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Practice
Areas:
Commercial and Bodily Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Construction
Professional Liability
Insurance Coverage
Trucking and Auto Liability
Bar
Admissions:
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Illinois
Education:
Marquette University, J.D., 1981
Marquette University, B.S., 1978
Professional Organizations:
Milwaukee Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
American Bar Association (Business Law Section)
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Risk and Insurance Management Society (Associate)
State Bar of Wisconsin (Litigation and Business Law Sections)
The Federalist Society
The Construction Specifications Institute
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
Litigation Counsel of America
Elected
State Bar of Wisconsin, Litigation Section Board of Governors (Chair 2005, 2007-2008)
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (2008)
‘Super Lawyer,’ Milwaukee Magazine (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
President, Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin (2001-2002)
Chairman, Peter Favre Forum (1994-2002)
Whitefish Bay Municipal Judge (1993-2008)
Recipient, Lawyer of the Year/Legal Scholar, Milwaukee Bar Association (1990)
Litigation Counsel of America
Publications:
"Prejudgment Interest in Wisconsin Personal Injury Cases", 56 Wisconsin Bar Bulletin 18 (August 1983)
"Standards of Appellate Review", 33 Defense Law Journal 377 (No. 4, 1984)
"Landowner Immunity", CTCW News 3 (No. 3, 1985)
"Economic Analysis for the Wisconsin Lawyer", 8 The Milwaukee Lawyer 17 (No. 4, 1985); Jonathan E. Arnold Legal Writing Competition Winning Article
Book Review, 55 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1159 (No. 4, 1987)
Case Note, 38 Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly 87 (No. 1, Fall 1987)
Special Report, "Discovery of Statements", CTCW News 3 (Dec. 1987); reprinted in Kansas Association of Defense Counsel (March, 1988)
Co-Author, "Burden of Proof", 62 Wisconsin Lawyer 23 (Oct. 1989); State Bar of Wisconsin 1989 Hon. Charles Dunn Award
Co-Author, "Direct Action", CTCW News 3 (No. 4, Winter 1990)
Co-Author, "The New CGL Policy", CTCW News 3 (No. 2, Summer 1992)
"Substitutions", Construction Specifier publication (Oct. 1993)
Co-Author, "Advertising Injury", Claim Magazine (June, 1994) "Self-Insurance", Business Law News, Vol. 13 (No. 4, Fall 1994)
"The Use and Abuse of Expert Witnesses", 70 Wisconsin Lawyer 12 (No. 10, Oct. 1997)
"Who is Really an Expert?" Declarations (Winter, 1997)
Book Review, "Treatise Invaluable to Insurance Practitioners", Wisconsin Opinions (Dec. 8, 1999)
"Warranty Liability", 20 Business Law News 7 (No. 3, Fall 2001)
Professional Liability 101, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), January 2009 - Issue XXII, Volume 1
Wisconsin Trial Practice, 2009 Supplement, Chapter 10 "Jury Instructions"
Lectures/Seminars:
Professional Education Systems Institute, LLC (PESI) – 2003, 2004
Rural Mutual Insurance Company – 2001, 2004
Lorman Educational Services – 1998, 2007
Milwaukee Life/Health Claims Association - 1998
National Business Institute - 1994, 1998
Mid-Wisconsin Risk Managers Association - 1997
American Subcontractor's Association - 1997
Institute for Paralegal Education - 1997
Risk and Insurance Management Society – 1997, 2004, 2008
- Southeast Wisconsin Chapter, Milwaukee and REBEX Convention, Chicago
Central Wisconsin Claims Association - 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin - 1983, 1987, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2006, 2008
Blue Goose International - 1995
Arthur Gallagher & Co. - 1995
Insurance Managers Association - 1995
Whitefish Bay Community Forum - 1995
Public Risk Management Association - 1995
LaFarge Institute - 1995
Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters - 1994, 1998, 1999
Shorewood Men's Club – 1994
Security Insurance – 2005
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2003, 2005
Wisconsin Claims Council - 1992
State of Bar Wisconsin Summer Meeting - 1989
State Bar of Wisconsin 12th Annual Torts Seminar - 1989
State Bar of Wisconsin 11th Annual Torts Seminar - 1988
Forward Wisconsin - 1985, 1986
American Corporate Counsel Association, Wisconsin Chapter – 1998
National Vehicle Leasing Association – 2005
Central Claims Executive Association – 2005
Construction Specifications Institute – 2005
American Association of Architectural Woodworking - 2005
ACE – SCLA – 2005
Associated Builders and Contractors - 2007
State Bar of Wisconsin - Health Law Seminar - 2008
Wisconsin Fire Loss Association - 2008
Wisconsin Supreme Court - Judicial Conference/Civil Law Seminar - 2006, 2008
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