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| | Address | | 825 North Jefferson | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3737 | | (Milwaukee Co.) | | | |
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| Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk s.c. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil, Criminal and Business/Commercial Litigation in all State and Federal Trial and Appeals Courts; with special experience in litigation involving Fraud and White Collar Crime; RICO; Professional Liability and Licensing; Insurance and Insurance Bad Faith; Employment; Environmental; Securities; Creditor and Debtor; Real Estate; Product Liability; Toxic Tort; Securities; Oppression; Corporate Control and Finance; Fair Dealership; Franchise; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; and Intellectual Property. | | Year Established: 1985 | Firm Profile:
Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk s.c., is a "boutique" law firm concentrating in "aggravated litigation." The Firm has highly credentialed lawyers, many formerly associated with large law firms, who choose to practice in the environment of a smaller, specialized firm. All members of the Firm have backgrounds of outstanding achievement, including, as to many, prior federal or state supreme court clerkships, law review, or past service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. The Firm relies on talented staff and state-of-the-art computer support to deliver high quality service in complex litigation. The Firm's lawyers have the courtroom experience to try complex, aggravated lawsuits, and have used mediation and alternative dispute resolution to settle high stakes cases in cost effective ways. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
AIG Technical Services Group; American Suzuki Motor Corp.; Astronautics Corp.; Aurora Healthcare, Inc.; BP America, Inc.; CNA Insurance; Colony Insurance Group; Flying J Inc.; Hunter Engineering Company; Kia Motors America, Inc.; Liberty International Underwriters, Inc; The Marcus Corporation; Metavante Corporation; National Presto Industries, Inc.; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh; Sellars Wipers & Sorbents; Titan Global Holdings, Inc.; Transguard Insurance Company of America, Inc.; Travelers Life & Casualty Insurance Co.; XL Specialty Insurance Company; Wisconsin Education Association Council. | | Stephen E. Kravit (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, January 4, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with honors, 1972); Harvard University (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Recipient, U.S. Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, 1979. Lecturer: Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School, 1978; General Practice Course, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1979; Criminal Law Institute, 1977-1984, 1986, 1989-1994, 1996, 2003-2004; Marquette Law School; "An Aggressive Strategy of RICO Recovery," presented to the Insurance Security Association, 1986; American Society for Industrial Security, 1986; Asset Protection Executives Association, 1987; Excess and Surplus Lines Claims Association, 1988; International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies, 1989; National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1990; National Conference of Insurance Legislators, 1991; NBI Fraud Litigation in Wisconsin, 1992; The Network of Trial Law Firms, 1993-2005. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1976-1979. Commissioner, Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, 1984-1987; Fox Point Police Commission, 1997— and President, 2005—. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, more than 10 years. Named one of "Best Lawyers in Milwaukee" by Milwaukee Magazine, 1995, 2003, 2005; Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006, 2007. Chairman, The Network of Trial Law Firms 1997-1998. Member: Milwaukee (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1979-1981; Director, 1981- 1986; Treasurer, 1982) and American (Member, Complex Crimes Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1984-1988); Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers; Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Wisconsin Law Foundation (named Fellow, 2000). Practice Areas: Business Fraud Litigation; Securities Fraud; Shareholder Oppression; Commercial Litigation; RICO; Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; White Collar Crime; Fraud; Insurance Coverage; Employment. Email: Stephen E. Kravit | | Janice A. Rhodes (Shareholder) born St. Paul, Minnesota, March 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1983, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Northwestern University; University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1977); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Hon. Robert J. Sheran, Chief Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1980-1981. Member, 1994-2003 and Chair, 2000-2001, District 2 Investigation Committee, Office of Lawyer Regulation, Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Member, 1992-2000 and President, 1994-1997, Village of Shorewood Board of Review. Director, 1989- 2001, 2004— and President, 1995-1997, Meta House, Inc. Member, University of Chicago Visiting Committee on the College and Student Activities, 1994-1998. Member, Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee Ecclesiastical Trial Court, 2005—. Member: Milwaukee Bar Association (Board of Editors, "The Milwaukee Lawyer," 1988-1992; Vice Chair, Criminal Law Section, 1995-1997); American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin (Director, 1986-1991 and Chair, 1989-1990, Individual Rights Section); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Employment Litigation; RICO; Securities Fraud; Criminal Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Janice A. Rhodes | | John F. Hovel (Shareholder) born Madison, Wisconsin, October 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1983, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Federal Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1974; M.S., 1976; J.D., with honors, 1983). Order of the Coif; University of Wisconsin Law Review, 1982-1983 and Editor, 1982-1983. Law Clerk, Honorable Otto R. Skopil, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1983-1984. Frequent Speaker on Covenants Not To Compete and Issues Relating to Executive Separation. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trade Secrets; Covenants Not To Compete; Business Torts; Intellectual Property Litigation; Dealership Litigation; First Amendment Litigation. Email: John F. Hovel | | Mark M. Leitner (Shareholder) born Sheboygan, Wisconsin, October 10, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Wisconsin and Illinois; U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin and Northern District of Illinois; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Marquette University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 1984-85. Listed, Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Author: "Liberalism, Separation and Speech," 1985. Wisconsin Law Review 1979. Co-Author: "Exhibits and Other Evidence of the Case," Federal Civil Procedure and Evidence During Trial - 7th Circuit (Vol. 2, 1997); "Requests for Admission," Wisconsin Discovery Law and Practice (1990); "FTC v. General Motors: An Unsettling Settlement," 7 Journal of Consumer Policy (1985). Instructor: Mass Media Law, Marquette University, 1989-1992; University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property Litigation; Franchise Litigation. Email: Mark M. Leitner | | Joseph S. Goode (Shareholder) born Aurora, Illinois, August 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Wisconsin; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2005, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1989); Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (M.P.A., cum laude, 1994); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient: George & Evelyn Marcus Award; Robert M. Anderson Publication Award. Listed, Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2006 and 2007. Academic Memberships: Executive Committee, Syracuse University Moot Court Board, 1993-1994; Associate Member, 1992-1993; Associate Editor Syracuse Law Review, 1993-1994; Editorial Staff Member, 1992-1993; Justinian Honorary Society; Order of Barristers. Instructor: Legal Writing, Syracuse University College of Law, 1993-1994. Author: "Perspectives on Patient Confidentiality in the Age of AIDS," 44 Syracuse L. Rev. 967 (1994). Member: Milwaukee County, Dane County, and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Dealership and Franchise Litigation. Email: Joseph S. Goode | | Christopher J. Krawczyk (Shareholder) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: University of Minnesota-Duluth (B.B.A., cum laude, 1996); Marquette University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Member, 1997-1998 and Associate Editor, 1998-1999, Marquette Law Review. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Criminal Law, Property, Conflict of Laws and Sports Law. Listed, Rising Star in Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2007. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Shareholder Disputes; Labor and Employment; Lemon Law. Email: Christopher J. Krawczyk | | Jon E. Fredrickson (Shareholder) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 20, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1991); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Recipient, C.A.L.I. Award for Legal Writing, 1996. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Real Estate Litigation; Complex Insurance Coverage Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation. Email: Jon E. Fredrickson | | Michael Fischer (Shareholder) born Louisville, Kentucky, September 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, District of Columbia; 1985, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1970); Harvard University (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed, Wisconsin Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007. Author: "State Antitrust Practice and Statutes," (Wisconsin), American Bar Association, 1991. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Marquette University Law School. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin (Chairman, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Committee, Business Law Section, 1988-1998); Milwaukee and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Securities; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Michael Fischer | | Sarah J. Friday (Shareholder) born Kenosha, Wisconsin, September 14, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., with distinction, 1995; J.D., cum laude, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk, Justice Diane S. Sykes, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1999-2001. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Shareholder Disputes; Business Fraud; Civil Appeals. Email: Sarah J. Friday | | —————————— | | Melissa S. Blair (Associate) born Waupaca, Wisconsin, April 4, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Wisconsin; 2005, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin Green-Bay (B.A., 2000); Marquette University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Managing Editor, Marquette Law Review. Recipient, C.A.L.I. Awards for Legal Writing & Research, Evidence, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Domestic Violence, Pretrial Practice and Professional Sports Law. Author: "Terrorism, America's Porous Borders, and the Role of the Invasion Clause Post-9/11/2001," 87 Marq. L. Rev. 167 (2003); "Wisconsin's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws: Has the Wisconsin Legislature Left the Criminals and the Constitution Behind?," 87 Marq. L. Rev. 939 (2004). Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation. Email: Melissa S. Blair | | Aaron A. Aizenberg (Associate) born Plano, Texas, October 3, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Wisconsin. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with honors, 2004; J.D., 2007). Member, University of Iowa College of Law Moot Court Board, 2006-2007; Student Judge, Moot Court Competitions, 2006-2007; Quarter-finalist, Van Osterhout Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2005-2006. Member: Milwaukee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Aaron A. Aizenberg |
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