Contact Information:
Phone: 608.283.6708
Email: manderson@axley.com
Legal Assistant: Ellen Teed
Phone: 608.283.6760
Email: eteed@axley.com
Michael Anderson is a partner in the firm. His litigation practice, trial and appellate, focuses on a variety of commercial and business litigation, products liability and personal injury litigation. Mr. Anderson's commercial practice includes dealership and distribution contracting, domestic and international, covenants not to compete, nondisclosure agreements and confidentiality agreements.
He acts as outside general counsel for several clients, providing advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, corporate compliance, transactional and general corporate issues. Mr. Anderson supervises foreign and domestic litigation for his general counsel clients. Since 2003, Mr. Anderson has been on the governing board of Blackhawk Church and currently serves as external General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.
Professional Associations and Achievements:
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Appointment: Preliminary Review Committee, 2002-present; Chair of the Preliminary Review Committee, 2007-present
- Member, Bench and Bar Committee, Wisconsin State Bar, 2004-2008
- Member, Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility District Committee, 1991-2001
- Member, board of directors, Nehemiah Community Development Corporation, 2005-2009
- Member, board of directors, Oakwood Village East (Continuing Care Retirement Communities) 2003-present; Chairman, 2007-2009
- Chairman, Ethics Committee, Oakwood Retirement Communities, 2005-2009
- Member, board of directors, Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund, 2006-2009
- Member, board of directors, Hope United, Inc., 2008-present
- Member, Christian Legal Society
- Member, Dane County Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin's Board of Attorney's Professional Responsibility Study Committee, 1996-2000
- Named a top commercial litigation lawyer in The Best Lawyers in America
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings
Education:
B.A., magna cum laude, Cornell University, 1976
J.D., Washington University, 1980, Order of the Coif, Executive Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly
Articles:
Practice Areas:
Business Practice Group, Construction & Transportation Practice Group, Litigation Practice Group, Intellectual Property & Technology Team, Antitrust, Competition & Product Distribution, Appellate Practice, Bad Faith Insurance Claims, Business Mediation & Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Contract Negotiation and Drafting, Corporate Law, Insurance Defense, Federal Court Litigation, Litigation Mediation & Arbitration, Litigation Motor Vehicle Accidents, Litigation Personal Injury, Litigation Wrongful Death, Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Reorganizations, Premises Liability, Private Equity, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Venture Capital
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