Client Successes

Prevailed on a motion for reconsideration to vacate a default judgment and reopen a breach of contract case. Promptly won a motion to dismiss the case in its entirely based on untimely service.

Cecilia Heberling
Commercial Litigation, Litigation

Successfully litigated a case involving a single car, rollover accident that resulted in the death of a passenger and included a claim for conscious pain and suffering.

Heath Straka

Resolved a contested construction accident case in which a worker fell in an elevator shaft.

Heath Straka
Litigation

Successfully litigated a case against multiple parties regarding the electrocution injury of a construction worker.

Heath Straka
Litigation

Obtained declaratory judgment regarding the ownership of real property to declare a fraudulent transfer invalid.

Litigation

Prevailed on summary judgment motion and obtained dismissal of student’s claims against school district which stemmed from injuries student received in a welding class. Court rejected plaintiff’s arguments that a “known and compelling danger” existed.

Successfully defended against a challenge to a municipal tax assessment of a “Big Box” retail store before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Litigation, Municipal & School

Obtained summary judgment in state court on behalf of a school district after a staff member had a secret sexual relationship with a student.

Litigation, Municipal & School

Obtained judgment by circuit court declaring property as a public nuisance.

Litigation, Municipal & School

Successfully defended reasonableness of municipal raze order against statutory challenge by property owners.

Litigation, Municipal & School

Prevailed on summary judgment motion and obtained dismissal of open records mandamus action based on plaintiffs’ procedural deficiency.

Litigation

Prevailed on summary judgment motion and obtained dismissal of federal discrimination claims by students against a school district and district administrator.

Litigation, Municipal & School

Obtained summary judgment in state court on behalf of employer stemming from former employee’s theft of company property.

Justin Lessner
Labor & Employment, Litigation

Obtained dismissal of lawsuit in federal court on behalf of municipality stemming from claims of various constitutional violations.

Lori Lubinsky
Litigation, Municipal & School

Successfully defended a county board of supervisors’ decision which had denied a CUP application.

Lori Lubinsky
Litigation

Obtained dismissal of lawsuit in federal court on behalf of police department and officer stemming from claims that officer utilized excessive force.

Lori Lubinsky
Litigation

Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of police department and officer stemming from an arrestee’s claim that the officer utilized excessive force.

Lori Lubinsky
Litigation

Successfully defended a construction company, member/owner, and employee through a federal jury trial and obtained a defense verdict on all of plaintiff’s claims, including a federal discrimination claim and multiple state law tort claims, which stemmed from the use of a racial slur on construction site.

Litigation

Prevailed on immunity defense in state court on behalf of school district on slip and fall claim by student.

Litigation

Obtained Rule 37 dismissal of former inmate’s claims against county jail and deputies stemming from claims regarding treatment of inmate in jail facility.

Litigation