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Articles written by Kristine Hansen
The Lawyer Who Can Save Your Soul
When he was 12, Emile H. Banks was arrested for handgun possession and spent a restless night in jail. “I had to sleep with a bunch of criminals,” Banks remembers. “I knew one thing: I was never going to end up in that place again.” He continues: “I grew up in the inner city of Chicago and I didn’t think I’d make it to 20. Most of the friends I grew up with in my block are dead from gunshots. To be 47 is a blessing. I’ve been on playgrounds where gunshots broke out and …
Carrie Bradshaw of the Tundra
Billie Jean Smith travels far and wide for adventure … or a good pair of shoes"I really have no fear of the cold,” says Billie Jean Smith, 39, an intellectual property lawyer and partner at Michael Best & Friedrich. Many Milwaukeeans could say the same — fearing the cold and living in Wisconsin usually don’t go together — but Smith isn’t referring to Wisconsin winters. Hanging on her office wall is a photo she took of the dogs who pulled her and her husband, David Smith, another IP lawyer at Michael Best, while they were dog-sledding for a week …
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