Client Successes

Successfully represented a physician and secured a court of appeal decision affirming trial court’s dismissal of a medical malpractice lawsuit in Satorius v. Berlie, et al., Appeal No. 2011AP2809 (Oct. 30, 2012).

Successfully represented and obtained a deferred prosecution agreement in a high profile case where client was alleged to have assaulted a University of Wisconsin athlete.

Obtained a jury verdict for a medical center in a breach of contract case.

Sale of telecommunication companies and cable television systems

Comprehensive estate planning for small business owners to achieve goals of family succession, minimizing death taxes, wealth preservation and protection of children

Obtained temporary injunction for contractor client vacating half-million dollar subcontractor lien claims after three-day evidentiary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court

Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a Wisconsin County dismissing landowner’s timber trespass lawsuit

Prevailed in court trial on breach of contract claim brought by insurance agents against insurance agency finding failure to pay commissions earned on agents’ books of business

Represented several major real estate development firms in northern and central Wisconsin on all aspects of recreational land developments, including creation and expansion of condominiums, road maintenance agreements, homeowners’ associations, easements, boundary disputes and general litigation

Prevailed in the Court of Appeals, reversing trial court judgment, on behalf of real estate agent, establishing agent’s right to sales commission during extension of listing period under standard listing contract; Salewske v. Depies, 239 Wis. 2d 594, 620 N.W.2d 482 (Ct. App. 2000)

Represented Wisconsin town governments with respect to all zoning matters, including circuit court enforcement actions

Prevailed in court trial before Federal Bankruptcy Court in defense of $3 million claim for alleged failure to reclaim non-metallic mining site

Obtained judgment in court trial in Dane County Circuit Court for partition of real estate holding in same-sex marriage dissolution

Assisted client in obtaining settlement in excess of $400,000 for repairs to agricultural land caused by pipeline construction

Retained to serve as co-counsel in seeking damages for injuries suffered during an automobile collision involving airbag activation. The case was settled for a confidential amount during mediation.

Retained to serve as co-counsel in a lawsuit seeking damages for injuries suffered by a father and two minor children during an automobile collision involving a rear impact. The case was settled for a confidential amount shortly before trial.

Retained to defend the interests of a defendant in a suit for monetary damages involving the sale of a no longer manufactured ripsaw «as is, where is.» The case was settled for a minimal amount.

Retained to defend claims by third-party employee seeking damages for a slip and fall. The case was settled during mediation.

Defended $30 million arbitration and federal court action against utility for breach of contract and employment claims involving sale and operation of commercial natural gas retailer

Represented multinational insurance company in multimillion-dollar environmental insurance coverage claims, including soil and groundwater-contaminated manufacturing sites throughout Wisconsin