Email: [email protected]
Training
- In-House Corporate Supervisory Training for Managers
- Joint Labor Management Training for Union & Management Personnel
- Employee Sexual Harassment Training
Areas of Practice
- Hospitality Law
- Corporate/Condominium Association Governance
- Labor & Employment Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Labor Negotiations & Arbitration
- Wage & Hour
- Condo Law and Condo Association Governance
- Covenants Not to Compete
- Employment Contracts
- EPLI Defense
- OSHA
- Worker’s Compensation
- Unemployment Compensation
- Commercial Litigation
- Affirmative Action Plans/OFCCP
Litigation Percentage:
- 70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1974
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1979
- Wisconsin, 1980
- U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin, 1980
- Arizona, 1981
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1986
Education:
- DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1974, J.D.
- University of Wisconsin
- Honors: with distinction
Published Works:
- Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, DePaul Law Review, 1975
- Wisconsin Employment Law, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, 1990
- Wisconsin Equal Employment Opportunity Law/ A Handbook for Employers Law, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, 1990
- Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Manual, Contributing Author, J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., 1992
- Employment Discrimination Law, 2nd Edition, 1983-1985; cumulative supplement, Contributing Chapter Author, BNA, 1987
- Wisconsin Lodging Law & Regulations, Editor, 1987
- Wisconsin Lodging Law & Regulations, Editor, 1997
- Wisconsin Lodging Law & Regulations, Editor, 1999
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Wisconsin Prevailing Wage/Bond Law, Lorman Education Services
- Employee Relations & Compliance Training, WRA- Madison and South Central Chapter
- Employment and Labor Law; EEOC Enforcement of ADA, Lorman Education Services
- Workplace Violence: Dealing with Employees and Guests, AHIA
- The Year 2000 and Beyond: Critical Legal Issues and Labor Relations in a Tight Labor Market, Club Managers of Wisconsin
- Law Practice & Risk Management for the New Age, CNA Large Law Firm Risk Management Forum
Honors and Awards:
- Named by Wisconsin Lodging and Hotel Associate as 2014’s “Associate of the Year”
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment Law Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
- Super Lawyer, 2005 – 2016
- Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition 2010 under Employment and Labor
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association
- Milwaukee Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- State Bar of Arizona
- Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys
- Wisconsin Association of Manufacturers & Commerce
- Wisconsin Restaurant Association
- Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association
Legal Counsel - Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee, Inc. (ADAMM)
- Greater Milwaukee Hotel-Motel Association
- Director
- Marquette University Law School
- Advisory Committee AHIA Member
