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James G. Birnbaum

James G. Birnbaum

Retired | La Crosse

    • National Diocesan Attorneys Association

    • National Employment Lawyers Association

    • National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations

    • The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

    • The American Bar Association

    • State Bar of Wisconsin

    • La Crosse County Bar Association

    • Chairman of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section of the State Bar

    • Labor Law Section of the State Bar

    • Member of the District Bar Grievance Committee

    • Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association

    • Employment Law

    • United States Supreme Court

    • Wisconsin

    • United States Court of Appeals - 7th Circuit

    • United States Court of Appeals - D.C. Circuit

    • United States District Courts for the Districts of: Western Wisconsin, Eastern Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, Philadelphia

    • North Carolina Circuit Courts

    • J.D., St. Louis University School of Law, cum laude, 1975

    • B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1970

    • Incorporated, Board of Directors, General Counsel for Coach Don Zierden Youth Foundation, Inc. (2004 – present)

    • St. Francis Foundation, Inc. — Board of Directors (1988 – 1995)

    • ORC, Inc. Board of Directors (Sheltered Workshop for Handicapped) (1988 – 2004)

    • Incorporated: La Crosse Youth Soccer Association, Inc. and Board Member

    • FSPA Public Relations Committee

    • Incorporated: W.A.F.E.R. (emergency food distribution for the poor)

    • Cathedral School Board — Eight Years

    • La Crosse Deanery Wide Educational Task Force — three years

    • La Crosse Visiting Nurse Association Board of Directors

    • Cub Master – Pack 8

    • Assistant Scout Master – Troop 11

    • Server, Lector and Eucharistic Minister, Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman

    • Incorporated and founding member of the Neighborhood Preservation Association, Inc.

    • Member of La Crosse Community Attitudes Task Force

    • Founding member of Coalition for Children

    • Chairman of Cathedral Youth Advisory Council

    • CCD Teacher

    • Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce

    • Consulting Attorney: National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors

    • Cooperating Attorney: Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union

    • Mock Trial Coach – UW Madison (1997 – 2000)

    • Mock Trial Coach, La Crosse Central High School (1993 – 2003)

    • Legal Counsel – La Crescent Animal Rescue, Inc.

    • Incorporated and founding member of Luxembourg American Descendant’s Society, Inc.

    • Legal Counsel to La Crosse County Historical Society

    • Secretary and Board Member of Luxembourg American Cultural Society, Inc. (Belgium)