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Address
309 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (Milwaukee Co.)
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4.9
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(Main Office) The members of Gass Weber Mullins LLC combine years of complex trial experience with the insights gained from leading in-house litigation teams at two of America's leading manufacturing and financial services companies. The members came together in the spring of 2004 in order to create a litigation boutique focused on creativity, commitment to clients, collaborative approaches and the courage to take on daunting tasks. Please visit our web site at www.gasswebermullins.com for more information. Firm is also associated to International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Statement of PracticePersonal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense, Toxic Torts, Insurance Litigation, Appellate Practice, Property Damage. Year Established: 2004
Firm Size: 16
Representative Clients:American Home Products
Cargill, Incorporated
CNF, Inc.
CNH American LLC
Crown Equipment Corporation
Employers Insurance Company
Excel Corporation
Farmland Mutual Insurance Company
Giddings & Lewis, LLC
Humana, Inc.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Royal & SunAlliance USA
SmartHealth Inc.
The Cincinnati Insurance Company
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Trek Bicycle Corporation
Viacom International Inc.
Zurich North America.
Michael B. Brennan (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Wisconsin. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1986); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Former Circuit Judge, State of Wisconsin, 2000-2008. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Product Liability; Appellate Practice.Email: Michael B. Brennan
Brian G. Cahill (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Marquette University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986; J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Chair, City of Waukesha, Wisconsin Police and Fire Commission. Member, Board of Directors, The Waukesha Family YMCA. Past President, St. Thomas More Lawyers Society. Member: Milwaukee, Fifth Circuit, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Brian G. Cahill
Teirney S. Christenson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Education: Belmont University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2008). Member and Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 2006-2008. Recipient, State Bar of Wisconsin Environmental Law Essay Award, 2007. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; Western District Bar Association; Milwaukee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation.Email: Teirney S. Christenson
Christopher P. Dombrowicki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1997; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Construction Litigation; Dealership Law; Franchise Litigation.Email: Christopher P. Dombrowicki
Daniel S. Elger (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinction, 2001); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member and Editor, Marquette Law Review, 2003-2005. Law Clerk to Hon. Jon P. Wilcox, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2005-2006. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation.
John Franke (Member) admitted to bar, 1977, Wisconsin; U.S District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1973); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Former Circuit Judge, State of Wisconsin, 1987-2008. Member: Milwaukee Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Insurance Litigation.Email: John Franke
J. Ric Gass (Member) admitted to bar, 1970, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics, 1965); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Author and Section Editor, "Wrongful Death Damages," Wisconsin Law of Damages. Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Basic and Advanced Evidence, Marquette University Law School, 1977-1988. Member, Board of Governors, Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, 1984-1986. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association and Arbitration Forums, Inc. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in The United States; The Best Lawyers of America, 6th -12th Editions, and Leading American Attorneys; Wisconsin SuperLawyers, 2005-2006. President, Lawyers for Civil Justice, 2003-2004. Member: Milwaukee, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate); International Association of Defense Counsel; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (President, 1998-1999; Board Chair, 1990-2000; Appleman Award as Outstanding Law Section Chair, 1989); Defense Research Institute (Wisconsin State Chair, 1984-1993). American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers (Wisconsin Membership Chair, 1996-2001); Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court; Lawyers for Civil Justice (President, 2003). (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Torts; Professional Liability; Negligence; Insurance Coverage; Property Damage; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: J. Ric Gass
Beth Ermatinger Hanan (Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Marquette University (B.A., 1978); University of Wisconsin (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk to Justice Janine P. Geske, 1996-1997. Interim Law Clerk to Justice David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1997-1998. Member and Vice Chair, 2004, Wisconsin Judicial Council. Member: Milwaukee, Fifth Circuit, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Member, Board of Directors, Sections on: Appellate Practice, 1999-2001; Litigation, 2006-2009); Association for Women Lawyers; Wisconsin Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Appellate; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Litigation.Email: Beth Ermatinger Hanan
Paul F. Heaton (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Seventh Circuits. Education: Marquette University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Marquette University Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990). Former Vice President and Litigation Counsel, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, responsible for direction and oversight of all of the Company's litigation, arising out of insurance and investment products and services, real estate and securities investments, sales and distribution system, and regulatory compliance; consultation on enterprise liability and risk assessment, community relations, corporate reputation and crisis management. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association; Association of Life Insurance Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Society of Corporate Insurance Litigators (Former Member: Litigation Committee; Class Action Subcommittee). Practice Areas: Life and Health Insurance Litigation; Disability Insurance Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith Defense Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Paul F. Heaton
Daniel J. Kennedy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois; 2008, Wisconsin. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2001); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif (2004-2006). Member and Editor, Illinois Law Review, 2002-2004. Law Clerk to Hon. Barbara B. Crabb, U.S. District Court for Western District of Wisconsin. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Commercial.Email: Daniel J. Kennedy
Amelia L. McCarthy (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: Carthage College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Marquette University (J.D., 1994). Named as Wisconsin Super Lawyer. Associate Member and Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1992-1994. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Complex Litigation; Trial Practice; Sports Law.Email: Amelia L. McCarthy
Thomas K. Mullins (Member) admitted to bar, 1989, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., 1984); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Alpha Sigma Nu. Recipient, Luce Book Award and American Jurisprudence Awards; King Scholar. Member, Marquette University Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Bad Faith Liability.Email: Thomas K. Mullins
Shawn K. Stevens (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Marquette University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Article Editor, Marquette Law Review, 1998-1999. Author, "The Wisconsin Deadman's Statute: The Last Surviving Vestige of an Abandoned Common Law Rule," 82 Marq. L. Rev. 281 (1998). Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. [U.S. Army, 1991-1994, National Guard, 1994-2001]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Food Safety Litigation.Email: Shawn K. Stevens
Kristal S. Stippich (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2006, Wisconsin. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991; M.A., 1992); University of Chicago (J.D., 1998). Federal Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Joan H. Lefkow, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Author, "Behind the Words: Interpreting the Hobbs Act Requirement of 'Obtaining of Property from Another'," 36 J. Marshall L. Rev. 295 (2003); "The Fourth Amendment and Dormitory Searches," 65 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1403 (1998). Member: Chicago, Illinois State, Seventh Circuit and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin; Alliance for Women. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Kristal S. Stippich
David J. Turek (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Carthage College (B.A., magna cum laude, with honors, 1999) Dean's List; Marquette University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002) Dean's List. Senior Articles Editor, Marquette Law Review, 2001-2002. Author, "Affirming Ambiguity: Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products and the Burden-Shifting Framework of Disparate Treatment Cases," 85 Marquette Law Review 283. Practice Areas: Insurance; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability.Email: David J. Turek
Ralph A. Weber (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Marquette University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Whitney North Seymour Trial Advocacy Award, 1982. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Staff Member and Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1980-1982. Law Clerk to the Hon. Richard D. Cudahy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1982-1983. Co-Editor, "Dear Americans: Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan," 2003. Adjunct Professor of Law, Trial Advocacy, Marquette University Law School, 1995. Member: Seventh Circuit and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Commercial Litigation.Email: Ralph A. Weber
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