Jane F. Zimmerman - Madison, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1985
    J.D.
    Law Journal: Wisconsin Law Journal, Recipient

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982
    B.S.B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Rhodes Scholar Nominee - 1982
    Honors: Academic All-American Nominee - 1982

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor, General Practice Course, University of Wisconsin, 1999, 2001; Skills Week, 1992, 2004, 2008
  
• Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute, Professional Compensation Committee, 2004
  
• Speaker, University of Wisconsin Law School, CLEW, Annual Debtor-Creditor Law Conference, 2005-2011
  
• Conference Instructor, State Bar of Wisconsin
  
• Seminar Instructor, Lorman Education Services
  
• Instructor, National Business Institute
  
• Turnaround Management Association, CTP Expert Witness Workshop, Instructor, 2010

Published Works

Articles

• Co-author: "Collection Remedies" and "Workout, Nonbankruptcy Alternatives and Bankruptcy", Chapters of the Wisconsin Business Advisor Series, Wisconsin CLE Books, 2006
  
• Author: "Moving Vehicles No Longer Hidden Treasure", American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Lien on Me Column, November 2005
  
• Author: "Bankruptcy in Wonderland: What Alice Needs to Know", Wisconsin Woman, December 2006
  

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin, 1985
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1985
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1993

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Business Law Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, State and Local Government Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Business Law Section (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Bankruptcy Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Section (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Real Property Section (Member)
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Agricultural Law Section (Member)
• Dane County Bar Association, 1991 - 1992 (Member, Special Committee on Professionalism)
• Dane County Bar Association, 1993 - 1996 (Member, Long Range Planning and PR Newsletter Committees)
• Dane County Bar Association, Courthouse Committee, 2005-2006
• Western District Bankruptcy Bar Association (Member)
• Western District Bankruptcy Bar, 1989 - 1991 (Secretary)
• Western District Bankruptcy Bar, 1994 - 1995 (Program Co-Chair)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (Member)
• Executive Women's Golf Association, Championship Task Force, 2006
• Executive Women's Golf Association, Madison Chapter, Board of Directors, President, 2005, Vice President, Co-Chair Heartland Section Championship Tournament, 2004; Madison Championship-Director, 2009, 2011
• Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program (Interviewer)
• University of Wisconsin Athletics Advisory Council (Member, 1997 - 2008)
• University of Wisconsin Women's Basketball Booster Club, Hoop Troop (1993 - 1998 President)
• University of Wisconsin, Women's Intercollegiate Sports Club, Inc. (Past President and Past Vice President)
• Tee-Up-For-Nursing Advisory Council, 2006
• Dane County United Way Cabinet Member, 2009-2010; Chair, Professional Services Division, 2010; Key Club Committee, 2011-2012
• American Heart Association Madison Chapter, Go Red for Women Executive Leadership Committee, 2009; Event Co-Chair 2010 and 2011
• TEMPO Madison Membership Committee, 2011