Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

Welcome to Our November Bloggers

Post author:Edward A. Fallone
Post published:November 6, 2015
Post category:Public

A new month brings new guest bloggers to the Marquette University Law School Faculty Bog. Joining us for November is Alumni Blogger of the Month Nate Imfeld. Nate is an associate and commercial litigator with Foley & Lardner LLP. Prior to joining Foley, Nate served as judicial law clerk to Justice Annette K. Ziegler of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Nate’s practice areas include shareholder litigation, False Claims Act and Sarbannes-Oxley whistleblower complaints, and commercial contract disputes.

Our Student Blogger of the Month for November is John Rome. John is a current 2L at the Law School. He has been active in both the Student Bar Association and the Black Law Students Association.

Welcome, and we look forward to your posts!

Back To The Future – Revisiting “Milwaukee 2015: Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward”

Post author:David Strifling
Post published:November 5, 2015
Post category:Environmental Law Marquette Law School Public Water Law

During a time-travel scene in the 1989 film “Back to the Future II,” director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale attempted to predict the world of October 2015. They got some things right and others wrong. Zemeckis and Gale aren’t the only ones who made predictions about 2015, however. Six years ago, in November 2009, Marquette Law School’s Public Policy Initiative convened a conference entitled “Milwaukee 2015: Water, Jobs, and the Way Forward.” The speakers included Wisconsin’s then-Governor Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; and Badger Meter’s Rich Meeusen, co-chair of what was then called the Milwaukee 7 Water Council (and now is simply The Water Council). The conference’s key theme was making southeast Wisconsin the hub of freshwater-related business in North America.

Meeusen delivered one of the gathering’s most memorable lines: “My dream is, by 2015, when people think water, they think Milwaukee.” Another speaker, Anselmo Teixeira of Siemens, noted that as of 2009 no water technology hub had been established in North America. Teixeira recognized Milwaukee’s advantages in seeking to become such a center, but cited the need for government, university, and business leaders to do “the right things.” Six years later, in the conference’s title year, we can begin to evaluate whether Meeusen’s dream has become a reality.

Bucks President Offers Big Visions of Success On and Off the Court

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:November 4, 2015
Post category:Milwaukee Race & Law Speakers at Marquette Sports & Law

With new design plans for the Milwaukee Bucks arena to be unveiled in the next several days, Peter Feigin, president of the professional basketball franchise, exuded nothing but enthusiasm during an “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” program Wednesday about the future of the team and what its impact will be not only in Milwaukee and statewide but across the globe.

“Awesome,” he said. “This is going to be miraculous.” But that will come to pass only with hard work, not only on the basketball court but throughout every aspect of what the does, Feigin told a large audience in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall.

Milwaukee? Feigin said the team wants to do all it can to connect with the city, including connecting its players with the youth of the city and increasing its philanthropic work focused on youth, wellness, and education. And the new arena and the team’s operations as a whole will mean several thousand full-time jobs in the city.

Wisconsin? The Bucks want to be “Wisconsin’s team” in the way the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers have become Wisconsin’s teams in their sports.