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Loeb & Herman, S.C.
A Short History

Firm Door The law offices of Loeb & Herman, S.C. has its roots in a law firm that was started early in the 20^th Century. That law firm was Glicksman & Gold. Atty. Glicksman was a great scholar and ultimately became a Professor at UW law school. Gold was a gifted litigator. The then-partners eventually added another fellow by the name of Walter Corrigan. The firm became Glicksman, Gold & Corrigan and was located at 152 W. Wisconsin Ave. The three men were soon joined by one bright, very aggressive Malcom Weiss. As an aside, Mr. Weiss subsequently changed his surname to Whyte, of Whyte, Hirschboek, Dudek fame. After Glicksman left the firm for an academic career, Corrigan went out on his own.

Finding himself in a solo practice, Walter Gold hired Ray T. McCann. The son of a farmer, Ray McCann was raised in Indian Ford, a small town near Janesville, Wisconsin. He was a brilliant student at the University of Wisconsin. He was a school teacher before serving as a soldier in WWI. When his tour of duty in the war was over, he enrolled in law school. After graduation, he was hired by Glicksman, Gold & Corrigan. The law firm became Gold & McCann.

In 1953, Leonard L. Loeb was discharged from the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps. He was hired by Gold & McCann in December of that year and began work with the firm in February, 1954.

Atty Loeb lived for much of his childhood in Columbus, WI. He moved to Milwaukee in the mid- 1930's and eventually attended Sullivan High School in Chicago during WWII. He graduated in 1947 and went on to the University of Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1950. He received his law degree from UW in 1952 and accepted a direct admission into the Judge Advocate General Corps of the Air Force as a 1^st Lieutenant. He attended JAG School at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama as a member of the Class of 52D. Stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Loeb was discharged at the end of the Korean Conflict. He then joined the offices of Gold & McCann. Gold retired in 1954 and the office became The Law Offices of Ray T. McCann where Atty. Loeb served as an Associate until 1973.

At that time, Atty. Loeb’s practice was growing rapidly and Atty. McCann had decided not to expand or hire new people at that stage in his life. The two parted professionally under the most amicable of circumstances; Atty. Loeb remarks that the separation of the two attorneys was like that as between a loving father and a grateful son. The test of which was that neither attorney ever accepted a case where the other would be, or potentially could be, opposing counsel although there were many, many lucrative opportunities for both to do so. A word was never spoken to establish that rapport.

Leonard L. Loeb, S.C. was established in 1973 and engaged in general civil litigation with an emphasis on family law. The practice ultimately evolved into exclusively family law and remains so today. At the inception of the firm of Leonard L. Loeb, S.C., Sharon A. Drew, who had been Atty. Loeb’s Legal Assistant at the Offices of Ray T. McCann, joined Loeb as his assistant in his sole practice. She was essentially his non-lawyer/silent partner in establishing "the office." Shortly after establishing an office in the then-Marine Bank Building (111 E. Wisconsin Ave.), Atty. Loeb hired Steven Underwood, who had been a UW star football player and co-captain of the Rose Bowl team of 1953. They practiced together for an extended period of time until Atty. Underwood relocated to Madison. Upon his departure, Atty. Barbara Burbach was hired. She had been a student in a general practice course that Loeb taught at the University of Wisconsin. She remained in practice with Atty. Loeb until her first child was born.

Atty. Jane Tewksbury, formerly of Legal Action of WI, joined the Leonard L. Loeb, S.C. when Atty. Burbach left and, eventually, Atty. Julilly Kohler also joined the practice. Some time later, Atty. Tewksbury returned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where she became an Assistant Attorney General. Atty. Kohler went on to establish an individual practice.

During that period of transition, Atty. Mary McCann, daughter of Ray T. McCann was hired. She had, in addition to a law degree, a social work background. She ultimately was hired away by District Attorney Michael McCann who badly needed a lawyer with a social work background to work in the Children in Need of Protective Services Program(CHIPS).

Sharon Drew ultimately obtained her undergraduate degree from Alverno College and was encouraged by Atty. Loeb and others to enroll in Marquette University Law School while she worked at the firm. She did obtain her law degree and rejoined the law firm as an Associate. In the meantime, Atty Loeb hired Gregg M. Herman in 1984. Atty. Herman had been an Assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County for a number of years and, upon the recommendation of Judge Patricia Curley, was lured into family law by Atty. Loeb. In 1990, the firm became Loeb, Herman & Drew, S.C. Ultimately, Sharon Drew wished to focus her practice in the area of mediation. As a result, she established an independent practice and remains a trusted friend of this firm. The firm’s name was changed to Loeb & Herman, S.C.

Matthew J. Price was hired as a law clerk in after his first year at Marquette University Law School. Upon his graduation from law school in 1996, he was hired as an Associate and continues with the firm today serving as the firm's Secretary and Vice President. Atty. Price has an undergraduate degree in accounting from The University of Wisconsin-Madison.