Background
McDowell, Patricia K. was born on May 1, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
McDowell, Patricia K. was born on May 1, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Saint Louis University (Bachelor of Science, 1967). Marquette University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Tayr Kilaab First Rate (at Lloyd's) Gashiyah Kahn (Casteel) v. Prudential, 198 Wis.2d 700 (Wisconsin Appendix 1995); Estate of Lemay v. Eli Lilly & Company, 881 F.Supp. 428 (East.D. Wisconsin 1995); Grohmann v. Grohmann, 189 Wis.2d 532 (1994); Miller Brewing Company v. LIRC, 173 Wis.2d 700 (1993); Torgerson v. Torgerson, 128 Wis.2d 465 (Wisconsin Appendix 1986).Worked at Quarles & Brady (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) specializing in General Corporate Practice. Administrative. Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Business Planning.
Commercial.
Corporate Finance. Employee Benefits. Environmental. Exempt Organization. Family.
Financial Institutions.
Government Relations. Hospital and Health. Immigration.
Intellectual Property. Insurance. International.
Labor and Employment (Management).
Litigation (Civil. Products Liability, Toxic Tort and Environmental Defense. Criminal White Collar).
Mergers and Acquisitions.
Municipal. Public Finance. Real Estate/Land Use. School. Securities. Taxation.
Trusts and Wills, Utility Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1977, Wisconsin and United States. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1986, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Marquette Law Review, 1976-1977.
Author: "Loopholes in the Definition of Income Under New HSS 80," Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Volume 15, Number. 4, October, 1995; "Trust Issues in Divorce," Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, Volume 14, Number.
3, July, 1994. "Drafting Divorce Provisions in Marital Agreements," 8 Wisconsin Bar Lawyers Marital Property Forum 1, May, 1991.
"Drafting Divorce Provisions in Marital Agreements," Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, October, 1991. Company-Author: "Worker"s Compensation Law," Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law, 1984-1990 editions.
Seminar: "Frivolous Actions: Frivolous Challenge to Prenuptial Agreement" and "Frivolous Malpractice Counterclaim to a Collection Case," presented at Quarles & Brady, January, 1996. "A Percentage of What? Defining Gross Income for Child Support in Light of Grohmann," presented at Quarles & Brady, May, 1995 and Milwaukee Bar Association, May, 1995.
"Valuation: What Judges and Lawyers Need to Know," presented at State Bar of Wisconsin, October, 1994.
"Claims for Property Division, Maintenance and Child Support Made Against Spouse"s Beneficial Interest in a Trust," presented at Law Education Institute/The Bureau of National Affairs, January, 1994. "Disposition of the Personal Residence and How the Timing Can Affect the Exclusion or Postponement of Taxes on the Gain," presented at Quarles & Brady, August, 1994. "Legislative Update," presented at Quarles & Brady, February, 1994.
"Brains Over Braun: Use of Computers in the Courtroom," presented at Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, Winter Seminar, 1993.
"Tracing and Transmutation: Thus Sayeth the Lloyd," presented at State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Convention, 1993. "Child Support Trusts," presented at Quarles & Brady, March, 1993.
"Drafting Enforceable Marital Agreements - The Trump Card," presented at State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Convention, 1990. "Hague Convention (Remedies for International Child Abduction)," presented at Quarles & Brady, 1991.
"Premarital Agreements," presented at National Business Institute Program, 1991.
"Sexual Harassment in the School System," presented at The Wisconsin Institute for the Development of Education Leadership, 1991. "Important Worker"s Compensation Developments," presented at Quarles & Brady, 1991. Past Chair, Board of Review.
United Way Finance Division, Personnel Committee, Village of Shorewood.
Member: Milwaukee (Past President, 1995. Director, 1990; Chair: Court of Appeals Bench/Bar Committee.
Personnel Committee. Judicial Polling Committee) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Wisconsin (Member: Family Law Section. Litigation Section; Marital Property Committee.
Specialization Committee. Insurance for Members Committee).
Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association (Chairman, Courts Committee).
Providing the highest quality legal services since 1892, the Firm is a legal adviser to business, governmental and individual clients. With some 280 lawyers in all areas of practice, the Firm has offices in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. Naples and West Palm Beach, Florida.
And Phoenix, Arizona.
The firm"s responsible partner system is designed to provide the most efficient and timely service to clients.
Member, Marquette Law Review, 1976-1977.