• Representing a corporation in a complicated claim by a shareholder which included an attempt to dissolve the corporation.
  
• Representing a construction company in an arbitration in which the company claimed it was owed several million dollars.
  
• Representing numerous shareholders in an action brought by another shareholder concerning the operation of the corporation.
  
• Advising many corporations on contracts and insurance issues.
  
• Representing a manufacturer on a claim that production equipment designed and manufactured for its facility is defective.
  
• Representing two partners in upholding the language in a partnership agreement covering the buyout of a departing partner.
  
• Representing taxpayers in a dispute with the IRS over a claim by the IRS that active investment losses were instead passive.
  
• Representing a taxpayer on a Trust Fund Recovery Penalty matter.
  

Education:
B.A., University of Minnesota - Duluth (1985)
J.D., University of Minnesota (1988)

Admitted to Practice:
Wisconsin Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Tax Court

Bar Associations:
American Bar Association

Section Member: Litigation; Business Law

State Bar of Wisconsin

Section Member: General Practice; Litigation

Eau Claire County Bar Association

Professional Activities:
Civil Trial Counsel of Wisconsin, Board Member (2004 - 2008)
State Bar of Wisconsin, Legal Hotline Volunteer
The Defense Research Institute, Inc.
Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers

Civic Activities:
D.C. Everest Senior High School, Mock Trial Team Coach (1988 - 1999)
Festival of Arts, Inc., Director (1994 - 1996)
Leadership Wausau, Graduate (1996)
United Way of Marathon County (1988 - 2000),

Chair Allocations - Panel 1 (1993 - 1999)

United Way of Greater Eau Claire
Woodson Y.M.C.A. Membership Drive (1990 - 1992)
Woodson Y.M.C.A. Invest in Youth (1999 - 2003)
Leadership Wausau Advisory Board (2003 - 2005)
Chippewa Valley Habitat for Humanity, Director; House Pricing Committee, Member

ERC, Inc., Board of Directors, Treasurer