Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren: Names Colleen E. Fielkow firm’s pro bono attorney of the year

MILWAUKEE – Litigation attorney Colleen E. Fielkow, has been honored Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year. Fielkow is a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice and manages the Product Liability and Safety group. “She never asked for any sort of credit or congratulations for all her work. Rather, she simply did it,” stated Jerome M. Janzer, Reinhart’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman when he announced the award.

Reinhart recognizes the attorney who has best demonstrated a commitment to serve those unable to otherwise obtain needed legal services. The firm’s history of providing representation to under-served individuals reaches back to the inception of the Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, and has continued to the recently-opened Marquette Legal Clinic at the Milwaukee Justice Center, at which a number of Reinhart attorneys volunteer.

Fielkow has more than 11 years experience as an attorney, including an assignment in 2007 as a Public Service Special Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County. She counsels and defends a wide range of corporate clients on product liability and mass tort proceedings, and represents medical device manufacturers, nursing homes, heavy and light equipment manufacturers, the print industry and recreational and sporting goods companies. In addition, she defends corporate clients involved in intellectual property and commercial disputes.

In addition to her professional practice, Fielkow is one of the founding members of the Reinhart Women’s Forum, a female attorney affinity group at the firm. She also manages the firm’s Domestic Abuse Injunction Project, a Reinhart pro bono effort in partnership with Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. to provide free legal representation to low-income persons seeking court-ordered injunctions in domestic abuse cases, and is a coordinator for Legal Action’s Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP). Fielkow is an administrator of the firm’s Pro Bono Program, which establishes guidelines and practice expectations for those who do pro bono work at the firm. Fielkow also serves on the Board of Directors to St. Catherine’s Residence, a nonprofit organization that provides safe, affordable housing on Milwaukee’s East Side to women with limited income.

Fielkow earned her J.D. with honors from DePaul University College of Law and her B.A. in Journalism from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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