Dean R. Dietrich, a shareholder with Weld Riley, S.C., has represented clients in the areas of lawyer ethics and professional responsibility for more than 40 years. He has represented attorneys in matters before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of Lawyer Regulation and consults with law firms and lawyers regarding compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Dean has served as Chair of the State Bar Committee on Professional Ethics in addition to past service on the Committee appointed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review changes to Chapter 20, the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. Dean currently serves as President-Elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Dean is a member of the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He is a graduate of Marquette University Law School.
Aviva Meridian Kaiser is Ethics Counsel at the State Bar of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the State Bar in 2013, she taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School for 25 years. She taught Professional Responsibilities, Ethical and Professional Considerations in Writing, Problem Solving, and Risk Management. From 1992 until 2002, she was the Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program. Aviva received her B.A. in Chinese from the University of Pittsburgh and her J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Louis B. Garippo in People v. John Wayne Gacy and clerked for the Honorable Maurice Perlin in the Illinois Appellate Court. She practiced law in Chicago before beginning her full-time teaching career at IIT Chicago/Kent College of Law. Aviva is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Law Fellow, an American Bar Foundation Fellow, and a frequent speaker on matters of professional ethics.
Julie M. Spoke is the Deputy Director of Central Intake at the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR). She previously was assistant Litigation Counsel at OLR. She has been with OLR for 20 years. She graduated from Marquette University with a B.A., cum laude, in both Psychology and Criminology and Law Studies. She received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law, cum laude. Before joining OLR she was a litigation associate at Ruder, Ware L.L.S.C. and a law clerk for the Honorable Michael Hoover, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District III. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar Association and serves on the Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program Committee and the Professional Ethics Committee. She is a 2019-2020 attendee at the G. Lane Ware Leadership Academy and is a member of the Fellows, Wisconsin Law Foundation. She is also a member of the National Organization of Bar Counsel and is a faculty member for the NOBC Trial Skills Programs.
Emily L. Stedman was born and raised outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and has called Milwaukee home since June 2013. She obtained her B.A. (Spanish and History) in 2008 from Wake Forest University. Next, she taught 5th Grade in Buckeye, Arizona as a 2008 corps member with Teach for America. In 2010, she enrolled at the University of Mississippi School of Law, graduating in 2013 and having served as Editor-in-Chief of the Mississippi Law Journal. From 2013-2016, Emily clerked for Judge Pamela Pepper, now Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. In 2016, she joined Midwest Big Law as an associate at Quarles & Brady. Since November 2020, she has worked as a Senior Associate at Husch Blackwell, where she practices commercial litigation.
It was joining Big Law that brought on an increase in anxiety and low mood in Emily. After seeking out solace with colleagues, therapy, and meditation, she began talking more openly about the need for improving well-being in the law. This started with programming while president of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin, then as a committee chair for the Wisconsin Taskforce on Lawyer Well-Being. Most recently, she has built a platform on LinkedIn where she posts regularly on the realities of being a Big Law associate and the need to destigmatize lawyer well-being.
- Understand how your mental wellbeing intertwines with your ethical duties
- Know the expectations for competent and diligent representation under Supreme Court Rules
- All lawyers
- Paralegals
- Legal administrators
- Law office staff
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Wisconsin Ethics Opinions
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