‘Bankruptcy Whisperer’ Honored for Role in Purdue Pharma Case
When a group of bewildered opioid activists and survivors sought transparency and accountability during the infamous Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, they found Jonathan Lipson '90.
Alumni Magazine for the University of Wisconsin Law School
When a group of bewildered opioid activists and survivors sought transparency and accountability during the infamous Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, they found Jonathan Lipson '90.
Last year, for their 40th reunion, the Class of 1984 wanted to do something to leave a lasting impact: They sought to raise $198,400 to fund one or more scholarships for financially challenged students.
When Lorenzo Gudino ’21 was considering law school, a sense of Native community was critical. Enter the Native American Pathway to Law Initiative, which includes an annual workshop that will be hosted by UW Law this summer.
As Evan Feeley’s ’25 classmates lined up summer plans around Wisconsin and other states, he packed his bags for a destination more than 8,500 miles away: the Ho Chi Minh City office of YKVN, a leading law firm in Vietnam.
After 16 years of practicing law, Sara Beachy Waters ’08 craved a career change. Now, she provides counseling services to law students as a practicum mental health counselor with University Health Services.
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1970s Bruce Kerr ’72 has retired from his law practice in northern California following a career at Oracle and Sun Microsystems, where he was assistant general counsel. Kerr was co-founder with fellow law student Marty Milgrim of the Community Law Office on the Madison campus, which started during the protests in 1971 and ran for …
In July, Ho-Chunk Nation Trial Court Associate Judge JoAnn Jones ’86 retired at age 83. But she’s not done “working” by any means.
1970s Thomas K. Zander ’77 is the 2022 recipient of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund’s Howard B. Eisenberg Lifetime Achievement Award. Zander was the executive director of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc. from 1981-1994. In addition to representing thousands of low-income Milwaukeeans in a variety of civil cases, he litigated two class action …