Urszula Tempska

Attorney Biographies

Milwaukee Defense Lawyers

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Of Counsel, since 2006
phone (414) 263-4488

Before law school, Urszula earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She also taught college-level English, speech, argumentation, and writing classes at several U.S. colleges and universities and in her native Poland. She has cultivated her links with higher education by teaching statutory interpretation at Marquette University Law School.

In law school, Urszula was Notes and Comments Editor on the Intellectual Property Law Review. Before engaging in private practice, Urszula worked in the regulatory-compliance area of the legal department of a big health insurance corporation.

Urszula specializes in appellate and post-conviction work, building on her prior experience as a writer and researcher. Her international experience is a valuable asset to The Shellow Group’s growing international practice.

Bar Admissions: Wisconsin, 2002

Education:
Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May, 2002
Juris Doctor
Honors: Top 25%
Honors: Moot court: Regionals of ABA Representation in Negotiation Competition Honors
Honors: Teaching Assistant, Professor Andrea Schneider Honors
Honors: CALI Award (highest grade): Pretrial Litigation (Fall 2001) Honors:
Honors: Law and the Visual Arts (Fall 2001) Honors:
Honors: Legal Communication (Spring 2000) Honors:
Honors: Legal Writing (Fall 1999)
Law Review: Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Comments Editor

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1993 Ph.D.
Major: English

Published Works:
“Originality” After the Dead Sea Scrolls Decision: Implications for the American Law of Copyright, 5 Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review 119-146, 2002

Double Marginality or/as Double Indemnity: “Europe” in the Prose of Polish Women Writers, 5 Symploke: Journal of Interdisciplinary Critique 183-205, University of Indiana, 1997

Ethnic Women in Selling the Light of Heaven, Something Of Their Very Own To Say: American Women Writers Of Polish Descent, 287-304, Columbia University Press, 1997

Encyclopedia Entries on Polish Women Writers, The Women’s Studies Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Marquette University Law School, 2006

“Statutory Interpretation”

Adjunct Faculty/Assistant Instructor, English Literature , Alverno College, 1986 – 1999

Adjunct Faculty/Assistant Instructor, English Literature , College of Wooster (Ohio)

Adjunct Faculty/Assistant Instructor, English Literature , University of Texas at Austin

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Wisconsin Bar Association

Association for Women

Lawyers Past Employment Positions:
Assurant Health Legal Department, Milwaukee, WI, Associate Counsel, 2002 – 2005

Assurant Health Legal Department, Milwaukee, WI, Law Clerk, 2001 – 2002

The Wisconsin Supreme Court, Madison, WI, Judicial Intern, 2002

Becker and Hickey, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Law Clerk, 2000 – 2001

Pro Bono Activities:
Volunteer, “One Child — One Lawyer”, Wisconsin Bar Association

Judge, American Bar Association’s Representation