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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2007

Contact:  Brent Smith (608) 784-5678  -or-  Annette Mikat, Mikat Public Relations, (608) 782-1780

BRIAN WEBER AND JOE VEENSTRA RECOGNIZED IN WISCONSIN SUPER LAWYERS

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Local attorneys Brian Weber and Joe Veenstra of Johns, Flaherty & Collins, SC, have been named "Rising Stars" in this year’s issue of Wisconsin Super Lawyers. The designation, developed through independent research by Law & Politics, recognizes the top 2.5 percent of lawyers in Wisconsin who are 40 or younger or have been in practice ten years or less.

Weber and Veenstra were selected based on a survey of approximately 11,000 actively practicing attorneys in Wisconsin and a nine-month process wherein Law & Politics independently researched nominees’ credentials, considering factors such as years of experience, number of cases handled, verdicts, honors and awards and pro bono activity.

Weber has been practicing law for 12 years, focusing primarily on banking law and litigation, including personal injury, insurance defense, class actions, criminal defense and worker’s compensation law. He serves in a variety of professional and community organizations and was instrumental in turning the La Crosse County Bar Golf Outing into a charity event that raises money for Jim’s Grocery Bag Fund to feed hungry children in the community. He has co-chaired the event since 1996.

Veenstra began practicing law in 1998 and concentrates on litigation — including personal injury, insurance defense, criminal defense and appeals. He was president of the La Crosse Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is president of the local leadership council for the La Crosse Regional Office of the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Wisconsin. He also volunteers on the Board of Review for the City of La Crosse.

Johns, Flaherty & Collins has more top-rated lawyers than any other La Crosse-based law firm, according to the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. With more than 125 years of practice, the full-service firm offers a team of 14 attorneys with concentrations in corporate, employment, government relations, health, insurance, estate planning, personal injury and family law. Together, Johns, Flaherty & Collins attorneys are active in more than 75 local and national nonprofit and charitable organizations.

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