Jane Heymann,
Esq., Assistant Dean for Career
Services; Director
Kristin Davis, Esq., J.D. and Public
Interest Advisor
Nilesh Patel, Esq., J.D. Advisor
Jennifer Schmied Larson, Esq.,
J.D. Advisor
Brenda Bernstein, Esq., J.D. Advisor
Kate McMahan,
Administrative Assistant
Deborah Solien, Administrative Assistant
Jane Heymann, Esq.
Assistant Dean for Career Services & Director
Office: 3221H
Phone: (608) 262-6413
E-mail: jheymann@wisc.edu
Jane Heymann is a 1977 graduate of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where she was Articles Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly and was elected to Order of the Coif. From 1977 to 1987, she was a partner at Bryan Cave in St. Louis, where she practiced corporate and securities law and was a member of the firm's Recruiting Committee.
Jane joined the Law School as Assistant Clinical Professor in 1992. She has taught Business Organizations II, Business Planning, and an Advanced Legal Writing seminar on contract drafting. In January 1997, she became Assistant Director of the Law School's Career Services Office, and in June 1998, she was named to her current position, directing the entire career services operation.
As the Director of Career Services, Jane oversees the on-campus interview program, plans programs to inform students about legal career paths, helps students and alumni with job-search strategies, administers off-campus job fairs, and counsels students who are interested in non-legal careers.
Kristin Davis,
Esq.
J.D. and Public Interest Advisor
Office: 3221J
Phone: (608) 262-6444
E-mail: kristindavis@wisc.edu
Kristin joined the Career Services Office in August of 2002 and provides career counseling to the students of the Law School. Kristin received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in German from the University of Iowa. She graduated Order of the Coif from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1993. Following graduation, she clerked for Justice Linda K. Neuman of the Iowa Supreme Court and then practiced securities law and general litigation at Smith, Lodge & Schneider in Chicago from 1994 to 1998. From 1999 until May of 2002, Kristin was an Assistant Director of Career Services at Harvard Law School, where she was responsible for general career counseling as well as advising students and graduates on public interest opportunities, judicial clerkships, fellowships and teaching.
Nilesh Patel, Esq.
J.D. Advisor
Office: 3221K
Phone: (608) 262-8554
E-mail: nileshpatel@wisc.edu
Nilesh joined the Career Services Office in December 2005 and
provides career counseling to students and alumni. Nilesh graduated
from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995 with a B.A.
in Political Economy and from the University of Wisconsin Law
School with a J.D. in 2002. Following graduation, he joined the
offices of Hazelbaker and Russell, LLP, focusing on municipal law,
labor and employment and litigation from January 2003 to July 2004.
In July 2004 he started his own practice, Mahadev Law Group,
focusing on labor and employment law issues. At the same time, he
joined the Elder Law Center, where he assisted retirees and their
spouses in locating and obtaining employer-sponsored retirement
benefits. Nilesh is delighted to be back at the Law School and
enjoys assisting students and alumni succeed with their job
searches.
Jennifer
Schmied Larson, Esq.
J.D. Advisor
Office: 3221A
Phone: (608) 265-6684
E-mail: schmied@wisc.edu
Jennifer provides career counseling to students and alumni. Jennifer graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 2001 and immediately joined the law offices of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps in San Diego. She focused primarily on real estate and business litigation from January 2002 to August 2006. In September 2006, Jennifer joined Fish & Richardson’s San Diego office, practicing business and soft intellectual property litigation. After leaving Fish, she joined the Career Services Office of the University of San Diego School of Law, where she assisted students and alumni and supervised the Agency Internship course. Jennifer also taught Intellectual Property at Southwest Community College near San Diego. She has recently joined us and is thrilled to be back in the Midwest where she was born.
Brenda Bernstein
J.D. Advisor
Office: 3221A
Phone: (608) 265-6684
E-mail: bbernstein2@wisc.edu
Brenda joined the Career Services Office in June 2009 and provides students with resume, cover letter and career counseling advice. Brenda received her B.A. in English from Yale University in 1991, magna cum laude, and her J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 1998, cum laude. She practiced public interest law for ten years, first with the Law Offices of Michael Spiegel in New York, NY and then with CAMBA Legal Services in Brooklyn, NY. Concurrently, she worked as a Law School Admissions Consultant for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, assisting hundreds of students with their applications to law school. She is also a writing coach and owner of a writing and editing company, The Essay Expert LLC. Brenda's hours are generally Mondays and Wednesdays from 10am to 3pm, though her hours may vary.
Kate McMahan
Administrative Assistant
Office: 3221
Phone: (608) 262-7856
E-mail: kemcmahan@wisc.edu
Kate joined the Career Services Office in February 2004 and, along with Deborah Solien, is the initial front-desk contact. Before coming to Career Services, Kate and her husband, Tom, owned and managed a small business in the outdoor industry for 32 years. As manufacturers' reps, they represented such outdoor lines as The North Face, Mountain Hardwear, and Asolo Boots.
Deborah
Solien
Administrative Assistant
Office: 3221
Phone: (608) 262-7856
E-mail: solien@wisc.edu
Deborah
joined the Career Services Office in February 2006 and is the
initial front-desk contact. She provides administrative assistance
to the Career Services staff and support to students and employers.