Bar Admissions

State of Wisconsin
State of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals- Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court – Western District of Wisconsin

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School, (JD), 2012
University of Wisconsin-Madison, (Bachelor of Arts), 2007, with distinction

Professional Organizations

State Bar of Wisconsin
Young Lawyers Division Board of Directors, 2016-present
Thomas E. Fairchild Inn, American Inns of Court
Milwaukee Bar Association
Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association
Wisconsin Defense Counsel

Publications/Presentations:

Co-author, “Electronic Discovery In Wisconsin and the Seventh Circuit – ‘Nuts and Bolts’” WDC 2017 Summer Conference presentation: “Cyber Law: A Primer from the Roundtable”, August 3-4, 2017

Author, “Who Says Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees? Wisconsin’s Law of Growing Things” July 2015, Wisconsin Defense Counsel Journal

Biography

Jane E. Howard joined the firm as an associate in 2016. She works as a litigator in federal, state and administrative forums.

During law school at Wisconsin, Jane was a member of the Moot Court Board. As a Moot Court Board member, she competed in the Chicago Bar Association competition, and coached UW Law's team in the Cardozo/BMI Entertainment and Communications Law competition, winning second place. Ms. Howard worked as a law clerk with NBCUniversal in Los Angeles and as a judicial intern with the Wisconsin Supreme Court during law school.

Ms. Howard is originally from Buffalo Grove, IL. Prior to law school she worked as public relations professional and writer promoting statewide health initiatives in Madison, Wisconsin. During her undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she spent her summers as a news intern, once with a local ABC affiliate, and once as a ghostwriter. Also while in undergrad, Jane studied for one term at the National University of Ireland, Galway, where she competed on the women’s soccer team.