Be a Name,
Not a Number
Get the Personal Attention Your Claim Deserves
from Axley’s Personal Injury Team
Our personal injury team assists clients with all types of personal injury claims including car, truck and bicycle accidents; wrongful deaths; injuries from defective products; slip and falls; and dog bites. Our team does all the work so you can focus on recovery. We gather medical evidence, calculate lost wages, assess damages and deal with medical bills. We pledge to go above and beyond to assist with every problem that arises from your injury.
To many law firms, your injury may be one of many they are dealing with, leaving you as just a number. At Axley, we know your name, and we know your case. We have a passion for helping people and pride ourselves on giving you the personal attention you need and deserve.
Our team is consistently ranked among the very best not only in our area but also our state. In addition, we have been named the #1 Law Firm in Madison consistently for the past nine years via InBusiness Magazine’s Executive Choice Awards. The Best of Cottage Grove readers survey named Axley Personal Injury Attorney Heath Straka the #1 Attorney in Cottage Grove for the past 6 years running.
We charge no fee unless we recover money for you. Period.
Highly Qualified
Each attorney on our team has more than a decade worth of experience trying injury cases. We have recovered millions in compensation, and in many instances, we can resolve a case without a trial.
Skillful Representation
We skillfully protect your liability, your rights to pursue full compensation, and your recovery of wages lost and compensation for your injuries, disability, pain, and suffering.
Dedicated
We provide you with the personal attention that you need and deserve. We go well beyond what most firms do to help you take care of all of the problems that arise when you are injured.
The Axley Promise
We charge no fee until we recover money for you. Period.
Meet the Attorney Who Can Help You
Partner • Madison
Attorney Heath Straka is a Partner at Axley and a highly recognized personal injury attorney — named in Best Lawyers in America every year from 2016 to 2026, a Wisconsin Super Lawyer from 2014 to 2025, and ranked in the Nation's Top 1% by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. With over two decades of experience litigating in Wisconsin State and Federal Courts — including before the Wisconsin Supreme Court — Heath brings the resources and skill to take on even the most complex injury cases. Unlike large firms where your case gets handed off to a paralegal, Heath works directly with his clients, delivering the personal attention and dedicated advocacy you deserve. If you've been injured, call Heath Straka today for a free consultation.
Do I need an Attorney?
Dealing with an insurance company on your own can be extremely frustrating and can potentially leave you with far less money than your case is worth. To get the maximum compensation for your injury claim, it’s important to know the value of your case and when to settle. Don’t settle for less than you deserve. Let us minimize your stress and maximize your compensation.
What can you help me with?
After signing an engagement agreement, we will help with investigating your claim, identifying the responsible parties, reviewing insurance policies, working with physicians and chiropractors, evaluating your injuries – including future expenses/lost wages and effect on the quality of your life, and then, most importantly, getting your maximum compensation.
What am I entitled to?
When you are injured, you should receive compensation that is fair and reasonable for the harms and losses that you suffered. Your medical bills that are caused by the accident should be paid. Your lost wages should be covered, even if you had paid time off. And, you should receive money damages for your past and future pain, suffering, disability and loss of enjoyment of life. When you add all of those things together, you can determine the reasonable value of your claim.
Attorney Heath Straka is the definition of "Professionalism": competent, experienced, well versed, proficient and an excellent communicator. He handled my case in a very efficient and skillful manner with added compassion for my situation. I would highly recommend him in the future to any of my associates, family or friends. He did an excellent job on my behalf.
In the day and age where customer service is an after thought, you and your associates clearly know the difference between customer care and integrity. I will, as usual, recommend any and all family or, close friends to Axley, when and if your phenomenal services are needed.
Heath is deliberate and attentive, and worked hard to obtain a fair settlement. In addition, he is experienced and resourceful. I would recommend him as a personal injury lawyer.