kaehne, Cottle, Pasquale & Associates, S.C., a full service law firm with offices in Sheboygan, Neenah, Appleton, and Green Bay. Mr. Pasquale specializes in family law and debt relief law, including Chapters 7 and 13 under the Federal Bankruptcy Code and Voluntary Amortization of Debt Actions. Mr. Pasquale is a frequent CLE presenter to judges and attorneys around the State on how bankruptcy can impact family law judgments.
Linda Sinitz
Ratzel Pytlik & Pezze, LLCLinda M. Sinitz is an attorney with Ratzel Pytlik & Pezze, LLC. Ms. Sinitz attended Marquette University Law School and upon graduation in 1985, she joined a litigation firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She then operated her own practice for 15 years before joining Ratzel, Pytlik & Pezze, LLC. She has extensive trial experience, with concentrations in family law and insurance litigation. Ms. Sinitz has over 30 years of experience in the practice of law. She now focuses her practice in family law, and represents both men and women in divorce and paternity related issues in courts throughout the State of Wisconsin. Ms. Sinitz has met the state requirements to be, and is, a family mediator. She also is frequently appointed by judges to represent the best interests of children and incompetent adults in contested custody and placement cases.
Wisconsin Family Law Practice for Paralegals
WebinarMarch 31, 2021Tiffany Highstrom + 2 Other Speakers
Speakers
Tiffany Highstrom
Tiffany Highstrom is a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum LLP in Madison. She is past chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin Family Law Section and serves on the Editorial Board for the Wisconsin Journal of Family Law and is a regular contributor. She serves on the Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin’s Board of Directors and has been recently been appointed by the Wisconsin State Bar to the Section Leaders Council Board as a liaison to the Legislative Oversight Committee. She was also part of the 2018 Joint Legislative Council Study Committee on Child Placement and Support and is a past member of the Child Support Advisory Panel. Ms. Highstrom currently serves on the Board of Directors Wisconsin Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, and is a member of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association. She received her B.A. degree in Political Science and English from Ball State University in 2000 and her J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School in 2004.
Corinne Kaplan
Kaplan Law Firm, S.C.Corinne Kaplan is president and shareholder of Kaplan Law Firm, S.C. Ms. Kaplan has been practicing law for 30 years. A graduate of Indiana University for both her undergraduate and graduate educations, she received an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a J.D degree with specialties in Taxation and Securities. Attorney Kaplan was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1984. While an extremely skilled family law practitioner, she is also very well versed in real estate law, business and taxation law, personal injury law, and sport law. Before pioneering Kaplan Law Firm, S.C., Ms. Kaplan worked as an attorney at other firms, as an accountant and tax specialist for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., and as a consult and register representative for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Also, Attorney Kaplan worked as a mediator and arbitrator for Alternative Dispute Resolutions, Inc. Attorney Kaplan served as the 2010 president of the Ozaukee County Bar Association. She has been a frequent keynote speaker nationally, and she has been a presenter at continuing legal education seminars in business, tax, and family law areas. Besides law, Ms. Kaplan is passionate about her 28 year teaching career. She has been a professor at Cardinal Stritch University teaching a wide range of courses which allows her to remain current both in technology and in legal issues.
Michele L. Perreault
Michele L. Perreault is an equity partner in the Madison office of DeWitt LLP, where she serves as chair of the Family Law Practice Group. Ms. Perreault has represented over 1,000 clients with their family law matters. In addition to her family law litigation experience, she has successfully litigated cases ranging from estate disputes to multi-million dollar property tax disputes. Ms. Perreault also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, teaching classes related to family law as well as constitutional law.
Wisconsin Land Use Law
On-DemandApril 5, 2017Brian Ohm + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Brian Ohm
Professor at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMr. Ohm’s teaching, research, and outreach focus on the legal and institutional framework for planning. Mr. Ohm joined the UW faculty in 1994, and he holds a joint appointment with the University of Wisconsin Extension where he is the state specialist in land use law, environmental regulation, and growth management. He also has affiliate appointments with UW’s Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies. Mr. Ohm served as chair of the Department of Urban & Regional Planning from 2008 – 2012. Prior to joining the faculty at UW, Mr. Ohm worked as an attorney for the Metropolitan Council, the regional governing body for the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. While at the Council he was involved in numerous regional planning initiatives involving land use, affordable housing, natural resources, transportation, governance, and local public service delivery. Prior to that he worked as an attorney in private practice for the Minneapolis law firm then known as Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., where he specialized in litigation involving land use, eminent domain, and complex securities fraud. Mr. Ohm holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College with majors in History and Political Science.
Brian Randall
Friebert, Finerty & St. John S.C.Attorney at Friebert, Finerty & St. John S.C.Mr. Randall’s zoning and land use experience includes rezoning, entitlement, permitting, occupancy, tax increment financing and real estate development work for owners, developers and end users. He also advises clients on other municipal and local government law matters such as alcohol beverage and other municipal licensing issues, lobbying and legislative matters on behalf of clients who will be affected by proposed municipal regulation or who are interested in shaping such proposals, and bids for governmental contracts and concessions including those containing DBE/MBE/WBE/EBE requirements. Mr. Randall has given presentations on large-scale new commercial retail development sites and on the practical and policy considerations in the licensing issuing process and enforcement proceedings. Mr. Randall and/or his firm is a member of several industry associations including the Commercial Association of Realtors – Wisconsin (CARW), the National Association for Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), as well as the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, and the Milwaukee Bar Association. Mr. Randall was named a Super Lawyer for work in the Land Use & Zoning practice area in 2016 in the Wisconsin Super Lawyers publication and in Milwaukee Magazine after being named as a “Rising Star” between 2007 and 2014. Beginning in 2012 and most recently in 2016, he was named in The Best Lawyers in America publication and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for his work in the Litigation – Land Use & Zoning practice area including that practice area’s “Lawyer of the Year” in 2014. Mr. Randall was named a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer by ALM’s Law.com and Martindale-Hubbell and published in the Wall Street Journal for his work in Government Law and Real Estate Law.
Wisconsin Personal Injury Practice for Paralegals
WebinarFebruary 18, 2022Whitney Healy + 3 Other Speakers
Speakers
Whitney Healy
Attorney at Habush Habush and Rottier SC (Appleton and Green Bay, WI)Ms. Healy focuses her practice on a wide variety of personal injury cases. Prior to joining Habush, she worked as an attorney at a civil litigation firm in Madison, Wisconsin, where she dedicated her career to helping those who need it most. She has vast experience representing individuals in both state and federal courts, as well as with transnational litigation. In recognition of her civil litigation work, Ms. Healy was designated a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Currently, she sits on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Association for Justice (WAJ) and is the immediate past chair of the Women’s Caucus. Additionally, she was nominated to serve as a Regional Officer for WAJ. She is also a member of the James E. Doyle Inn of Court and is an active member of the Legal Association for Women in Dane County, serving on the board of directors from 2019-2021. Healy received her undergraduate degree from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and graduated cum laude, with honors, from Valparaiso Law School. While in law school, she served as editor of the Law Review.
Krista G. LaFave
Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs LLPMs. LaFave is a trial lawyer at Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs LLP where she represents plaintiffs. Her practice focuses on civil rights litigation, employment disputes, and all types of personal injury cases, including automobile collisions, product liability, premises liability, and nursing home abuse and neglect cases. She initially worked in insurance defense and subrogation litigation. Ms. LaFave is a 2013 magna cum laude graduate of Tulane University Law School. She was selected to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 and has been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star since 2018. She serves on the board of the Association for Women Lawyers. Prior to attending law school, Ms. LaFave worked in legal marketing and as a legal assistant.
Christopher Strohbehn
Attorney & Partner at Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP (Milwaukee, WI)
Mr. Strohbehn is a partner at Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He enjoys the challenge of helping clients through difficult situations. He has developed a diverse litigation practice that focuses on personal injury, insurance coverage litigation, civil litigation, and commercial property tax appeals. Mr. Strohbehn’s practice extends throughout the state of Wisconsin. He represents clients across the spectrum – from individuals to small businesses to large national corporations. He is also experienced in litigating in appellate courts across the state, including serving as lead counsel in a number of cases that were litigated at the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Previously, Mr. Strohbehn was President of the Milwaukee Young Lawyer’s Association and was a member of the Board for six years. He also sat for a number of years as an alternate on the City of Milwaukee’s Administrative Review and Appeals Board and was president of a large downtown Condominium Association. Currently, he is a board member of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.
Cristina Wirth
Attorney at Bye, Goff & Rohde (River Falls, WI)Ms. Wirth was born and raised in River Falls and is proud to serve her hometown community as well as the greater states of Wisconsin and Minnesota as an injury lawyer. She attended law school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where she graduated magna cum laude, served on the Law Review senior board, and was inducted into the Pro Bono Society. During law school Ms. Wirth also served as a judicial intern at the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Prior to law school, Ms. Wirth graduated summa cum laude from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota as a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She also obtained her paralegal certificate while attending Hamline. Ms. Wirth’s personal injury practice is grounded in the understanding that injuries can be life-changing and that no one should have to navigate the legal system alone. Her extensive experience in the legal field allows her to employ a myriad of skills in advocating zealously for her clients. Her years of experience in various positions at Bye, Goff & Rohde and her prior work with judges give her a unique perspective in litigating personal injury cases.
Wisconsin Soil Mechanics, Bearing Capacity and Slope Stabilization
WebinarMarch 29, 2022Dante Fratta
Speakers
Dante Fratta, P.E. Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison of EngineeringProfessor Fratta is an associate professor in Geological Engineering and Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds Civil Engineering degrees from three different universities: a diploma from U.N. Corboda (Argentina), an M.A.Sc. degree from U. of Waterloo (Canada), and a Ph.D. degree from Georgia Tech (USA). He has over 20 years of teaching experience through courses in soil mechanics, foundation engineering, and applied geophysics, and he is the author of three books. Professor Fratta also supports a research group that pursues studies in near-surface geophysics, wave propagation in soils and groups, and experimental geotechnical engineering.
