Client Successes

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.

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

Obtained summary judgement in state court on behalf of school board member and school district stemming from former administrator’s claim of harassment.

Obtained summary judgement in federal court on behalf of large metropolitan school district stemming from claims that district failed to protect student from peer-to-peer disability-based harassment.

Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of a county sheriff’s department stemming from claims that department should have obtained medical treatment for jail inmate.

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

Successfully defended OWI verdict challenge by defendant at Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

Obtained summary judgment in state court on behalf of corporate client stemming from claims of improper billing for medical services.

Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of county and deputy stemming from a decedent’s estate’s claim that the deputy utilized excessive force.

Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of numerous municipal defendants stemming from a serial pro se litigator’s claims that the municipal defendants violated his federal constitutional rights. Also obtained court order prohibiting the pro se litigant from continuing to file lawsuits without permission from the court.

Obtained summary judgment in federal court, which was affirmed on appeal by the Seventh Circuit, on behalf of a county stemming from a jail inmate’s claim that a cavity search violated her Fourth Amendment rights.

Obtained summary judgment in federal court, which was affirmed on appeal by the Seventh Circuit, on behalf of a university stemming from a student’s claim that a sexual assault investigation by the university violated Title IX.

Successfully defended a police department and its chief through federal jury trial and obtained a defense verdict against First Amendment claims brought by employee.

Obtained a not guilty verdict in a criminal case with only 6 minutes and 30 seconds of jury deliberation.