Faculty
Margaret Wrenn Hickey
Margaret Wrenn Hickey is a shareholder at Becker, Hickey & Poster, S.C., in Milwaukee, where she practices in divorce, family law, and elder law, including trusts for the disabled, Title 19, and guardianship. She received her B.A. from Marquette University in 1982, summa cum laude, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1986, cum laude.
Attorney Hickey is a past president of the State Bar of Wisconsin and served on the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors (District 2) from 2005 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2023, including service as chair (2006-07) and treasurer (2009-11). She has also served as chair of both the Family Law and Elder Law Section Boards of Directors and was a member of both boards. Attorney Hickey is a past president of the Milwaukee Bar Association (2004-05) and served on its board of directors from 1999 to 2005. She also serves on the Board of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, was its president in 2021, and has previously served on the boards of the Legal Aid Society and the public radio station WUWM.
Attorney Hickey lectures frequently on elder law and family law at local, state, and national bar meetings, as well as to community groups and other professionals. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bar Association, and the Waukesha and Ozaukee Bar Associations. She is also a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Association for Women Lawyers, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Wisconsin Law Foundation, and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, where she served as president of the Wisconsin Chapter (2005-06). She is a diplomat in the American College of Family Trial Lawyers.
Attorney Hickey is named in Best Lawyers in America for family and elder law and has been named a “Super Lawyer” for many years. Her honors include being named one of the top ten lawyers in the State of Wisconsin in 2012, one of the top 25 women lawyers in the state, and as a “Woman in the Law 2011.”
Heather Burgess Poster
Heather Burgess Poster is a shareholder with the law firm of Becker, Hickey & Poster, S.C., in Milwaukee. Her practice focuses on representing older adults, individuals with disabilities, and their families in family law, estate planning, public benefits, and advanced directives and guardianship matters.
Attorney Poster is an advisor and past chair of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys’ Board of Directors. She is also a board member (treasurer and past chair) of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Elder and Special Needs Law Section Board. She serves as the section’s liaison to the Board of WisPACT, Inc., the non-profit organization that oversees pooled and community trusts for persons with disabilities.
In 2024, the Wisconsin Law Foundation inducted Attorney Poster as a Fellow in recognition of her significant contributions to the legal profession. In her free time, she is a track mom, gardener, and a die-hard college basketball fan.