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Madison, WI – The State Bar of Wisconsin and its charitable arm, the Wisconsin Law Foundation, strongly support a proposal to site a statue honoring the late Hon.
Vel Phillips on the state Capitol grounds. The statue, if approved, will be the first on the Capitol Square to recognize a person of color. Phillips is considered one of Wisconsin’s most prominent and influential attorneys over the last 100 years.
In a letter of endorsement to the State Capitol & Executive Residence Board, the State Bar and the Law Foundation pledge a combined $25,000 contribution to kick off a statewide fundraising effort to raise the estimated $250,000 to place the statue, should the Board approve a recommendation to be presented on Jan. 25 by an advisory group supported by Gov.