FORETHOUGHT - Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC

Gabrielle Baumann Adams is an attorney in
WHD’s Milwaukee office where she is a
member of the firm’s Business &
Commercial Litigation and Toxic Tort
Litigation & Consultation teams. Prior to
joining WHD, Ms. Adams was a law clerk
for the Hon. Howard D. McKibben, U.S.
District Court Judge for the District of
Nevada. She also served as a prosecutor
for the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s
Office. Ms. Adams earned her B.A. from
the University of Michigan, and her J.D.
from the University of Wisconsin Law
School. Ms. Adams may be reached at
414-978-5420 or gadams@whdlaw.com.
Ted J. Barthel is a shareholder in WHD’s
Milwaukee office where he is a member of
the firm’s Intellectual Property Counseling &
Protection, Technology Law, Emerging &
Entrepreneurial Companies, and
Sustainability & Renewable Energy teams.
Mr. Barthel is an intellectual property
attorney who helps businesses protect and
leverage their innovations for commercial
advantage. He is registered to practice
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Barthel
practiced law in Chicago. In addition to his
legal experience, he worked as a
production and research chemist at Sigma-
Aldrich Chemical Company. Mr. Barthel is a
military veteran having served as a space
operations officer in the U.S. Air Force
where his duties involved satellite launch,
command, and control. A highlight of his
military career was serving as mission
controller for the successful launch of
Milstar Flight 2, a billion-dollar military
communications satellite. Mr. Barthel also
performed throughout the United States as
a jazz saxophonist/soloist during his tenure
as a member of the U.S. Air Force Band.
Mr. Bartel studied at Universität Freiburg,
Germany, and earned his B.A. in Chemistry,
German, and Political Science, cum laude,
from Carroll College, and his J.D. from
DePaul University College of Law, where he
served as Lead Articles Editor for the
DePaul Journal of Art and Entertainment
Law. He is a director of the Wisconsin
Intellectual Property Law Association, a
member of The Water Council, and a
lecturer for the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee’s MBA Program. Mr. Barthel
may be reached at 414-978-5317 or
tbarthel@whdlaw.com.
Phillip R. Bower is a shareholder in WHD’s
Madison office who counsels clients on
environmental compliance and risk
management associated with business
operations and transactions, including air
permitting, water permitting, hazardous
waste and Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act issues,
and the investigation and remediation of
contaminated properties. Mr. Bower’s
breadth of experience with environmental
laws and engineering background,
together with his relationships with
technical consultants and state and
federal regulators, allows him to effectively
and efficiently assist clients in developing
strategies to reach their environmental,
natural resource, energy and sustainability
objectives. He earned his B.S. in
Geo-Environmental Engineering, with
distinction, and his M.S. in Mineral
Processing from The Pennsylvania State
University, and his J.D. from Georgetown
University Law Center, where he was
Symposium Editor for the Georgetown
Journal of Legal Ethics and recipient of the
St. Thomas More Award for Legal Ethics.
He is a frequent lecturer on environmental
and renewable energy topics before
environmental professional trade groups
and attorneys, including the Federation of
Environmental Technologists, and helped
implement his firm’s internal sustainability
committee that focuses on waste
reduction, energy conservation and
employee education. He is active with the
American Bar Association’s Section of
Environment, Energy, and Resources and
serves as the Vice-Chair for Membership
of the Section’s Air Quality Committee.
Mr. Bower also serves as Vice President of
the Board of Directors for Community
GroundWorks, a Madison nonprofit that
manages Troy Gardens and focuses on
educating and connecting individuals to
urban agricultural and natural lands. Mr.
Bower may be reached at 608-258-7391 or
pbower@whdlaw.com.
Elisabeth Townsend Bridge is a shareholder in
WHD’s Milwaukee office where her
30-year practice includes copyright, unfair
competition, advertising and licensing law
and related litigation in addition to
trademark and patent work. She earned
her B.A. from Purdue University, and her
J.D., cum laude, from the University of
Nebraska College of Law, where she
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