Primary Areas of Practice:

  • Estate Planning
  • Federal Estate and Gift Tax Planning
  • Income Tax Planning
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Probate
  • Elder Law
  • Medical Assistance Planning
  • Real Estate

Education:

  • J.D., Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI, 1981
    • Executive Editor, Marquette Law Review
  • S.F.S., Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1978
    • Institut d’Etudes Francaises d’Avignon, Bryn Mawr College, Avignon, Provence, France, 1977

Bar Admissions:

  • Wisconsin, 1981
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1981
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1982

Positions Held:

  • Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, WI., 1981 – 1984
  • Curran, Hollenbeck & Orton, S.C., Mauston, WI., 1984 – Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Wisconsin Bar Association, 1981 – Present
    • Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Member
    • Elder Law Section, Member
  • Juneau County Bar Association

Publications:

  • Shareholder Rights in Short-form Mergers, 64 Marq. L. Rev. 687, 1981

Community Involvement:

  • Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors, Member Emerita, 2022 – Present
  • Wisconsin Historical Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors, 2013 – 2022
    • Treasurer, 2015 – 2017
    • Chairman, 2017 – 2019
    • Executive and Finance Committees, 2015 – 2022
    • Investment Committee 2019—2022
  • Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors 2017 – 2019
  • Mauston Public Library, Board of Trustees, 1986 – 2021
  • Western Wisconsin Technical College, Mauston Campus, Advisory Board, 1997 – 2013
  • Lecturer on various estate planning topics, at numerous banks, brokerage firms, hospitals, civic groups and churches.

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