Our Blawggers
Kelly Twigger is the Editor-in-Chief of E-discovery Bytes and Chair of the Electronic Discovery Committee at Quarles & Brady LLP. Kelly is a partner in the Commercial Litigation group with extensive experience in managing complex discovery matters and large document productions. She is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery issues and regularly advises clients on developing electronic records retention policies in preparation for electronic discovery. Kelly makes her home with her family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For a complete copy of Kelly's firm bio, click here.
Katherine Perhach is the co-Editor-in-Chief of E-discovery Bytes and a partner in the firm's Milwaukee office. Katie devotes part of her litigation practice to counseling firm clients on the production of electronic documents in response to civil and governmental subpoenas. For a complete copy of Katie's firm bio, click here.
Patricia Hutter is a partner in the firm's Corporate Services Practice Group. Her practice heavily emphasizes mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and other business transactions and general corporate matters. She has particular experience with health care business transactions, including both mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. In addition, she regularly advises both publicly and privately held companies with respect to record retention policies and corporate governance matters. For a complete copy of Patricia's firm bio, click here.
Josephine Benkers practices in the areas of intellectual property litigation and commercial litigation. Her experience in intellectual property litigation has included a variety of patent infringement, copyright and trade secrets disputes. Josephine has been involved in cases involving e-discovery for several years. When she is not working, she spends time with her family, which includes three children under the age of five. For a copy of Josephine's firm bio, click here.
Susan Salmon is an eighth year associate in Q&B's Tucson office where her practice focuses on commercial litigation. She has significant experience with electronic discovery in complex civil litigation, including supervising teams of attorneys and information technology personnel in the collection and review of electronic documents. To see Susie's firm bio, click here.
Joe Wilson is an associate in Quarles and Brady's Labor and Employment and Commercial Litigation practice groups. He is frequently involved in e-discovery disputes, and has even caused a few himself. Joe lives in Milwaukee with his wife and two daughters, and prides himself as the father of the Leapfrog savviest three year old around. For a copy of Joe's firm bio, click here.
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Wendy K. Akbar is a seventh-year associate in Q&B's Phoenix office who specializes in intellectual property litigation, handling a variety of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and false advertising disputes. Wendy was clawed back into the Never-Never-Land of e-discovery several years ago because she learned too late -- much to her chagrin -- that a major side effect of working in the world of pharmaceutical drugs, semiconductor devices, biotechnology, medical devices, and computer systems, is lots and lots of e-paper. Second star to the right and outside the office, Wendy enjoys spending time with her husband, painting and sketching, hiking, playing tennis and reducing the most serious things in life to silly rhymes. For a copy of Wendy's firm bio, click here.
Chad Wiener is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Services Group. He represents corporate clients in mergers and acquisition transactions, contractual matters, compliance with corporate governance requirements, and periodic reporting requirements. Chad and his wife are happily anticipating the arrival of his first child in the spring. For a copy of Chad’s firm bio, click here.
Jaci Pinnell is a third year associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation Group. Her work on e-discovery issues has been mainly in responding to requests for production of electronic information in commercial matters. Jaci works in Quarles & Brady's office in Chicago where she lives with her husband and two year old daughter. In her spare time, Jaci -- oh, wait, she doesn't have any spare time. Click here to see Jaci's complete firm bio.
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Liz Chamberlin is an associate in the Commercial Litigation group in the firm's Milwaukee office and has read more case law on e-discovery in the last several months than she cares to admit. She loves the Iowa Hawkeyes, her dogs, and anything related to college football. For a copy of Liz's firm bio, click here.
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Peter Dennis is an associate in Q&B's Naples office where he splits his time between the commercial litigation and labor and employment practices. Prior to joining Q&B, Peter worked in the human rights field for a number of non-governmental organizations where he received much experience with managing vast amounts of paperwork. Peter's complete firm bio is here.
Josh Schneider is an associate in the Commercial Litigation group in the firm's Chicago office. He spends his time exploring the myriad ins and outs of ediscovery, writing and illustrating children's books, and regretting his lunch decisions (generally in that order, although there are weeks when (2) and (3) swap places). For a complete copy of Josh's firm bio, click here.
Tony Chan is a Knowledge Management Liaison and Information Specialist with the firm's Information Technology Team. Tony has served as the research instructor for the State Bar of Wisconsin and the National Business Institute. In his time off from lawyers, he is an avid marathoner focused on completing a marathon in every state in the union.
