Patricia K. Ballman

Family, Mediation
411 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2040
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 532024497


Family

Admitted

1977, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Marquette University, J.D., with honors, 1977

Law School Graduation Year

1977

College

St. Louis University, B.S., with honors, 1967

Memberships

Milwaukee (President, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (President, 2002-2003), Association for Women Lawyers

Biographical

Member, Marquette Law Review. Listed in Who's Who of American Women, since 1985-1986 edition. RECENT PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS: Advanced Prenuptial Drafting, presented at LEI, Trusts and Estates Seminar, Snowmass, CO, January 8, 2003, and at LEI Family Law Seminar, January 7, 2003; Rolling Divorce Settlement Seeds into the Prenup, American Bar Association Journal Family Advocate, Vol. 24, No. 3, Winter 2002; Marital Property Agreements: Ineffective Shields Against Spouses' Judgment Creditors, Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, January 2002; Prenuptial Agreements: Provisions to Ease Enforceability, presented at Madison Estate Council, April 22, 2002, at Midwinter Estate Planning Clinic, February 9, 2002, and at Milwaukee Estate Planning Council, September 24, 2001; Enforceability of Stock Buy-Sell Agreements at Divorce, Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, April 2001; Pitfalls, Perils and Positives of Prenuptial Agreements, presented at Divorce Wisconsin Style, sponsored by AAML, Wisconsin Chapter, March 2001; Stock Options in the Dot-Com Economy: Classification, Apportionment and Valuation, presented at LEI, Family Law Seminar; Vail, Colorado, January 2001; and published in Wisconsin Journal of Family Law; July 2000; Advanced Prenuptial Drafting, Wisconsin Journal of Family Law, October 2000; Trust Assets Subject to Property Division and Trust Principal and Income Available for Child Support, presented at Divorce Wisconsin Style, sponsored by AAML, Wisconsin Chapter, and the State Bar of Wisconsin, March 1999. PUBLIC SERVICE: Member, Governor's Task Force on Ethics Reform in Government, 2002; Office of Lawyer Regulation, District II Committee; Volunteer, Family Justice Clinic; Chair, Personnel Committee, United Way of Milwaukee; Member, Finance Committee, United Way of Milwaukee; Member, Power of Attorney, Equal Justice Coalition's Campaign Committee; Former Chair and Member, Board of Review, Village of Shorewood. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (President, Wisconsin Chapter, 2002-200

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