Grant Killoran, a partner in OCHD’s Litigation Practice Group, recently participated as a speaker in the Macalester College “Front Row” lecture series, a two-day event focusing on law and entrepreneurship and business, held in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 25 and 26, 2010.

Attorney Killoran was one of twelve lawyer alumni of Macalester College invited to participate in the event. There, he met with Macalester College administration, faculty, alumni and students to discuss the role of a liberal arts education in the legal training and preparation of lawyers.

Other speakers at the forum included the general counsel of a large multi-national company, a sitting United States District Judge, a sitting United States Attorney and other distinguished corporate and private practice attorneys.

Attorney Grant Killoran of O’Neil Cannon has been chosen by the Milwaukee Bar Association to serve on its newly formed Milwaukee Justice Center Committee. He will serve alongside the current and a former Chief Judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, the Clerk of Milwaukee County Circuit Court and Milwaukee Bar Association executives.

The Milwaukee Justice Center opened in October, 2009 and is located in the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The Center uses transformative collaborative partnerships to provide free legal assistance to Milwaukee County’s unrepresented litigants through court-based self help desks and legal resources.

Grant concentrates his practice on complex business and health care disputes and devotes a portion of his practice to arts and entertainment law, with an emphasis on the music and film industries. He has served as one of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Delegates to the American Bar Association’s House Delegates and as Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Health Law Litigation Committee.

O’Neil Cannon, founded in Milwaukee in 1973, is a full-service legal practice that primarily focuses on providing business law and civil litigation services to closely-held businesses and their owners. The firm represents corporations, institutions and partnerships at all stages of the business life cycle, helping them start, grow and transition from one generation to the next. It also assists business owners with their personal legal needs including tax and estate planning, family law and litigation, including personal injury litigation.

Sixteen attorneys from O’Neil Cannon have been selected for inclusion on the Wisconsin Super Lawyers 2009 list.

Super Lawyers is a peer-nominated award that recognizes the top 5% of outstanding attorneys across the state of Wisconsin. The Super Lawyers are selected using a rigorous, multiphase rating process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research, and each candidate is evaluated based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Super Lawyers:

• James G. DeJong
• Peter J. Faust
• John G. Gehringer
• Grant C. Killoran
• Dean P. Laing*
• Gregory W. Lyons
• Patrick G. McBride
• Steven J. Slawinski

Rising Stars:

• Timothy C. Caprez
• Seth E. Dizard
• Gregory S. Mager
• Chad J. Richter
• John R. Schreiber
• Robert J. Tess

*Top 50 Super Lawyers Recipient

The Milwaukee law firm of O’Neil Cannon recently expanded its litigation practice group to include Grant C. Killoran. Grant, formerly with Michael Best and Friedrich LLP, brings with him significant litigation experience representing clients in Wisconsin and nationwide.

Grant concentrates his practice on complex business and health care disputes and devotes a portion of his practice to arts and entertainment law. He serves as one of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s five Delegates to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates and as Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Health Law Litigation Committee. He also is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, membership of which is limited to one-third of a percent of the lawyers in America.

OCHD is a full-service legal practice with offices in Milwaukee and Port Washington. Founded in 1973, the firm focuses its practice on corporate law, tax, estate and succession planning, real estate and construction and civil litigation.