In addition he counsels individuals and businesses in all aspects of the real estate development process, including zoning, annexations, municipal negotiations, and development agreements.

Joe also has extensive experience representing closely held businesses and individuals with business acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures, including all aspects of transactional due diligence and documentation.

Joe advises health care organizations on single owner and multi-owner health care practice acquisitions and divestitures. He further assists health care practitioners on the legal aspects of facility acquisition, development, and sales. As a business attorney, Joe has extensive experience managing complicated transactions and is a great resource when providing counsel to health care practitioners and organizations on general corporate matters and governance, as well as practice organizational structures. A particular focus is working with health care practitioners and organizations on ownership and practice expansion and transition planning.

Recent engagements include:

• Represented a group of real estate investors in over thirty million dollars worth of real estate divestiture transactions, which included buyer assumption of existing, securitized debt.
• Counseled several groups of real estate investors with existing debt restructurings and work outs.
• Assisted a privately held radio station ownership company in the acquisition of several radio broadcasting facilities throughout the Midwest.
• Represented a publicly held company with a complex title matter clarification arising from rail road right of way claims.
• Assisted several privately held health care services firms with office facility acquisitions and ownership restructuring.
• Provided local counsel representation services to multi-national companies for secured financing transactions.

Civic Activities

• Central Wausau Progress – Director (2002–present), President (2005–present)
• Wausau Area Mobile Meals, Inc. – Director and Vice President (1996–present)
• Wausau Events, Inc. – Director (2001–present), Vice President
• Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Business Advocacy Committee – Chairman (2016–present)
• Wausau River District, Inc. – President and member Board of Directors (2003–present)

Professional Activities

• Central Wisconsin Board of Realtors – Member
• Town of Rib Mountain – Chairman of the Town Board of Zoning Appeals (2000–present)