My Experience

I began my practice as a lawyer in 1991 in the State Capitol of Wisconsin.  In the Capitol, I worked 

with the Legislature as well as the Executive Branch. From 1991-1993, I served as the Assistant 

and Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Tommy G. Thompson. During law school, I also clerked at 

the Wisconsin Supreme Court. 

Since leaving the Capitol in 1993, I have worked as an attorney for several medium-sized Madison 

law firms as well as Family Dollar stores in Charlotte, NC. In 2006, I also helped establish, with 

Green Bay Packer Jerry Kramer and Chicago Bears Mike Ditka, Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, Inc., 

a non-profit organization that assists retired NFL players and their families in need. 

Since 1993, I have focused my practice on business, real estate, and estate planning. I have more 

recently begun working in the probate area. I have considerable experience in the areas of business, contract, banking, real estate, estate planning, tax, non-profit, entertainment, and related litigation. 

I also work, and have worked, in areas such as employment law, intellectual property, trademarks, 

trade secret, licensing, government contracting (CRADA), and Work-For-Others, and other 

agreements with national laboratories such as Sandia and Argonne National Laboratory. I focus 

on start-ups as well as long-standing businesses. My clients work in many fields including, but not 

limited to manufacturing, restaurants, software development, aviation, trucking and equipment, hospitality, banking, financial services, health services, real estate development and more.

My practice is diverse, ranging from matters such as simple real estate purchases/sales to complicated mixed-use developments; simple business set-ups to mergers, business sales and acquisitions, contracts (domestic and international), franchise law, tax issues, fair dealership law, and acquisitions and family business planning. 

EDUCATION

J.D. 1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. 1985, Music Education and History (double degree), Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin

OTHER

• Co-Founder and Board Member, Montee Ball’s The Path to Recovery, Inc. (2022)
•  Founder, iPledgeNow.Org, 2020 (ipledgenow.org)
•  Co-Founder and former President, Mike Ditka’s Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, Inc., 2006-2014
•  Former Deputy and Chief Counsel to Governor Tommy G. Thompson, 1991-1993
•  Instructor UW Small Business Development Center Tax Workshop (since 2000)
•  Former member of Board of Directors, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Member
• Western District, 7th Circuit, Admitted
• Panel Member, State Bar Fee Arbitration Program
• Stoughton Public Works Committee, Committee Member