Madison, WI – Veteran Wausau attorney Dean R. Dietrich was elected April 22 as the next president-elect of the State Bar of Wisconsin, beginning July 1, 2022. In July 2023, he will take over as State Bar president.
As president-elect and president, Dietrich, of the Weld Riley law firm, says he will focus on changes to the legal profession as a result of the pandemic, lawyer wellness, expanding legal services, diversity and inclusion in Wisconsin’s legal community, and lawyer professionalism.
Dietrich has a long history in State Bar leadership. He has spent more than 45 years traveling across the state representing local governments and advising lawyers on ethics issues.
In other State Bar election results:
‒Anna F.C. Muñoz of Brookdale Senior Living, Milwaukee, was elected to a two-year term as secretary of the State Bar of Wisconsin, beginning July 1, 2022. Muñoz, a 2005 graduate of Marquette University Law School, has been actively involved in the State Bar for more than a decade, beginning with the organization’s Leadership Development Committee in 2010. She has been a State Bar Board of Governors member since 2019.
‒Sarah Zylstra of Boardman & Clark LLP, Madison, was elected to a three-year term as a State Bar of Wisconsin representative to the Wisconsin Judicial Council beginning July 1, 2022. This is Zylstra’s second term on the Council.
The Judicial Council is a 21-member body responsible for studying and making recommendations relating to court pleading, practice and procedure, as well as the administration and operation of the courts. The Council is comprised of judges, district attorneys, legislators and legislative staff, law school personnel, citizens, and three members of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Zylstra is a 1998 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School.
