Background
White, Walter Hiawatha was born on August 21, 1954 in Milwaukee. Son of Walter H. and Winifred (Parker) White.
White, Walter Hiawatha was born on August 21, 1954 in Milwaukee. Son of Walter H. and Winifred (Parker) White.
Student, Leningrad Pedagogical Institute, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1976; Bachelor, Amherst College, 1977; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Associate, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, 1980-1988;
commissioner securities, State of Wisconsin, 1988-1991;
partner, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, 1991-1994;
managing director, Steptoe & Johnson International, Moscow, since 1994. Trustee Milwaukee Foundation, since 1992. Vice chairman district committee Board Attorneys Professional Responsibility, Milwaukee, 1984-1987.
Board directors Wisconsin Trust Foundation, Madison, Church Mutual Insurance Company, Merrill, Wisconsin, Control Asian American Enterprise Fund.
Member Cardinal Stritch College Business Advisory Board, Milwaukee, 1982-1985, health lawcom. Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union, Milwaukee, since 1985, Governor's Advisory Board to Legal Services Corporation, Madison, 1982-1987. Secretary Milwaukee Forum Inc., since 1982.
President Milwaukee Urban League, 1985. Board directors WUWM Public Radio Station, Milwaukee,1983-1986, Family Service Milwaukee, Inc., 1987-1989, Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, Inc., since 1987. Member American Bar Association (chair young lawyers division 1989-1990, commission on opportunities for minorities in the profession, delegate association Soviet lawyers, co-chair commonwealth of independent states law committee of international law and practice section 1990-1991), National Bar Association, Association International des Jeunes Avocats, Milwaukee Bar Association, Wisconsin Black Lawyers Association (board directors 1982-1983), Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association (president 1984-1985, president's award 1985), Board Bar Examiners, Milwaukee Foundation.
Married Sonja Athene Rein, December 30,1977.