Faculty
Margaret Wrenn Hickey
Margaret Wrenn Hickey practices in the areas of divorce, family law, and elder law, including trusts for the disabled, title 19, and guardianship. She is a shareholder in the law firm of Becker, Hickey & Poster, S.C., Milwaukee, and received her B.A. from Marquette University (1982, summa cum laude), where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School (1986, cum laude).
Margaret serves as the Past President of the State Bar of Wisconsin and has served on the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governors (District 2, 2018 - current, 2005-2015, Chair 2006-07, Treasurer 2009-11.) Margaret served as Chair of the Family Law and Elder Law Section Boards of Directors and was a member of both Boards. She is a past President of the Milwaukee Bar Association (2004-05) and served on the Board of Directors from 1999-2005. Margaret also serves on the Board of the Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund (President 2021) and served on the Boards of the Legal Aid Society, and public radio station WUWM. Margaret frequently lectures on elder law and family law at local, state, and national bar meetings, community groups, and other professionals.
Margaret is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bar Association, the Waukesha and Ozaukee Bar Associations, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Association for Women Lawyers, and she is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President for the Wisconsin Chapter, 2005-06.) She is named in the Best Lawyers in America for family and elder law and has been named a “Super Lawyer” for many years. She was named one of the top ten lawyers in the State of Wisconsin in 2012, as one of the top 25 women lawyers in the state, and as a “Woman in the Law 2011.” She is also a member of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers.
Heather B. Poster
Heather B. Poster (B.A. with distinction, University of Wisconsin, 1999; J.D. with honors, Marquette University Law School, 2002), is a shareholder with the law firm of Becker, Hickey and Poster, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her practice focuses on representing the elderly, individuals with disabilities, and their families in matters such as family law, estate planning, public benefits, and advance directives/guardianship.
Heather is a board member (program co-chair, chair (2020-2021) of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys’ Board of Directors. She is a board member (treasurer, past-chair) of State Bar of Wisconsin’s Elder and Special Needs Section (ELSNS) Board. She also serves as the ELSNS Liaison to the Board for WisPACT, Inc., the non-profit organization that oversees pooled and community trusts for persons with disabilities. For more than ten years, Heather has been a co-editor of the Medicaid Divestment Chapter of the Attorney's Desk Reference and the Medicaid Chapter of Advising Older Clients and Their Families, both published by State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE.