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JOHN W. GALANIS, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1963, Wisconsin.

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.B.A., cum laude, 1959)
  • University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1963)
  • London School of Economics, England (1963)
  • Beta Alpha Psi
  • Order of the Coif
  • Order of the Barristers
  • Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1962-1963.
  • Certified Public Accountant, Wisconsin, 1965.
  • Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, MGIC Investment Corporation & Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, 1968-1988
  • 1989 - Present, Chairman, Galanis, Pollack & Jacobs, S.C., Past President, Milwaukee Foundation
  • Past President, Boys & Girls Club of Milwaukee
  • Past President Aurora Family Service
  • Board of Visitors, University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Business
  • Board of Visitors, University of Michigan Law School

Member:

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin and American (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Business and General Corporate
  • Real Estate and Mortgage Finance Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Construction Law
MARK B. POLLACK, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1966, Wisconsin; 1983, New York.

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin (B.B.A., 1963; J.D., 1966)
  • Order of the Coif
  • Member, Wisconsin Law Review, 1965-1966
  • Senior Vice President, MGIC Investment Corporation and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, 1971-1989
  • Trustee, 1977-1982, President, 1991-2002, Village of Fox Point
  • Member (1996-2004) and Chair (2004), District Committee of State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility
  • Member, Board of Visitors, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1994--
  • Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
  • Member, Milwaukee Bar Association (Chair, Case Mediation Committee, 1994-1996), State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2008

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Municipal Law
  • Real Estate
  • Insurance
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
RONALD S. JACOBS, born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1966, Wisconsin.

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin (B.B.A., 1963; J.D., 1966)
  • Member, Wisconsin Law Review
  • 2007 Edition of Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Real Estate Law
  • Selected for inclusion in Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2008

Member:

  • Milwaukee and American Bar Associations
  • State Bar of Wisconsin

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Secured and Unsecured Financing
  • Banking
  • Real Estate
JEROME C. JOHNSON, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1978, Wisconsin.

Background:

  • Marquette University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972)
  • University of Wisconsin (M.A., 1974; J.D., 1978)
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Alpha Delta.

Member:

  • Milwaukee and American Bar Associations
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin
  • American Bankruptcy Institute

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Consumer Credit
  • Bankruptcy
  • Insolvency
  • Creditors Rights
  • Civil Litigation.

MARIA S. LAZAR, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar, 1989, Wisconsin; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin.

Background:

  • Mount Mary College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986)
  • Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1989)
  • Production Editor, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 1988-1989
  • Delta Epsilon Sigma
  • Phi Alpha Theta

AUTHOR:

  • Contributing Author, Wisconsin Methods of Practice (West Group) (2004)
  • Note: Georgetown International Environmental Law Review (1988)

AWARDS:

  • State Bar of Wisconsin President's Award of Excellence, 1997
  • Milwaukee Bar Association Special Services Award, 1998

MEMBER:

  • Governor, State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors, 1996-2000
  • Milwaukee Bar Association, President, 2008 (Director/Officer, 2004-2008)
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association, Editor - Newsletter
  • American Inns of Court, 1997 -
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Media Law Relations, Chair, 2006-
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Bench Bar Committee, Chair, 1997-2000
  • State Bar of Wisconsin, Cable Broadcast and Outreach Committee, Chair, 1997-2000
  • Milwaukee Bar Association, MBA Messenger, Editor, 1995-1998
  • Milwaukee Bar Association, Judicial Selection Committee, Chair, 2003-2004
  • Association for Women Lawyers, Speakers Bureau, Chair, 1993-1998
  • Community Youth Intervention Program, Secretary and Panelist, 1995-1997
  • Future Milwaukee, Board Member, 1997-1998
  • Milwaukee Bar Association, Courts Committee, member
  • State Bar of Wisconsin (Litigation Section)
  • American Bar Association (Litigation and Bankruptcy Section)

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Bankruptcy
  • Corporate Law

PAUL J. GALGANSKI, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to Bar, 1981, Wisconsin; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Minnesota (B.S., with high distinction, 1977)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1981)
  • Law Clerk to Dane County Circuit Court Judge Robert R. Pekowsky, 1980-1982
  • Milwaukee County Court Commissioner, 1996-present
  • Trustee, Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology

Author:

  • "Making Offers to Purchase Work for Buyers," The Wisconsin Lawyer, March, 1991

Member:

  • Milwaukee Bar Association
  • State Bar of Wisconsin
  • Milwaukee Estate Counselors Forum

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Corporate and Business Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Probate Law
  • Estate Planning Law

PHILLIP S. CARUSO, born Milwaukee, Wisconsin; admitted to bar 1978, Wisconsin, United States District Court Eastern & Western Districts WI; United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, B.A. Political Science, 1971
  • M.A. Political Science, 1972
  • employed Federal Bureau of Investigation 1973-75
  • J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School 1978

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Creditors Rights
  • Civil Litigation

BRIAN M. REMINGTON, born Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, December 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.

Background:

  • University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.S., 2000);
  • Marquette University (J.D., cum laude, 2003; M.B.A., 2005).
  • Member: Marquette Moot Court, 2002-2003;
  • Member: State Bar of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bar Association.

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Business;
  • Banking;
  • Commercial Litigation;
  • Corporate;
  • Creditors Rights.

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