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Micah Pahl
Douglas County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, Family and Landlord Tenant
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Selma Demirovic
Saint Croix County, WI Personal Injury Attorney
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Steven Danielson
Eau Claire County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
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Jason Abraham
Marathon County, WI Personal Injury Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Marquette University Law School and University of Wisconsin - Madison
Attorney Jason F. Abraham began his career with Hupy and Abraham in 1993 and was promoted to shareholder in 1999.
Attorney Abraham's proficiency in handling personal injury matters attracts clientele from across the nation. He has settled or tried personal injury cases with a combined value of approximately $350 million and resolved many cases for over one million dollars each.
His expertise in personal injury matters has granted him lecturing opportunities in numerous states across the nation.
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Mr. Peter James Carman
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Attorney Peter J. Carman offers unparalleled and cost effective legal representation to his insurance company and corporate clients providing defense services in both general liability/tort and workers' compensation matters throughout the State of Wisconsin. Attorney Carman takes great pride in working with his clients, directly and through presentations, to manage risk and develop strategies and policies to minimize exposure. Attorney Carman's law office is the première destination for insurance and corporate clients desiring a "one stop shop" for legal defense services. Attorney Carman also represents individuals with personal injury and workers' compensation claims, utilizing his extensive insurance...
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William Pemberton
Sauk County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Insurance Claims
Marquette University Law School
Attorney William M. Pemberton founded the firm Pemberton Personal Injury Law Firm. Attorney Pemberton represents clients through out the entire State of Wisconsin who have suffered injuries or losses at the hands of others' negligence in cases related to the following:
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Wrongful death
• Dangerous property
• Animal attacks
• Boating and snowmobile accidents
• Catastrophic injuries
Attorney Pemberton began his legal career in 2004 after earning his law degree from Marquette University Law School and his admission to the State Bar of Wisconsin. In addition to his approval to practice law before all of Wisconsin's state courts, the U.S. District Courts...
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Steve Caya
Rock County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Personal Injury
Hamline University School of Law
At the law firm of Nowlan & Mouat LLP, Rock County personal injury attorney Steve Caya will provide the expert legal support you need in this time of crisis. He will protect your rights with insurance companies and seek fair and full compensation for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other losses. Just as important, he will help you plan for a secure future.
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Linda Vanden Heuvel
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Divorce, Elder and Family
Marquette University Law School
Attorney Linda Vanden Heuvel has been practicing law in Wisconsin for over 30 years, and has repeatedly received a superb rating from www.Avvo.com and a AV-rating from www.Martindale.com, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. She has been named to the National Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers. Recently receiving the client distinction award for recognized excellence in quality of service, overall value, responsiveness and communication ability, Attorney Vanden Heuvel provides divorce representation including custody and placement and other areas of family law. Notwithstanding Attorney Vanden Heuvel's extensive and recognized...
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Amy Risseeuw
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Medical Malpractice
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Amy joined Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C., as an attorney in 2005. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School, Amy practices in the personal injury section. Amy has tried many cases to verdict in multiple areas of personal injury law, including automobile accidents, dog attacks, premises liability and medical malpractice. Amy has also handled numerous appellate matters, appearing in the Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Amy has been selected for inclusion as a Rising Star in the Super Lawyer publication of Milwaukee Magazine.
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Todd Richard Korb
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Wisconsin Law School
Attorney Todd Richard Korb has successfully handled thousands of personal injury cases including auto accidents, dog bites, and product liability cases. Throughout his practice, he has gotten millions for his clients. His expertise has led him to lecture across the state of Wisconsin on legal and insurance coverage issues.
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Michael Lynn Laufenberg
Washington County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Consumer
Marquette University Law School
Mike is originally from Greendale, and now makes the Slinger/West Bend area home with his wife, two children and their dog. He likes to spend his free time outdoors, and you can often find him riding and racing his mountain bike, hunting, fishing or skiing. Mike graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in 1995. Mike practiced for several years in Mayville and Eau Claire, where he gained a broad experience in a variety of legal matters – family law,...
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Robert J. Domol
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
DePaul College of Law
Personal Injury Attorney Robert J. Domol joined Hupy and Abraham in 2014. He has devoted his legal career to protecting the rights of people who have suffered serious injuries due to the negligence of others and has recovered millions of dollars for his Wisconsin and Illinois personal injury clients.
In his free time, Attorney Domol mentors law students and new attorneys. He has lectured at legal education programs for new attorneys and judged student court competitions. Attorney Domol enjoys spending free time with his wife, two daughters and border collie.
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Kristen Sara Scheuerman
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 13 years of experience
Personal Injury and Municipal
Marquette University Law School
Kristen S. Scheuerman joined the Herrling Clark Law Firm in 2011 as an Associate Attorney, after clerking with the firm for over a year. In 2016, she was named a Partner/Shareholder. Kristen’s practice is primarily devoted to personal injury litigation, although she also handles municipal prosecution for a local municipality.
Originally from Appleton, Wisconsin, Kristen graduated from Appleton East High School and received her Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University. After working in corporate America for just over five years, Kristen enrolled at Marquette University Law School and earned her Juris Doctorate in 2010.
Kristen's practice also includes some appellate work in...
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Drew J. DeVinney
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 12 years of experience
(414) 856-2670
7280 S. 13th St., Ste. 102
Ste. 102
Oak Creek, WI 53154
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Civil Rights and Nursing Home
University of Wisconsin Law School
Mr. DeVinney is a civil rights and personal injury attorney. He is a partner at Martin Law Office, S.C., in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Mr. DeVinney devotes his practice to representing those who have been injured, including civil rights victims, victims of trauma, victims of nursing neglect, and those who have suffered personal injuries due to the negligence of others.
Prior to joining Martin law Office in 2014, Mr. DeVinney interned for Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and practiced at a private firm in Madison, Wisconsin.
Mr. DeVinney's cases have been covered by various national and local...
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Michael Fox
Dane County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Civil Rights and Employment
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Attorney Michael Fox has been consistently recognized, not only as an outstanding trial lawyer, but as a teacher of trial practice. His record of success in trials has led to hundreds of settlements that allowed his clients to recover financially with dignity and without requiring a public trial. He was described by a noted colleague in the media as the “father of the modern civil rights jury trial” and promoted by the Minnesota State Bar as one of three national “stars of the plaintiff’s bar” repeatedly invited to address its annual Midwestern Employment Law Institute.
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Thomas Perlberg
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Wisconsin Law School
Personal Injury Attorney Thomas A. Perlberg joined Hupy and Abraham in 2010, following years of insurance defense practice. Prior to working on behalf of the insurance industry, he was an Assistant District Attorney in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Brandon Derry
Dane County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Minnesota Law School
Brandon Derry is an experienced attorney specializing in insurance defense law and personal injury law.
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Timothy Schelwat
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Drake University Law School
Attorney Timothy W. Schelwat has been practicing with Hupy and Abraham, S.C. since 2002. Attorney Schelwat is an avid Harley-Davidson motorcyclist who can often be found at rider events, and has given lectures to motorcyclists throughout the Midwest on legal and insurance coverage issues.
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Jean Brown
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University and University of Wisconsin - Madison
I have over 25 years of experience representing accident victims. I have extensive trial, settlement and appellate experience in a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including complex and multi-district litigation. I was recognized as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer in 2011 in the area of Personal Injury Plaintiff: General, as published in Milwaukee Magazine, was recognized as a “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” in Wisconsin for Civil Plaintiff’s work by the National Trial Lawyers Association in 2013, and I have now achieved the highest level ranking of “Superb” by Avvo’s lawyer rating service. I graduated cum laude from...
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Michael Hayes
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Marquette University Law School
Michael M. Hayes was a founding partner of the Milwaukee law firm of Hayes & Rothstein, 1983-2019.
A Milwaukee native, Mr. Hayes earned his Juris Doctor law degree in 1981 from Marquette University Law School, where he was the Lead Articles Editor on the Law Review. During this time, he also served as a Judicial Intern for Wisconsin Court of Appeals Chief Judge John Decker. His undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated in 1977. Within 3 years he was listed in Best Lawyers in America after founding what had...
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Thadd Llaurado
Ozaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(262) 240-1138
10200 North Port Washington Rd
Suite 201
Mequon, WI 53092
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
Marquette University Law School
Education
Mr. Llaurado earned his bachelor’s degree from Marquette University, graduating magna cum laude in 1983 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Sigma Nu. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in 1986, and was a Thomas More Scholar. He was on the Marquette Law Review as an Articles Editor.
Background
Mr. Llaurado was raised in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. He resides with his wife, Kathleen, and together they have four children, Thomas, Kathryn, Joseph, and Patrick.
Mr. Llaurado is an active member of the American Association of Justice, Wisconsin Association for Justice, American Bar Association, and State Bar...
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James Pitts
Racine County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Personal Injury
John Marshall Law School
Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, concentrating on personal injury and worker's compensation cases for plaintiffs only
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Ramzy Truman Halaby
Dane County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Drake University Law School
Attorney Ramzy Halaby joined the firm in 2018 as an Associate Attorney. He has an extensive background in personal injury law and has also practiced family law, criminal law, and general civil litigation among other areas of law.
In his spare time, he enjoys cycling, travel, hiking and camping.
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Sarah Kaas
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Appeals and Products Liability
Drake University Law School
An experienced personal injury attorney, with the extensive professional credentials: Wisconsin Association for Justice (Board of Directors since 2005) Judicial Clerk to Chief Judge Eich, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, Madison, WI (August 1996-1997) Co-Author, Chapter 9: “Special Damages” Wisconsin Law of Damages (2005-2008) Note, “AIDS Behind Bars: Judicial Barriers to Prisoners’ Constitutional Claims” 45 Drake L. Rev. 527 (1997) Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. has won more $10 million and higher awards than any other personal injury law firm in Wisconsin. While we are large enough to successfully handle your problems, Cannon & Dunphy is small enough to hear your concerns...
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Evan Nicholas Claditis
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University Law School
Attorney Evan Nicholas Claditis focuses on smart, compassionate lawyering. Attorney Claditis' commitment to his clients includes trying court cases to jury verdict with a proven track record of favorable results in hotly contested motor vehicle and slip and fall cases.
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John Miller Carroll
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University Law School
Attorney John Miller Carroll is the founder of our Appleton law firm, John Miller Carroll Law Office. At our firm, we focus on protecting the rights of the residents of Wisconsin, including but not limited to, Outagamie and Winnebago counties and surrounding east-central Wisconsin who face charges for state & criminal offenses. We proudly defend clients arrested for a variety of offenses, including:
• Homicides
• Drug offenses
• Assault
• OWI
•...
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Patrick Dunphy
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Marquette University Law School
I proudly represent only those injured by the negligence of others. On three different cases I recovered awards that were at that time the highest personal injury awards in the history of Wisconsin. Currently I have the largest personal injury compensatory damage verdict in Wisconsin history, a $35 million medical malpractice verdict. I am an invited member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an organization limited to 100 of the best plaintiff attorneys in the U.S, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the International Society of Barristers.. I was honored as the Marquette Law...
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Frank Pasternak
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(262) 785-0802
19601 West Bluemound Rod
Suite 201
Brookfield, WI 53045
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Asbestos, Insurance Claims and Medical Malpractice
The John Marshall Law School
Wisconsin personal injury lawyer Frank Pasternak is managing partner of Pasternak & Zirgibel S.C., award-winning plaintiffs personal injury attorneys in Wisconsin. Attorney Pasternak has been honored as one of the Top 50 “Super Lawyers” in Milwaukee Magazine, as chosen by his peers and through independent research. Attorney Pasternak was also voted “Best Attorney” by CNI Newspapers in its “Best of the Burbs” survey of readers and ranked as one of Milwaukee's "Leading Lawyers" in M Milwaukee Lifestyle Magazine. In addition Attorney Pasternak is rated an AV® Preeminent attorney and is honored in the most recent edition as one...
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Douglas Keberle
Washington County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Marquette University Law School
Attorney Keberle is a 1981 honors graduate of UW – LaCrosse and a 1984 graduate of Marquette Law School. As the son of a Marathon County Circuit Court Judge, his interest in law began at an early age. His lifelong goal of representing injured people was realized when he opened his own law firm, with the single goal of providing personal attention to every injured person he would represent. That philosophy would later become the cornerstone of Keberle, Patrykus & Laufenberg, LLP, created in 1992. Thirty years after starting his career in injury law, he has represented clients...
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Zak Wroblewski
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
(414) 271-1440
333 East Kilbourn Avenue
Suite 1170
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Personal Injury, Business, Criminal Defense and Divorce
Marquette University Law School
Zak Wroblewski is an Associate at Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, LLP located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Before joining GRGB, Zak helped clients with a variety of criminal and civil cases at another small law firm based in Milwaukee. He is currently licensed to practice law in the state of Wisconsin.
Zak graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2019, majoring in Marketing and minoring in History. While at UWM, Zak had the opportunity to study abroad at both the Universite Catholique de Lille in Lille, France and Viadrina University Frankfurt Oder in Germany.
Later on, in law school, Zak served an internship...
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Daniel Patrykus
Washington County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Insurance Claims
Marquette University Law School
Dan Patrykus is a 1980 honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, a 1984 graduate of Marquette Law School, and a 1985 graduate of the National College of Criminal Defense Trial Institute at Mercer Law School in Macon, Georgia. From 1984 to 1992 he served as an Assistant State Public Defender in the agency’s Milwaukee Trial Office, where he conducted numerous homicide trials. One such trial, State v. Wirth, spanned six weeks. A later homicide trial, State v. Felton, was featured on Court TV. In 1994, Dan represented Christopher Scarver for the murder of Jeffrey Dahmer. In...
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Randall L Rozek
Dane County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Milwaukee, Wisconsin plaintiff's personal injury lawyer with over twenty years of experience representing injury victims.
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Mitch Raasch
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University Law School
Mitch grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and attended Marquette University where he earned his B.A. in International Affairs and Spanish. While attending Marquette University law school, Mitch developed a passion for civil litigation and joined Groth Law Firm in May 2018 as a law clerk. Now as an associate attorney at Groth Law Firm, Mitch appreciates doing all he can to help clients that have been injured in the community he grew up in.
Outside of the office Mitch is passionate about Wisconsin sports and follows the Milwaukee Brewers, Bucks, and Green Bay Packers closely. In his spare time, he enjoys...
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Chadwick Kaehne
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law
Mr. Chadwick Kaehne graduated from the University of Wisconsin
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Shortly after his
undergraduate studies, Mr. Kaehne founded a mental health clinic serving
clients throughout Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Outagamie, and Brown
counties. Mr. Kaehne established his law practice shortly after
receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Dayton School of
Law in Ohio. Using the philosophy grounded from his experiences from the
mental health field, Mr. Kaehne believes that not only should a law
firm be both reputable and aggressive in serving the needs of their
clients; but also passionate, with...
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Paul E. Bucher
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense and Estate Planning
Marquette University Law School
Paul was born in Milwaukee, WI and grew up on the south side of Milwaukee. Paul has five brothers and was raised by a single mom. Growing up on the south side of Milwaukee, Paul attended the local Catholic grade school and worked his way through school by working at gas stations, having a paper route and doing whatever he could to raise money to pay for tuition and books. Paul attended Pius XI high school and, once again, worked to pay all costs of his education, as did his five brothers.
Upon graduating from high school, Paul took a year...
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Kelsi L. Cottle
Outagamie County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Florida Coastal School of Law
Attorney Kelsi Cottle grew up learning first-hand about the struggles of migrating your family and business to a new Country. Ms. Cottle was born in New Zealand, to parents who were each citizens of different Countries, and spent her childhood living in Canada, New Zealand and the USA. Because of these experiences, Ms. Cottle has a unique, and personal, perspective on the implications that migration can have on a family and a business. Ms. Cottle received her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Computer Science from Lakeland University in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Upon deciding to pursue a career in...
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Chad Kreblin
Dane County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Personal Injury
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Personal Injury Attorney Chad A. Kreblin became a shareholder at Hupy and Abraham in 2007 and has recovered over $155 million on behalf of his clients. He has lectured on various legal and insurance coverage issues in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota.
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Eric Schanowski
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer
(414) 224-1440
330 East Kilbourn Avenue
Suite 1170
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Business, Construction and Criminal Defense
Northwestern University School of Law
Eric Schanowski is an Associate with Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to joining the firm, Eric worked as a prosecutor at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and as an employment litigator. Eric is admitted to practice in Wisconsin.
Eric graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a minor in Spanish. He received his JD from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2018.
While in law school, Eric was the Online Managing Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Society....
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Allan Michael Foeckler
Waukesha County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University Law School
Attorney Allan M. Foeckler carved out a name for himself throughout the courtrooms of Wisconsin through a detail-oriented approach to personal injury law that has resulted in countless successful settlements and verdicts. He is a member of several legal organizations throughout Wisconsin, including the Milwaukee Chapter of the American Constitution Society, the Wisconsin Judicial Council, the Milwaukee Young Lawyers Association, and the Wisconsin Association for Justice. Mr. Foeckler graduated from Marquette University Law School, where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society and part of the Marquette Law Review. Over the years fighting for the rights of...
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David Landgraf
Milwaukee County, WI Personal Injury Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Marquette University Law School
David graduated from Marquette University Law School in May 2018, where he discovered his passion for civil litigation.
After graduating from law school, he worked for several Milwaukee area civil litigation law firms where he gained valuable experience in personal injury law on both plaintiff and defense representation. This unique perspective allows him to anticipate and plan for the potential strategies that insurance defense attorneys employ, allowing him to achieve the best outcomes for his clients.
In his spare time, David enjoys Crossfit, golf, and traveling to his home state of Michigan to visit family and friends.