Ruder Ware
402 Graham Avenue
P.O. Box 187
Eau Claire, WI 54702-0187
715.834.3425
715.834.9240 Fax

Professional Experience:

• Recently represented franchisee of national restaurant chain in the acquisition of six additional restaurants which included the purchase of the restaurants, sale and leaseback of some of the real estate and numerous financing issues with a major national financing company.
• Negotiated and drafted triple net leases for national "big box" tenants in new commercial development.
• Represented seller in negotiations and drafting of documents relating to the sale of a major regional construction firm to a competitor.
• Represented buyer of 95 acres of prime commercial real estate through a bankruptcy court authorized auction sale.

Education:
B.S., Economics, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire (1966)
J.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison (1969)

Admitted to Practice:
Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Bar Associations:
American Bar Association

Section Member: Real Property, Trust & Estate Law; Senior Lawyers Division 

State Bar of Wisconsin

Section Member: Business Law; Real Property; Senior Lawyers Division

State Bar of Wisconsin, Former Instructor: Advanced Training Seminars in Real Estate

and Estate Planning; Past Director: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section   

Eau Claire County Bar Association

Professional Recognition:

Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law (1991 - present)

Professional Activities:

University of Wisconsin Law School General Practice, Former Instructor: Real Estate

and Estate Planning

American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

Wisconsin Law Foundation, Fellow (2009 - present)

Civic Activities:
Eau Claire Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors, Past President, Building Fund Committee, 

Committee Member, Development Committee

First Lutheran Church, Past President
Eau Claire Golf and Country Club, Past President, Committee Member
Eau Claire Main Street Association, Past President
Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce, Member, Board of Directors and Executive

Committee

Chippewa Valley Museum Foundation, Past Member, Board of Directors
Putnam Parks Commission, Past Commissioner
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation, Past Chairman, Board of Directors,

Chancellor's Council

United Way of Greater Eau Claire, Board of Directors, Circle of Excellence

Rotary Club of Eau Claire, Member

Articles and Publications:

Highlighting the Legal Challenges of 2011, Midwest Real Estate News - February, 2011