Whyte Hirschboeck names new chief executive
Law Firm News
The Milwaukee and Madison law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC said Wednesday that it has hired Paul Eberle to become the chief executive of the firm.
Eberle becomes one of the first nonlawyers to serve as chief executive of a major law firm, Whyte Hirschboeck said.
Eberle will work through the end of October alongside Mark Miller, the firm’s current CEO, who announced his departure earlier this year after eight years of leading Whyte Hirschboeck. Eberle will begin his new position on Nov. 1.
Bruce Arnold, a managing director at Whte Hirschboeck’s Milwaukee office, said the hiring of Eberle will allow attorneys to focus on providing legal services, enabling the firm to better serve clients around the state. The law firm has more than 150 attorneys and paralegals practicing more than 40 areas of law.
Eberle is a founder and past president of hardware, software, services and leasing firm, Capital Data Inc. in Milwaukee and has served as a managing member at Capital Properties of Wisconsin, a private equity firm involved in real estate investment and management. He also is a founding shareholder of Green Bay-based Lasernet Inc., a print, mail and electronic data services company.
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