Nola J. Hitchcock Cross Esq. - Milwaukee, WI

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, 1975
    Juris Doctor
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Law School Service Award

• Non Legal Education

  • Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow School of Journalism, Pullman, Washington
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: Mass Communications
  • Merton College, Oxford University, BNA Comparative Industrial Relations Symposium, Oxford, England, 1983
  • Harvard University, Non-Matriculated Courses in International Banking and Finance, Spanish and Latin American Politics and Government
    Non-Matriculated Courses

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Murray & Cross, Managing Partner
• Adelman, Adelman & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Partner
• Podell, Ugent & Cross, S.C., Managing Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Cooperatives/Cohousing/Condos: A Study in Comparative Housing Structures, Milwaukee CoLOG, February 8, 2011
  
• Frequent Commentator, Various Labor Law Topics
  
• Regular Commentator, Case of Figueroa v. Mayor Norquist and City of Milwaukee, Channel 58
  
• Hiring & Firing, State Bar Of Wisconsin, Solo Practice Institute
  
• Legal Issues in Personnel, UW-Milwaukee Small Business Institute
  
• Lecturer, Collective Bargaining Course, Milwaukee Area Technical College
  
• Sexual Harassment Sensitivity, City of Milwaukee, Trainer
  
• Talks on SOX: Employment Provisions Under Sarbanes-Oxley, February, 2005; Wisconsin State Bar, Labor & Employment Section, 2005
  
• Covenants Not to Compete: Trends and Developments, State Bar of Wisconsin Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2006 - Present
  
• Guest Lecture, Mediation-Arbitration, UW-Wisconsin, UW-Wisconsin School for Workers
  
• Stewards Schools for Teamsters, IBEW, UE, OPEIU, Hospital Workers, Public Health Nurses, Ironworkers, AFSCME, etc.
  
• Speaker, Legal Issues for Housing Cooperatives, Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Conference
  
• Speaker, Women and Employment: Challenge Amidst Change, YWCA Conference, Workshop Session
  
• Speaker, Legal Issues Affecting Women in Employment, Broad Vocabulary Bookstore
  
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver and the Role of Arbitration in Title VII Cases, National Education Association Council, National Convention
  
• “Relator Share”, Taxpayers Against Fraud Educational Fund, 2015
  
• “FCA Enforcement Against Hospitals, Device and Pharmaceutical Companies and Other Health Care Industry Companies: Is Medical Judgment a Trump Card?”, ABA False Claims Institute

Pro Bono Activities

• Milwaukee Forum, Former Member and Coordinator
• Milwaukee Forum, Coordinator Emeritus
• American Association of University Women, Member & Attorney Referral Panel
• AFL-CIO Lawyers, Member, Coordinating Committee
• Association for Union Democracy, Advisory Board
• International Association of Democratic Lawyers, Member
• Wisconsin Women Angel Investors

Published Works

Articles

• "The Duty to Bargain Collective" Chapter 3, (Co-Author) Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law, A Manual for Attorneys Representing the Labor Movement, Contributing Author, Chpt. 3, Nat'l Labor & Employment Comm., National Lawyers Guild eds.
  

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Sections (Member)
• Wisconsin State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Sections (Member, Chairperson (Two Separate Terms) & Three- Term Board Member)
• Milwaukee Bar Association, Labor Law Section (Co-Chair)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ) (Member)
• Industrial Relations Research Association (Member)
• National Whistleblowers Association (Member and Attorney Referral Panel)
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member and Attorney Referral Panel)
• Wisconsin Employment Lawyers Association (WELA) (Member and Attorney Referral Panel)