While attending law school, I was selected to serve on the Editorial Board of the Marquette Law Review.  The Law Review is a national legal publication often referenced by appellate courts in their decisions.  I served as the Lead Article Editor. 

Selection as an editor is reserved to the top 10% of the class who are invited to write in competition for a nomination to the Board of Editors.  The Scribes Advocacy Award which recognizes outstanding writing ability on legal matters was awarded to me as determined by the law school faculty.  

I maintained a general law practice during the early years of my career.  My practice has since evolved into one which emphasizes commercial, corporate, business, real estate matters, estate planning and probate.  These areas include buy/sell of business, corporate business transactions, financing transactions and representation of banks and commercial lenders, as well as corporation, limited liability company and individuals. 

I currently and for many years have achieved an “A-V” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the publisher of the definitive national and international legal digest.  The “A” rating is the highest one can obtain for professional competence and the “V” rating is for having the highest ethical attributes.  The rating is determined by confidential periodic survey of attorneys and judges in our area.  The rating is continually reviewed to assure currency.  I have held this highest rating for over 10 years.

Current Employment Position:

• Partner

Areas of Practice:

• Banking and Finance
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations (Corporations, Limited Liability Company, Partnership)
• Estate Planning
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate
• Taxation

Bar Admissions:

• Wisconsin, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Tax Court, 1979
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1975

Education:

• Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI, 1975
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Scribes Advocacy Award
  Law Review: Editor, Marquette Law Review
  
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1972
  Master of Science
• Marquette University, 1971
  Bachelor of Science

Representative Cases:

• Baumgarten v. Bubolz, 104 Wis. 2d 210 (1981)
• De Broux v. Board of Canvassers Appleton, 206 Wis. 2d 321 (1996)

Representative Clients:

• Appleton Area School District
• Bank One - Appleton
• Chiropractic Services Network, Inc.
• Firstar Bank
• First Business Bank
• Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
• Kurz Electric Solutions, Inc.
• M & I Bank Fox Valley
• Milweld, Inc.
• Ophthalmic Surgery of Wisconsin, Inc.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• City of Appleton
  Annexation Commissioner
• St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Foundation
  Past Director and Chairman
• Fox Valley Estate Planning Counsel
  Past Director and Chairman, Current Member
• Appleton Redevelopment Authority
  Current Commissioner
• Attic Theatre
  Former Member Board of Directors
• Fox Locks Commission
  Member
• Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce
  Former Member Board of Directors
• Family Practice Residency Clinic Board
  Former Member Board of Directors
• Appleton School District
  Member Citizen's Advisory Council
• Fox Valley Symphony
  Received "Bravo" award in 1994

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