• Representing purchasers and sellers in merger, stock and asset acquisitions and business-combination transactions.
• Representing issuers in private and public offerings of equity and debt securities.
• Introducing companies to the investment banking and intermediary community to allow access to capital.
• Counseling business entities in all stages of their emergence (including formation, structure, and finance), operation, and exit strategies.
• Providing advice regarding the formation of new businesses in corporate, partnership or limited liability form, and the reorganization of existing business.
• Assisting management groups in buy-out situations with structuring, negotiating, and financing transactions.
• Representing borrowers, lenders and loan participants in negotiating financings, including secured and unsecured, senior and subordinated debt.
• Representing purchasers and sellers in build-ups and roll-ups.
• Counseling investment groups in legal, finance and operational matters, both pre and post-acquisition or investment.

Education:
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (1970)
J.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison (1973)

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. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Bar Associations:
American Bar Association

Section Member: Business Law; Law Practice Management

State Bar of Wisconsin

Section Member: Business Law

Marathon County Bar Association

Professional Recognition:

Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law

(2007 - present)

Wisconsin Super Lawyers®, 2007, 2006, 2005

Professional Activities:

Wisconsin Law Foundation, Fellow (2009 - present)

Civic Activities:
Grand Theatre Foundation, Inc.
           Director (1985 - present), President (2002 - present)
Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce, Past President
Centergy, Inc. - Venture Fund Committee
Judd S. Alexander Foundation

Director, Secretary/Treasurer (2009-present)

Victor and Helen Geisel Foundation

Director, Secretary/Treasurer (2009-present)

Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation

Director (2009-present), K-fund advisor (2010)