Client Successes

Drafted and negotiated multiple commercial leases on behalf of client property owners and tenants.

Represented client buyers and sellers in both commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Represented clients in the reorganization of their businesses and holding companies to maximize value.

Represented client buyers and sellers with their acquisition or sale of business equity interests.

Represented a manufacturing client by successfully recouping over $2 million in anticipated payments that were lost due to a wire fraud scheme.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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