Congratulations to Vince Scipior for being selected by the WDC Board of Directors as the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Professional Service Award! The Distinguished Professional Service Award recognizes a longtime member who has given consistent effort to grow and improve WDC.

Vincent is a shareholder at Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C. in Madison where he practices insurance defense (merits and coverage), personal injury, professional liability, long-term care defense, and general litigation. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. in 2011 from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He is admitted to practice in all Wisconsin state and federal courts, as well as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to WDC, Vince is a member of the American Inns of Court James E. Doyle Chapter, the Dane County Bar Association, and the State Bar of Wisconsin. He was recognized as a 2017 Up and Coming Lawyer by the Wisconsin Law Journal and has been included in the Wisconsin Rising Stars List by Super Lawyers Magazine since 2016. 

Vince has been a member of WDC since 2011. He has written several articles for the WDC Journal, has been the Editor of the Journal since 2018, is a current member of the WDC Board of Directors, and is an active member of the WDC amicus committee. Vince also recently volunteered as a “judge” at the WDC defense skills motion practice workshop on June 27, 2024. As Editor of the Journal, Vince does a superb job and has been able to solicit and put together excellent, helpful articles in each issue that comes out!

Nominated By: Patricia Epstein Putney, Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C.